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JumpyLINUX - 23.08.2006, 15:22 Uhr
Titel: Problems running live cd.

I tried booting from the Kanotix 2006 easter cd. Burned with Nero in windows using DiskAtOnce and speed 8x to a verbatim 40x datalifeplus media. The cd/dvd writer is a LiteON SOHW something.

After choosing the second startup option from the main screen kanotix seems to loop through my harddrives and end up in an error something like: cannot find file system.

I also tried testcd by backspacing all the text in the boot screen and writing only 'testcd' and pressed enter. I am not sure if that was the right way. Well it started something and ended up stopping to a point where there were some nags about hda2 and alike.

I burned the cd same way as I burned my knoppix live cd. And knoppix is running fine. But I have not been able to run Slax, Ubuntu, PuppyLinux ... and the list goes on. Knoppix and DamnSmallLinux are the only ones that I have gotten to work for now.

Any ideas how I could get the Kanotix live cd working. Once I get the live up and running I will try installing it.

devil - 23.08.2006, 16:39 Uhr
Titel: Problems running live cd.

append testcd to the grub bootline and try again.
tell us, what that gives exactly.

greetz
devil

JimC - 23.08.2006, 16:41 Uhr
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It's probably a corrupted ISO file (but, I'd use Devil's instructions to check the CD since you've already burned it).

I'd check the md5 checksum of the ISO file for any distro you download before risking a burn.

One free tool to do this with Windows is here:

http://www.nullriver.com/index/products/winmd5sum

Just point it at the ISO file you download and it will calculate the md5 checksum.

Then, copy and paste the correct checksum into the second box and press Calculate and it will compare the values.

It's a good idea to do this with any distro you download, as you do get bad downloads pretty often (at least I do).

When you look at mirrors for a distro (almost any distro), you'll see a separate file that contains this md5 checksum.

Here it is for 2005-04:
http://debian.tu-bs.de/kanotix/KANOTIX-2005-04/KANOTIX-2005-04.iso.md5

Here it is for 2006-easter-rc4:
http://debian.tu-bs.de/project/kanotix/preview/KANOTIX-2006-Easter-RC4.iso.md5

So, if you're trying 2006-easter-rc4, you'd copy the md5 checksum from this file (it's just a text file) into the second field of the winmd5sum program I posted a link to above before pressing compare to see if it matches with the ISO you downloaded. There are probably plenty of other tools that can do the same thing (it's just one I found a while back). Here is what you'd copy from it for 2006-easter-rc4)"

c10e91895ad111553a6ad765c16f17a1

If it does match, then the download is good and you probably got a bad burn.

I use the free version of Deep Burner from Windows to burn ISOs with.

http://www.deepburner.com/?r=download

I've also got a Lite-On drive and I typically select a 16x burn with it (it seems more reliable than 8x for some odd reason) using 52x CD-R media and I never get a coaster with it that way.

I'd probably check to see if you've got a corrupted download as a first step before wasting any more media if the burn is bad. If so, just try downloading it again.

JumpyLINUX - 23.08.2006, 18:04 Uhr
Titel: MD5

Yeap the MD5 checksum did not match! I will try to redownload the iso. Is it possible to dowload the iso with bittorrent? Where can I find the torrent file? (Incase I get another corrupted file.)

It is going to take quite a while for me to download the iso again. But I will post back if I still encounter problems.

JumpyLINUX - 23.08.2006, 18:35 Uhr
Titel: Oup.. I made a little mistake while checking the MD5.

I made a little mistake while checking the MD5. It matched.

Now I appended the testcd but still got the same error:

*Picture of a penguin*
PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 7 of bridge 0000:00:1c.0
PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 8 of bridge 0000:00:1c.0
PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 9 of bridge 0000:00:1c.0
PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 7 of bridge 0000:00:1c.1
PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 8 of bridge 0000:00:1c.1
PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 9 of bridge 0000:00:1c.1
PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 7 of bridge 0000:00:1c.2
PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 8 of bridge 0000:00:1c.2
PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 9 of bridge 0000:00:1c.2

Welcome to the KANOTIX live Linux-on-CD!

Can'tfind KANOTIX filesystem, sorry.
Dropping you to a (very limited) shell.
Press reser button to quit.

/static/ash: can't access tty; job control turned off
kanotix#

I can still try to burn the cd with deepburner if this won't get us any further.[/b][/code]

devil - 23.08.2006, 18:39 Uhr
Titel: Oup.. I made a little mistake while checking the MD5.

let us know something on yer hardware first.
and try booting with appending failsafe as cheatcode to bootline and see, what that gives.

greetz
devil

JumpyLINUX - 23.08.2006, 18:54 Uhr
Titel:

I have an Acer Travelmate 3004. I use the external firewire dvd/cd -drive that came with the computer.

Here's what I get when I choose failsafe english from the extramenu:

NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
TCP established hach table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1572864 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries 65536 (order: 7, 786432 bytes)
TCP Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
TCP reno registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
Using IPI Shortcut mode
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /class/input/input0
md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
md autorun ...
md: ... autorun DONE.
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).

Welcome to the KANOTIX live Linux-on-CD!

Disabling DMA acceleration for hda [ST9100822A]
Can'tfind KANOTIX filesystem, sorry.
Dropping you to a (very limited) shell.
Press reser button to quit.

/static/ash: can't access tty; job control turned off
kanotix#

ockham23 - 23.08.2006, 19:06 Uhr
Titel:

Maybe cheat code "bootfirewire" will help.

JumpyLINUX - 23.08.2006, 19:24 Uhr
Titel:

ockham23 hat folgendes geschrieben::

Maybe cheat code "bootfirewire" will help.

Tried, but it did not change the errors that I got.

ockham23 - 23.08.2006, 19:40 Uhr
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O.k., one more idea: Start windows and copy the Kanotix iso file to the root directory of windows drive C:. The file path should be C:\KANO*.iso.
Then boot again off the Kanotix cd, but this time add cheat code "fromiso=KAN*.iso" to the line of boot commands. This will instruct Kanotix to mount the iso file instead of trying to access the external drive.

JumpyLINUX - 23.08.2006, 20:27 Uhr
Titel: Works now.

ockham23 hat folgendes geschrieben::

Thank you this worked. My next project will be to install Kanotix on harddrive.

1) I can make an unpartitioned are for Kanotix in windows, but how big should I make it (I'm not planning to put any large music or movie files on it.)?

2)Is the install process simple or is there something I should know?

3) I can use the live cd to install, right?

4) Will I need to add the "fromiso=KAN*.iso" when installing as well?

5) When I ran the live cd I added "screen=1280x800", how can I make this the default resolution for the installed kanotix?

6) How can I reinstall grub from the live cd, when I mess it by reinstalling windows?

ockham23 - 23.08.2006, 20:48 Uhr
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For general instructions on how to install Kanotix look here: http://kanotix.com/FAQ-id_cat-63.html#q270

As to your specific questions: Don't try to install from the live cd. As we have seen, this doesn't work. Instead boot off the iso file in the same way you just did. This will work just as well, and the installation will even be faster.
In general, Kanotix will preserve the screen resolution used during the installation. If not, you can tweak it later with Kano's screen resolution tool.
It's very simple to re-write grub to MBR after a windows installation. Boot off cd with fromiso cheat code and launch Kanotix installer. Select "Restore existing Kanotix installation" and reboot.

JumpyLINUX - 24.08.2006, 19:47 Uhr
Titel: My first post from Kanotix.

I managed to install Kanotix!! Sehr glücklich

Thank you guys for all the help.