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I recently got a new cd of Knoppix ver 6.0.1 and have been able to boot non name brand systems. One system has an intel board and cpu. The other ...
- 03-31-2009 #1Just Joined!
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Knoppix not booting
I recently got a new cd of Knoppix ver 6.0.1 and have been able to boot non name brand systems. One system has an intel board and cpu. The other is an EMachine. I attempted to boot a Dell 5100 Desktop, a HP Laptop and a Sony Desktop to no avail. Is there something going on with name brand systems I should know about?
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Difficulty with HP
I've also been having problems with this.
I've been able to load the Live CD on a number of Dell Desktop PCs and an HP Laptop, but when I attempt to boot it on my HP Pavillion Desktop the boot process fails:
When I start it on the PC, the boot process starts and I see the twin penguins and ...
> Welcome to Knoppix 6 based on MICROKNOPPIX!
>
> Linux Kernel 2.6.28.4, 2486 MB RAM
> CPU 0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz @ 3000MHz, 1024 KB Cache
> CPU 1: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz @ 3000MHz, 1024 KB Cache
> Knoppix 6 found at: /dev/hda
> >>> Starting in Live-Mode.
> >>> Please do not remove medium until shutdown!
>
> Compressed KNOPPIX image is broken: /mnt-system/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX on
And the system halts at that point (on what?)
I tried it again and this time:
Below the warning about removing the disc, I saw ...
> insmod: cannot insert '/mnt-system/KNOPPIX/modules/??fs.ko' : invalid module format (-1): Exec format error
> could not mount /mnt-system/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX. Starting debugging Shell...
> sh: can't access tty: job control turned off
> / #
(?? - can't tell the two characters from the image on my phone!)
Does anyone have an explanation - or a resolution, please?
Echo
- 04-03-2009 #3
It looks like problem is in Knoppix CD only. Does same Knoppix CD work fine on other machines?
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- 04-07-2009 #4Just Joined!
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Works fine with other PCs
I can boot other machines OK with this CD. I have made several copies of the CD, but it makes no difference.
Could it be that this type of PC is accessing a damaged part of the image, that none of the other PCs have needed to access/use?
Echo
- 04-08-2009 #5
Could be a faulty cdrom drive on the computer that won't boot up.
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- 08-09-2009 #6Just Joined!
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I have this same problem. HP pavilion is the system giving me trouble, and the live CD works perfectly fine when I test it on the Dell laptops I have available to test it on.
I do not believe it is the CD-rom drive, I suspect it is something odd about HP pavilions.



