CD boot problemsForum: Other Help Topics Topic: CD boot problems started by: MarkW Posted by MarkW on Jan. 07 2005,16:54
I downloaded the 9.2 iso and checked the md5sum. All good. Then I burnt the cd and tried to boot it using the failsafe cheatcode ( which works in Knoppix ). It hangs at "booting kernel". I tried burns using three different burning software programs and two different burners, same problem. I even tried to boot to run level 2 and had the same problem. Not that I would know what to do in run level 2 but someone here would tell me. Any suggestions?
Posted by ke4nt1 on Jan. 07 2005,17:34
Sure...What model of macintosh ( G3 or G4 ) are you trying to boot this on ? .... just kidding .... But it would be helpful to know WHAT boxes you have tried your CD's on. Did your CD's bootup on any other machines ? ( that would eliminate your CD's being the issue ) What are the contents of your CD's ? More info is needed.. ( and it doesn't boot on mac..really.. ) 73 ke4nt Posted by MarkW on Jan. 07 2005,18:38
Box is a new Presario, 2.66 ghz Celeron, 256 megs ram, 80 gig hd, 17 in lcd screen. What else do you need to know? I'm all ears!!! I did not try booting this on any other machines. Knoppix boots in failsafe and as I stated I tried to boot to run level 2 ( which didn't work ) because if it did boot there were some suggestions on this forum that I could try, and of course you people would try to help me out. BTW I did several searches of this forum before posting.
Posted by MarkW on Jan. 08 2005,17:22
Sorry - also no floppy drive.Burning software tried 1. Sonic Record Now 2. Deep Burner ( suggested on this site ) 3. Prassi Premo Posted by WoofyDugfock on Jan. 08 2005,21:52
I've been in shops not booting a few late model laptops with dsl lately, though not this Presario (my recent posts). I know your pain.Nevertheless, assuming your burns are ok, the conventional wisdom suggests it may be worth downloading and trying a few different dsl versions. As I understand it, I believe the last major change was at dsl 8.2.0, so maybe try a version(s) before this. As a last resort: a laptop with this kind of grunt might run 'DSL Embedded' pretty well within WinXP. I have heard that Knoppix favors Centrinos. Others have said Kanotix BHX tends to be more successful on laptops. A request: please post the model of your Presario and more cpu details if you have them (eg Celeron M whatever), together with the versions of dsl that you try, and whether you're successful or not - this will be a great help to the collective knowledge base. PS: If you haven't already, you could check google for a specific forum for your laptop on eg < HP Notebooks > or < Notebook Review > and post there re Knoppix. Posted by MarkW on Jan. 09 2005,03:01
Thankyou for your input. My box is not a laptop, it is a SR1211NX Compaq PresarioI have had success running Knoppix on this machine, somehow that gets lost, as, if I understand right dsl, is a distilation of Knoppix. Knoppix runs on this machine--- I could post this from it if I wanted to. Sorry-- it gets lost as no-one pays attention to that fact. It works fine. I surf this forum frequently and have used the search function to maybe no avail. Sufice it to say I am disapointed. I thought there were enthusists here. Don't take that comment personally, you are here for me. I'll let you know how it goes I d/l the sylinux iso. Lets see how that goes Posted by MarkW on Jan. 09 2005,16:21
Syslinux iso worked. Booted in failsafe, configured my eth0 connection and here I am running dsl and posting with Firefox. I am quite impressed from what little I have looked at.Oh, I got the idea to try the syslinux iso from the laptop forum while I was surfing back a few pages. Someone had similar issues with a P4 laptop. The 5 or six searches I did never came up with that post. Go figure!!!! |