I recently purchased Knoppix. I restarted my computer trying to get it to work, my BIOS is set up to go to the Dvd, Cd, and Floppy Disk drives before the hard drive. I'm pretty sure of that. Anyways, I could not get it to work. The night before last, my computer was hibernating. I started it up, and lo and behold the Knoppix program came up and I had it running. I restarted my computer, and I couldn't get it to work. I tried all day, and then finally gave up on it. I left it in the Dvd-rom drive and my daughter started the computer late that night and lo and behold it came up again and was working fine. Is there a ghost in my machine that makes it only work late at night sometimes? Or do I not have enough Ram to get it to run? Which I have 2 sticks, a total of 512. Can someone please help me perform an exorcism on my computer this halloween season?
2006-10-30 14:17:09 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
When you restart, you know how it will come up and sat "Del=setup" or something like that? Well, look for something like "F12=Boot Menu" or something like that.
Just after your POST, but before windows starts, look for something like "press space to boot from CD". It's only going to be there for a second or two. You gotta be quick...
You might need to install LILO. Search for it on Knoppix
2006-10-30 14:23:37 · answer #1 · answered by orlandobillybob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋