[NTLUG:Discuss] HD problems from a Windows machine

[Robert Citek]

On Dec 20, 2005, at 6:57 PM, Russ wrote:
> The first time I tried "boot: knoppix noswap 1", it was not
> successful.  The machine hung while trying to establish a path,
> displayed error codes, then went into kernel panic.

Something is not right.  Knoppix should boot right up and not have  
any issues because of the state the hard disk is in. The number one  
reason I've seen for these kinds of phenomenon are CDs that have been  
burned too quickly, with faulty downloads a close second.  In both  
cases, the data is mostly there on the CD.  But when the CD is moved  
to a different CD-ROM, especially an older CD-ROM, all kinds of weird  
things start happening: kernel panics, lockups, cloop errors, etc.

So the simplest solution is to check your ISO by running an MD5 sum  
on it.  Once you've verified that the ISO image is good, burn another  
CD slowly, <8x, or as slow as your CD burner and software can handle.

Then boot up with the new CD like before:  "boot: knoppix noswap 1"   
It should boot without issue.  If it still give you problems boot  
with "boot: knoppix noswap debug -b 1"  Knoppix will be more verbose  
and you'll go through a few more boot stages.  Just type "exit" to  
leave one stage and go to the next.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.

Regards,
- Robert
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