linux newb

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: linux newb
started by: Count_fuzzball

Posted by Count_fuzzball on Dec. 24 2005,13:41

I am running windows 98 SE and my BIOS refuse to boot the dsl cd.

So i got the bootfloppy and loaded it,But it then gave the error message:

'Can't find KNOPPIX filesystem,sorry.Dropping you down to a (very limited) shell'

i tried the prompt 'Dsl dma' but that also failed.

It doesn't seem to read my cd drive.

Can anyone help me get the floppy to find my cd drive?

Posted by HadronicChaos on Dec. 24 2005,17:48

I'm a newbie at this too, and earlier this morning I had the exact same problem as you had.

For me, the problem was that I didn't burn the cd correctly. It burned the iso file, not the cd image. You may want to try a different burning software and try that again.

Once I did that, mine worked like a charm.

Posted by larkl on Dec. 24 2005,18:42

Yeah,

I'd try the CD in another PC first. You may want to check the md5 sum on the download.

Posted by Count_fuzzball on Dec. 24 2005,19:12

How do i check the md5sum on the iso?

HadronicChaos,What program did you use?

Posted by larkl on Dec. 25 2005,13:09

Check out this forum post
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