Re: LiveCD's don't work

[Bill Benedetto <bbenedetto@goodyear.com>]

>>> 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
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