Arrowx7

Hello, i have a problem loading up knoppix
when I load it from CD the first time, everything goes fine until i get this:

.......
Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK
ACPI: setting ELCR to 0800 (from 0020)
CPU0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60Ghz stepping 07


That is the end, the computer then freezes (I can't turn capslock on/off and can't ctrl_alt_del it)
The CD is fine, I tried it on my desktop and it works ok.

Any help would be appreciated.
thanks

Arrowx7

ok, it doesn't freeze, I waited it out and it gave me a whole bunch of these:

..........
[<c0100320>]init+0x0/0x180
[<c0101325>]kernel_thread helper+0x5/0x10
and then:
Code: 90 90 57 56 53 ............(many of these numbers).....00 e8
<0>Kernel panic - not syncing: fatal exception in interrupt

And then it REALLY freezes :P

bryansmith

There are a bunch of boot options before Knoppix actually starts booting. Try some of those.

Bryan

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Arrowx7

I tried them all, whichever boots the thing fails the same way, and whichever does tests and stuff without booting works good with positive results.

Arrowx7

fixed it!
for anyone who has the same problem:
knoppix acpi=off
in the boot prompt did the trick.

Thanks guys.