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Knoppix wouldn't boot on my new computer. I think it has Intel ICH9, but it also has a sata cd drive. Entering at the boot prompt the boot code
linux all-generic-ide irqpoll
got it to boot. I don't know if your hardware is similar enough for that to work for you. Otherwise you could try some other boot codes (nodma seems to often be suggested) http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Cheat_Codes
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Distribution: I don't have one, but I'm trying to get a few to work. That's why I'm on the forum!
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Thanks for the advice, Honeysuckle, but it didn't seem to work. It found the KNOPPIX filesystem on the CD, but then it came up with a long string of errors which seemed to be something about my card not supporting something. I didn't have time to read the errors properly, because the screen kept on flashing on and off. I had to boot back into Vista after that. Some of the errors mentioned bytes being lost on the CD! I think the CD's been wrecked, too. Anyway, thanks for the advice!
Did you burn your cd at slow speed? If you did it at a higher speed, it might have errors.
Perhaps it is some graphics-card/monitor related problem? Maybe try VGA=normal? Otherwise you could google for people with your card having similar problems? Hopefully somebody else may have some better suggestions
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