Knoppix can not find my ethernet

[aLEx7]

i found i way to store my data on a usb port(125mbyte) and i store them.But whe restarting linux first is asking me something at the begining that i dont understand and the it enters linux without i do nothing but still my data are no there.I can see on the usb that they are stored on it but i can not acces them(is a word documment and some songs).also when i put the command
knoppix /mnt/sdb
it says tha knoppix is an unknown command
what i can dot to find a knoppix with the data stores in it
to do the storage i went on this site
http://en.winibooks.org/wiki/Knowing...ding_permanece
and i follow the steps

[AlexK]

can you remember what exactly it was asking when restarting?

the command you should use to mount the usb drive is

mount some_device

Or in knoppix, if you see the device on the desktop, just right click on it and tell it to mount. Then right click on it again and tell it to make it rw.

Well since you got internet working in 4.0, is there really a need to use 3.6? However if you want me to take a look at the output, there is no need to write it to paper, just save it to a text file onto your usb drive (not everything, just the part regarding the network card).

As for working with Linux, I dabbled with it around 6 or so years ago, was so clueless that I left for windows. Then around a year ago, I decided to try again and have stuck to it since.

Also that link you posted doesn't work for me, I just get an error loading page message.

[aLEx7]

I did the descision to instal a hole version of linux and i instal Fedora 4 wich is not very bad.I had a big problem with the partiotion i couldn t open windows but i found a lot of help from the irc channel and now is everything ok.Can u tell me man now where to go?Where shall i continuer to learn linux more in depth.There is to many informabtion around in the internet and to many books .I want to learn linux and computing(programing,internet,e.t.c) but i dont know what to read first and where to start.This will be my last post and i thank you very much for the help that you gave me.If you can tell me now where to continuer it will be perfect.

[AlexK]

the best guide I can give you is from experience is: just experiment, even if you absolutely screw up your system, you'll have learnt something, I know I have.

As for help and books, these forums are a great place to start, check out the tutorials section, try different distros etc.
for some howtos and information/e-books check out:
http://www.tldp.org/
http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/