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So, I have the knoppix 5.1 and I put it in. I am doing this to bypass windows in order to salvage some files as my computer seems to have gotten a virus associated with spyware stormer. It works and starts to load - it checks the memory, usb/firewall devices, enables dma for hda and hdc. Then it goes to "looking for CD in: /dev/hdc" and it remains there. Am I doing something wrong? Please help.
Your doing nothing wrong, it should still be booting up. How long does it stay there before you just give up? I would say just leave it be for about 10 minutes, and if its still stuck, then its probably a knoppix problem.
So, if there is a knoppix problem - and I purchased this cd - I understand that is a way to make my own knoppix cd through downloads...is there some step by step stuff on how to do that? I downloaded what I thought was knoppix through mirror site from the knoppix home page, but the cd did not do anything - so I thought buying a copy of knoppix would be the solution. It boots more - but just not completely. I left the cd in all night - spinning - and it never moved past "looking for CD in: /dev/hdc"
To burn any Linux cd, just download the .iso file and use a cd burning application to burn the disc using the image file (don't just burn the file to the disk, that won't work.)
Meanwhile you have even try Puppy Linux, which much similar to knoppix..And it is smallest too..I you want try out...may be check its review at Puppy Linux Review
It's a dotpup package. Just click to install and once F-prot is running click update. F-prot scans for windows and linux virus. Might fix you up. Puppy has NTFS R/W support with the NTFS-3g driver too.
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Trouble Booting Linux
