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Re: Knoppix 4 (Quantian .7) Can't find Filesystem

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On Mon, 13 Feb 2023 21:08:31 -0000 (UTC), vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:
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> Nothing I seem to do gets this to install. Apparently required IDE.
>
>
> Similar issues with DOS and XP overcome by settiing SATA to ATA and UEFI to
> Legacy in BIOS.
>
> Yes, the OS is old, but so is the laptop Vostro 3560, HDD Samsung SSD 950
> EVO and SATA Hl_DTD+RW-GT60N
>
> https://icecat.biz/en-sg/p/dell/n08s5603/vostro-notebooks-3560-15530427.html
>
> Here is one search result that may apply/clarify 
> http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/f/topic-3-5-20399-0.html

Quote:

| I'm trying to boot a 3.4.12 or a 4.4.4 boot cd using a Dell optiplex
| 745. I get "Can't find KNOPPIX filesystem, sorry." using 3.4.12 and
| 4.4.4.

Sounds vaguely familiar. Did this happen on the first boot after the
installation or still the installation process itself?

Must have been +15 years (between 2006 and 2008 I seem to recall) when I
ran into that, installing from CD ROM. Before the days of ATA and UEFI.

I seem to recall the problem was that Knoppix insisted to partition the
installation media! It stalled when it couldn't (well it's a CD ROM) and
no key would abort it. May be my mistake because I didn't chose which
disks to partition (because Knoppix should be smart enough not to try to
partition the boot media).

After several attempts I noticed the CD ROM LED came on when it came to
partition stuff, so I assumed there is the problem. Because it was
mounted you couldn't just eject it.

Next installation attempt just before being prompted to partition I used
a pin to unblock the locking of the CD/DVD drive and yanked it open. And
now partition worked!

After that I ran into an error ("Missing boot media" or similar. So I
inserted the CD again but Knoppix wouldn't try to mount it (not its
fault). Luckily at that time TTYs were available. I recalled where the CD
was mounted on and a "sudo mount /where/ever/" would mount it and then
finish the installation, yielding in a fully functioning Linux
installation.

But what a PITA!

If this was a bug in Knoppix, try a newer version to see if your older
hardware is supported. Or try something else (Ubuntu, MINT...).
-- 
Andreas

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Knoppix 4 (Quantian .7) Can't find Filesystem vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com - 2023-02-13 21:08 +0000
  Re: Knoppix 4 (Quantian .7) Can't find Filesystem Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2023-02-13 16:46 -0500
    Re: Knoppix 4 (Quantian .7) Can't find Filesystem "25B.R867" <25B.R867@noaaada.net> - 2023-02-14 00:27 -0500
      Re: Knoppix 4 (Quantian .7) Can't find Filesystem Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2023-02-14 15:35 -0500
        Re: Knoppix 4 (Quantian .7) Can't find Filesystem "25B.R867" <25B.R867@noaaada.net> - 2023-02-15 01:13 -0500
          Converting from U back to Deb (Was: Knoppix 4 (Quantian .7) Can't find Filesystem) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2023-02-15 19:48 +0000
            Re: Converting from U back to Deb (Was: Knoppix 4 (Quantian .7) Can't find Filesystem) "25B.R867" <25B.R867@noaaada.net> - 2023-02-16 02:00 -0500
              Re: Converting from U back to Deb not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2023-02-17 07:25 +1000
                Re: Converting from U back to Deb "25B.R866" <25B.R866@noaaba.net> - 2023-02-17 23:27 -0500
        Re: Knoppix 4 (Quantian .7) Can't find Filesystem vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com - 2023-02-15 21:59 +0000

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