[SLUG] Knoppix 3.3 CD
Title: Knoppix 3.3 CD Hi all, Out of curiosity I booted my home PC with a new Knoppix 3.3 CD ... but no luck this time. It died with a kernel panic as it doesn't know about the SCSI system I think, Adaptec 29160 controller iirc. This is the first time I've ever had a Knoppix fail on me: usually they are the best distro to see if the hardware works with Linux. Mind you the CD was a freebie so I don't even know if it as a proper ISO on it... but it went through most of the motions of loading various drivers. It would probably work if I manually specified all the hardware. Anyone else tried this distro on SCSI X86 hardware? Regards, Jill. -- Jill Rowling, System Administrator Eng. Systems Dept, Aristocrat Technologies Australia Level 2, 55 Mentmore Ave Rosebery NSW 2018 Phone: (02) 9697-4484 Fax: (02) 9663-1412 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- IMPORTANT NOTICES This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject of copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties. This email is intended only for the named addressee. Any privacy, confidence, copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties, is not lost because this email was sent to you by mistake. If you received this email by mistake you should: (i) not copy, disclose, distribute or otherwise use it, or its contents, without the consent of Aristocrat or the owner of the relevant rights; (ii) let us know of the mistake by reply email or by telephone (+61 2 9413 6300); and (iii) delete it from your system and destroy all copies. Any personal information contained in this email must be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Electronic and internet communications can be interfered with or affected by viruses and other defects. As a result, such communications may not be successfully received or, if received, may cause interference with the integrity of receiving, processing or related systems (including hardware, software and data or information on, or using, that hardware or software). Aristocrat gives no assurances in relation to these matters. If you have any doubts about the veracity or integrity of any electronic communication we appear to have sent you, please call +61 2 9413 6300 for clarification. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Knoppix 3.3 CD
Hi Jill, Out of curiosity I booted my home PC with a new Knoppix 3.3 CD ... but no luck this time. It died with a kernel panic as it doesn't know about the SCSI system I think, Adaptec 29160 controller iirc. This is the first time I've ever had a Knoppix fail on me: usually they are the best distro to see if the hardware works with Linux. do you have a lilo boot prompt? or a grub boot prompt? It sounds like the adeptec module was not loaded in the initrd image. see if you can force the card loading at the boot. Do you have a recovery disk? see if that loads your scsi controller modules. Mind you the CD was a freebie so I don't even know if it as a proper ISO on it... but it went through most of the motions of loading various drivers. It would probably work if I manually specified all the hardware. I don't see what the diff is between freebie cds and bought from the distributer the contents are usually the same except for some extra cds or licenses they have. -- Regards, Kevin Saenz Spinaweb I.T consultants Ph: 02 4620 5130 Fax: 02 4625 9243 Mobile: 0418455661 Web: http://www.spinaweb.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Knoppix 3.3 CD
On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 09:29, Rowling, Jill wrote: Hi all, Out of curiosity I booted my home PC with a new Knoppix 3.3 CD ... but no luck this time. It died with a kernel panic as it doesn't know about the SCSI system I think, Adaptec 29160 controller iirc. This is the first time I've ever had a Knoppix fail on me: usually they are the best distro to see if the hardware works with Linux. Mind you the CD was a freebie so I don't even know if it as a proper ISO on it... but it went through most of the motions of loading various drivers. It would probably work if I manually specified all the hardware. Anyone else tried this distro on SCSI X86 hardware? No, but my Knoppix 3.2 failed to pick up the mouse (!!) on an old Compaq laptop. Cheers, Alan Regards, Jill. -- Jill Rowling, System Administrator Eng. Systems Dept, Aristocrat Technologies Australia Level 2, 55 Mentmore Ave Rosebery NSW 2018 Phone: (02) 9697-4484 Fax: (02) 9663-1412 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- IMPORTANT NOTICES This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject of copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties. This email is intended only for the named addressee. Any privacy, confidence, copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties, is not lost because this email was sent to you by mistake. If you received this email by mistake you should: (i) not copy, disclose, distribute or otherwise use it, or its contents, without the consent of Aristocrat or the owner of the relevant rights; (ii) let us know of the mistake by reply email or by telephone (+61 2 9413 6300); and (iii) delete it from your system and destroy all copies. Any personal information contained in this email must be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Electronic and internet communications can be interfered with or affected by viruses and other defects. As a result, such communications may not be successfully received or, if received, may cause interference with the integrity of receiving, processing or related systems (including hardware, software and data or information on, or using, that hardware or software). Aristocrat gives no assurances in relation to these matters. If you have any doubts about the veracity or integrity of any electronic communication we appear to have sent you, please call +61 2 9413 6300 for clarification. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 405 084 990 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Knoppix 3.3 CD
The freebie comment refers to I don't know if the person who created the CD actually checked to see if all the CD was written. No reflection on license or software quality or anything else. Yes, there was the option of a boot prompt and no doubt I could load all the modules at that stage. The distro gives you the option to just load anything that it thinks of or completely customising everything from the modules upwards. The machine's usual boot (Debian) is fine as all modules have been specified correctly; I was just interested that this particular machine was not as easy to auto-configure for Knoppix compared to (say) Mum's old PC. BTW with the previous version of Knoppix, Mum's machine was able to be transformed from being slow on that other OS to a very fast Knoppix system. And when she wanted to use the other OS again, it was simply a matter of reboot and eject the CD. That's what I particularly like about Knoppix -- doesn't scare the users too much. Cheers, Jill. -- IMPORTANT NOTICES This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject of copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties. This email is intended only for the named addressee. Any privacy, confidence, copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties, is not lost because this email was sent to you by mistake. If you received this email by mistake you should: (i) not copy, disclose, distribute or otherwise use it, or its contents, without the consent of Aristocrat or the owner of the relevant rights; (ii) let us know of the mistake by reply email or by telephone (+61 2 9413 6300); and (iii) delete it from your system and destroy all copies. Any personal information contained in this email must be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Electronic and internet communications can be interfered with or affected by viruses and other defects. As a result, such communications may not be successfully received or, if received, may cause interference with the integrity of receiving, processing or related systems (including hardware, software and data or information on, or using, that hardware or software). Aristocrat gives no assurances in relation to these matters. If you have any doubts about the veracity or integrity of any electronic communication we appear to have sent you, please call +61 2 9413 6300 for clarification. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
