[nmglug] P133

[js at jasonschaefer.com]

Anthony

If knoppix does not run, type "knoppix 2" (without quotes) at the bootup
screen. This will boot into knoppix without a graphical environment. Im
sure you will be delighted.

-Jason


a_kaluta wrote:

> Jason;
> I will give knoppix a try,Do you know if knoppix run on 32 Megabites
> of Ram? Anthony Kaluta
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Davis" <mohadib at openactive.org>
> To: "NMGLUG.org mailing list" <nmglug at nmglug.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 2:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [nmglug] P133
>
>
>> On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 13:36 -0600, a_kaluta wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Glug Members;
>>> I tried loading "potato" on the,  aforesead-mentioned, computer both
>>> before
>>> and after I changed to "boot from CD"...with no luck.
>>> Internet research suggested booting from floppy disk.
>>> which evokes a whole new set of problems for this novice.
>>> Is the suggestion to boot from floppy disk because the disk may be
>>> written
>>> to a "fat" files system?
>>> Is  the floppy a good direction ,Lac tutorial mentioned Suse 9
>>> recovery disk
>>> alas a quick perusal of the site did not reveal its location, would
>>> persuit
>>> and location of the recovery disk be a better focus.
>>>  Any shared thoughts Cabelleros.
>>>                                             Thanks Anthony Kaluta
>>
>>
>>
>> can you boot knoppix
>> if so , your deb CD might be bad
>>
>> if that still fails (after making sure the bios is set to boot from cd)
>> I would by a new cdrom , or make sure it is plugged in and pinned right.
>> Maybe test the cdrom in another box.
>>
>> Good Luck,
>> jd
>>
>>
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