ok so ill try to keep this simple even though I myself am confused as to whats going on. I just did a full install of knoppix adriane (on an old IBM thinkpad) and everything seems to have went smoothly... however, when i went to boot it up this morning it said ERROR: Driver 'pata_platform is already registered, aborting...

Im confused by this and i was hoping there might be a way to get around it? ?? I have tried several times to rerun setup and still the same error comes up. If you have an answer please walk me through step by step cause im very new to this...

thanks,

Michael

Welcome---I edited your title to be more descriptive...

My guess would be dma. Try to boot with option to disable dma.

See http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...le-it.-734489/

i saw that post... but im confused on how to even write script in linux -

again thanks for your help

Hi,

you do not need any script. On boot prompt add ide=nodma as parameter to disable DMA.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...le-it.-734489/

Hi csukid86,

since you asked in the other thread (linked here above) how to provide a reference link to that thread, in your NEW thread (this one right here), I have provided the link for you.

Basically, if you want to reference another thread (like an old one that may shed light on your current problem) just copy the browser URL of the thread, and paste it in like I did here.

Cheers!
Sasha

I remember reading ages ago that it wasn't recommended to install Knoppix to a hard drive.

It is not exactly newbie to install Knoppix to a disk but many do and there are pages on how to.

I should have been more clear on how to boot with options.


Search for knoppix cheat codes. Should be on disk and on web. The list displays syntax for all boot time command options.

what do you mean on boot prompt? and how do i go about adding that as a parameter??

Depends which bootloader you are using, I'll assume GRUB or LILO (and not GRUB2, just regular grub)

Step one: turn on the computer and wait till your boot menu appears.
Now, do one of:

LILO: When at the lilo boot menu, highlight your kernel that you plan to boot; press TAB; on the "boot line", add the parameter to the end of the line, and hit ENTER.

GRUB: Someone correct me where I'm wrong here, since I don't use GRUB; as far as I recall, you press "E" after highlighting the kernel you want to boot (instead of TAB) and add the parameter to the boot line. Now, I'm not sure if it's just "Press ENTER" or if you have to do something else in here. Need a GRUB user to clarify this for you.

Sasha