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Old 08-26-2010, 08:02 AM   #1
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Could not completely boot Knoppix 6.2 from ISO on ext3


Hi,

Because my DVD drive has problems with read-eyes, I want to boot Knoppix from ISO file on HDD. Below are the steps I did:
  • put ISO on / of ext3 partition which I am running Gentoo
  • create Knoppix folder including the: linux, minitrd.gz - extract from ISO file
  • add new entry to menu.lst:
Code:
title Knoppix 6.2.1
root (hd0,4)
kernel (hd0,4)/Knoppix/linux ramdisk_size=100000 fromhd=/dev/sda5 bootfrom=/dev/sda5/ADRIANE-KNOPPIX_V6.2.1CD-2010-01-31-EN.iso 
initrd (hd0,4)/Knoppix/minirt.gz
Reboot and I get the following error:
Quote:
Knoppix 6.2 (based on MicroKnoppix) # or somthing like that
waiting usb....
could not mount disk to /mnt-system
starting debugging shell..
sh: can't access tty, job control turned off
sh: /
At the debugging shell, I still can do some things like: create folder, mount ext3 partition, edit text file with nano, ... but how to get rid of this error and completely boot to GUI?

Any suggestions will be appreciated.
 
Old 03-18-2011, 05:04 AM   #2
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i have the same problem. have you managed to find solution in meantime?
 
Old 03-20-2011, 08:42 AM   #3
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i have the same problem. have you managed to find solution in meantime?
No, I haven't. But I try to boot with some other LiveCDs and Parted Magic works fine:
Code:
title Parted Magic 5.10
root (hd0,4)
kernel (hd0,4)/pmagic/bzImage ramdisk_size=100000 fromhd=/dev/sda5 bootfrom=/dev/sda5/pmagic-5.10.iso 
initrd (hd0,4)/pmagic/initramfs
 
  


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