>>> Mike Fontenot writes: Mike> I just tried to boot from several liveCD's: both Knoppix Mike> and DSL. Both initially start up OK (I get the two Mike> penguin images), but DSL hangs before doing much Mike> else. DSL hangs after printing "Checking for for Mike> USB...". Knoppix doesn't hang, but it leaves me in a Mike> shell that can't seem to do much of anything (e.g., Mike> doesn't understand "init 0"). Knoppix prints out this: Mike> Mike> "Running Linux Kernel 2.6.19 Mike> Total mem avail... Mike> Scanning for USB/Firewire devices...done. Mike> Can't find Knoppix filesystem, Sorry. Mike> Dropping you to a (very limited) shell. Mike> Press reset button to quit." Mike> Mike> [SNIP!]
To me, this feels like a memory problem. Could you have bad RAM? Is this a system that is working otherwise (that is, you can boot it fine without a CD in the drive) and you're just having trouble booting the liveCDs? My thinking here is that Knoppix always works for me unless I have a system with bad RAM. Also, both distros START booting which means your system is booting off of the CD and the distro is starting to load. HTH, -- - Bill +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Bill Benedetto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. I don't speak for Goodyear and they don't speak for me. We're both happy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
