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fuzzball963 · Jan 28, 2007, 11:03 PM

Hi all,

I downloaded the latest Knoppix CD and burned the ISO to a disk to try it out and see what had changed. However, when I restart the Mac with the CD in the drive it reads it and promptly spits it out. Ditto for if I use the C key to force boot to CD.

I'm just wondering whats up? I dropped it in my XP machine and it happily went in and booted fine.

Am I missing something?

Just a side note here, I'm not looking to install it or anything just play with it like i have with all the others

dohidied · Jan 29, 2007, 02:00 PM

Maybe try going to System Preferences > Startup Disk and choosing Knoppix and restarting.

Philip J. Fry · Jan 31, 2007, 02:44 PM

Make sure you're burning the correct CD for your architecture (ie, PPC or Intel). Not saying you're not, but I've made that mistake before

fuzzball963 · Feb 1, 2007, 12:30 AM

I made sure it was the x86 english version and I tried doing the startup disk thing as well. No dice. Any other suggestions ?

kick52 · Feb 1, 2007, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by fuzzball963

I made sure it was the x86 english version and I tried doing the startup disk thing as well. No dice. Any other suggestions ?

does the cd actualy mount and show up in the finder?
also, try holding option/alt on boot and see if you can select it from there