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From: Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net>
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Subject: Re: Knoppix 4 (Quantian .7) Can't find Filesystem
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 16:46:06 -0500
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On Mon, 13 Feb 2023 21:08:31 -0000 (UTC), vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:
>
> 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