Can't find KNOPPIXForum: HD Install Topic: Can't find KNOPPIX started by: bigjay517 Posted by bigjay517 on Jan. 04 2006,01:09
I am installing DSL with a boot floppy. I get to the menu where I have a boot: prompt. I press enter then it gives me this exact error " Can't find KNOPPIX filesystem, sorry. Dropping you to a (very limited) shell. Press reset button to quit." What am I doing wrong? Thenks in advance for the help!
Posted by bigjay517 on Jan. 04 2006,13:14
I've narrowed it down to my CD-DRIVE, I think that I may have burned the CD at to high of a speed, or the drive is dead. Is there a way I can tell? When I load Windows on that computer and open the CD-DRIVE there are no files listed, but the system detects that the CD is 48 MBs in size. I will try another the slowest speed and report back with what happens.
Posted by cbagger01 on Jan. 05 2006,18:18
If you can't see it in Windows either then it is probably a bad CD burn.Usually, slower is better and CD-R disks are better than CD-RW disks Posted by bigjay517 on Jan. 06 2006,00:59
I have a 14x drive so I burned a 10x disk and it didn't work so I think the drive is dead.
Posted by cbagger01 on Jan. 06 2006,04:34
Either that or maybe you got a bad batch of CD-R disks.Or maybe your CD burner program does not burn ISO images correctly. From MSWindows, I've had good success with Nero and with Fuji (MADE IN JAPAN on the label) CD-R disks. Posted by bigjay517 on Jan. 06 2006,19:09
Well the dicks worked on my other computers. I was able to get the KNOPPIX file on my hard drive on the computer to do a poormans install. When I booted it didn't dectect the file. I path to the file is c:\KNOPPIX\KNOPPIX. My goal is to load the LiveCD then format my Hard Drive and Install DSL, is that posssabl with a poormans install?
Posted by cbagger01 on Jan. 07 2006,05:10
Yes.You will need to keep your poorman's install data partition intact, but it is possible to use the poorman's install to do an hd install to a different part of your hard drive or to a different hard drive in the same computer. You may need to copy the \boot files over from the CDROM to the C:\ drive in order to do such an installation. Posted by JediKly13 on Jan. 07 2006,06:01
I am getting the same error message as mentioned at the opening of this post. I do not believe the CD has any errors or problems.I'm attempting to install on a Pentium 233Mhz, 64MB, 4Gig HD system. I wiped all drive information using fdisk so there is no operating system on the machine at the moment. Anyone have any suggestions why I'm getting the "Can't find Knoppix" error? Posted by JediKly13 on Jan. 07 2006,06:03
Also, I've attempted the isolinux and syslinux versions of the iso and get the error for both CDs.
Posted by bigjay517 on Jan. 07 2006,16:10
I will load the Hard Drive up to my other computer format it then I will copy the KNOPPIX file over that will work I think. I am busy right now so that will have to wait a day or two. I will get back with my results.
Posted by kidko on Jan. 08 2006,23:43
I've got the same problems with a floppy. No CD and it will not work. It'll also just sit there for a while if I have the LiveCD in, "looking for CD image"... any help?
Posted by bigjay517 on Jan. 08 2006,23:51
Does the CD work on other computers besides te one you burned it with? Posted by kidko on Jan. 09 2006,00:04
Yeah, it works on two computers. But the computer it won't work on won't boot straight from a CD... so I tried to make a CD-booting floppy, which doesn't work.
Posted by outanet on Jan. 19 2006,23:57
i had this on a compaq d300 with hd as hda and cd as hdc, i got around it by using a usb drive with the poor mans on it. it couldnt find the image on the cd but eventually found it on sda1!
Posted by bigjay517 on Jan. 20 2006,14:06
This computer is so old that it can't boot from a USB drive. I will have to give it a try but I am busy at the moment.For Kidko, Do you know if the CD rom drive on that computer is any good? Posted by outanet on Feb. 02 2006,21:48
didnt boot from usb, booted using disk but loaded from usb. sorry, i was unclear.
Posted by newb on Feb. 09 2006,02:20
On my Sony Vaio I had to use 'dsl ide2=0x180' because it didn't know where the pcmcia-based cdrom drive was. I found that solution somewhere in this forum, too. It probably isn't your problem, but it worked in my specific instance. Using the boot cd and a usb drive will also work, though. And never, never use the 'toram' boot parameter when doing a hard drive install. I found that out the hard way. |