[mythtv-users] KnoppMyth CD won't boot

[Cecil Watson]

Marty Mastera wrote:

>Hello,
> 
>I downloaded the latest KnoppMyth ISO, checked the MD5SUM, burned it to
>disc.  I set the BIOS to boot from CD and the KnoppMyth boot screen
>comes up.  No matter what boot option I try, I get a message saying
>"ide: late registration of driver" followed by:
> 
>Can't find Knoppix filesystem, dropping you to a very limited shell.
> 
>I figure the kernels are having a hard time finding the cdrom for some
>reason...I have tried it on two different computers:
> 
>-    One is a Soyo K7VME (Via KT400 chipset I believe) with a newly
>purchased DVD burner set as primary slave. (I have also tried it as
>Secondary Master with no luck).
>  
>
Cough cough...  Set you CD-ROM devices on the secondary IDE bus...

>    This box is currently running Myth on Fedora Core 1 and the DVD
>drive works fine there, happily playing DVDs, so I don't think the drive
>is a problem.
> 
>-    The second machine is my Dell Dimension 4600 with the Dell supplied
>48X cdrom drive.  On this machine, it attempts to boot from the CD,
>never gets to the KnoppMyth screen and fails over to Win XP.
> 
>Per suggestions on various forums and lists, I have verified the MD5SUM,
>downloaded a new copy of the ISO from a different server, re-burned to
>disc, etc, etc...with no improvement.  Also per the Knoppix cheat codes
>list, I have tried the "atapicd" and "noscsi" cheatcodes (both singley
>and together) with no effect.  Should I be able to see this CD in
>Windows via explorer as with other linux distro boot cds?  I ask b/c I
>can't...With the disc in the drive on the Windows machine, Windows
>thinks the drive it empty...
> 
>  
>
Sounds like a bad burn.

>Any suggestions?
> 
>Thanks,
> 
>Marty
>