Re: After running spyware - XP won't let me boot - keeps loggingout
daviddschool wrote:
> On Feb 10, 5
8 pm, daviddschool <daviddsch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> It is included. "KNOPPIX" is a file within the ISO. That file
>>> contains an entire compressed file system, and the boot loader
>>> cannot go any further, unless the stuff that makes up the OS
>>> is available to it.
>> Ok, I am home now and wrote down everything it says when booting. I
>> have win Xp running on an 80gig HD, that is it. There are no
>> partitions.
>> I have another 250 gig drive, slave and a DVD writer that is running
>> the Bitdefender.
>>
>> I am including this because maybe I left out something important.
>> Ok, burned the Bitdefender ISO on 2 different discs -
>> Disc 1 . 2008
>> Disc 2. 2009
>>
>> Tried both and here is what comes up (I wrote this down from the
>> screen)
>> Menu options :
>>
>> START KNOPPIX ENGLISH
>> START KNOPPIX FRENCH
>> START CONSOLE MODE
>> MEMORY TEST
>> BOOT FROM HD
>
>
> Sorry I hit enter and didn't finish the message, so here goes.
>
> I pick START KNOPPIX ENGLISH (I am guessing this is what I was
> supposed to pick).
>
> Next 4 penguins show up
> Running linux kernel 2.6
> Total memory
> Scanning firewall/usb
> Enabling DMA for 80gig
> Enabling DMA for other 250gig
>
> Then I get
>
> CAN'T FIND KNOPPIX FILESYSTEM, SORRY, DROPPING YOU TO A VERY LIMITED
> SHELL
>
> Then I am presented with
> Additional built in commands available:
> -CAT
> -INSMOD
> -MOUNT
> -UMOUNT
> -LSMOD
> -RMMOD
>
> Restart by hitting the reset button.
>
> That is it. Hopefully that is more descriptive and can show the way.
>
>
This picture shows you what the sequence should have looked like.
http://img.f.hatena.ne.jp/images/fotolife/l/lugia/20080723/20080723233739.png
penguin(s)
Running linux kernel 2.6
Total memory
Scanning for USB/firewire
Enabling DMA for 80gig
Enabling DMA for other 250gig
Accessing KNOPPIX DVD at /dev/hdc <--- what you appear to be missing
Reading cloop blocks
...
Found primary KNOPPIX compressed image at /cdrom/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX
The Bitdefender ISO has a cheatcodes file. Cheat codes are
boot time options to work around problems. I've copied the
entire file below. The "fromhd=/dev/hda1" syntax is mentioned.
*******
CHEATCODES AND HINTS FOR BitDefender Rescue CD V2.0
==============================================================================
(last update: 02.13.2007)
This is an edit of the original KNOPPIX cheatcodes file. Please note that your
version might not have all these features.
These options (can be combined) work from the ISOLINUX bootprompt:
rescue lang=cn|de|da|es|fr|it|nl specify language/keyboard
rescue lang=pl|ru|sk|tr|tw|us specify language/keyboard
rescue gmt Use GMT-based time
rescue tz=Europe/Berlin Use this timezone for TZ
rescue atapicd Do NOT use SCSI-Emulation for IDE CD-Roms
rescue alsa (or alsa=es193
Use ALSA sound driver (at your own risk)
rescue desktop=fluxbox|icewm Use specified WM instead of KDE (1)
rescue desktop=kde|larswm|twm Use specified WM instead of KDE (2)
rescue desktop=wmaker|xfce Use specified WM instead of KDE (3)
rescue screen=1280x1024 Use specified Screen resolution for X
rescue xvrefresh=60 (or vsync=60) Use 60 Hz vertical refresh rate for X
rescue xhrefresh=80 (or hsync=80) Use 80 kHz horizontal refresh rate for X
rescue xserver=XFree86|XF86_SVGA Use specified X-Server
rescue xmodule=ati|fbdev|i810|mga Use specified XFree4-Module (1)
rescue xmodule=nv|radeon|savage|s3 Use specified XFree4-Module (2)
rescue xmodule=radeon|svga|i810 Use specified XFree4-Module (3)
rescue 2 Runlevel 2, Textmode only
rescue floppyconfig Run "knoppix.sh" from a floppy
rescue myconf=/dev/sda1 Run "knoppix.sh" from a partition
rescue myconf=scan (or config=scan) Try to find "knoppix.sh" automatically
rescue home=/dev/sda1/rescue.img Mount loopback file as /home/knoppix
rescue home=scan Automatic search for knoppix homedir
rescue no{apic,agp,apm,audio,ddc} Skip parts of HW-detection (1)
rescue no{dhcp,fstab,firewire} Skip parts of HW-detection (2)
rescue no{pcmcia,scsi,swap,usb} Skip parts of HW-detection (3)
rescue pnpbios=off No PnP Bios initialization
rescue acpi=off Disable ACPI Bios completely
rescue usb2 Try to initialize USB 2.x controller(s)
failsafe Boot with (almost) no HW-detection
rescue pci=irqmask=0x0e98 Try this, if PS/2 mouse doesn't work *)
rescue pci=bios Workaround for bad PCI controllers
rescue ide2=0x180 nopcmcia Boot from PCMCIA-CD-Rom (some notebooks)
rescue mem=128M Specify Memory size in MByte
rescue dma Enable DMA accelleration for ALL IDE-Drives
rescue noeject Do NOT eject CD after halt
rescue noprompt Do NOT prompt to remove the CD
rescue vga=normal No-framebuffer mode, but X
rescue blind Start Braille-Terminal (no X)
rescue brltty=type,port,table Parameters for Braille device
rescue wheelmouse Enable IMPS/2 protocol for wheelmice
rescue nowheelmouse Force plain PS/2 protocol for PS/2-mouse
fb1280x1024 Use fixed framebuffer graphics (1)
fb1024x768 Use fixed framebuffer graphics (2)
fb800x600 Use fixed framebuffer graphics (3)
rescue keyboard=us xkeyboard=us Use different keyboard (text/X)
rescue splash Boot with fancy background splashscreen
+ animations + progress bar **)
rescue toram Copy CD to RAM and run from there
rescue tohd=/dev/hda1 Copy CD to HD partition and run from there
rescue fromhd Skip checking for rescue on CD-ROM
rescue fromhd=/dev/hda1 Boot from previously copied CD-Image
rescue bootfrom=/dev/hda1 Access Image then boot from previously
copied CD-Image (enables booting from
NTFS / ReiserFS) ***)
rescue bootfrom=/dev/hda1/KNX.iso Access image, boot from ISO-Image. ***)
rescue knoppix_dir=rescue Directory to search for on the CD.
rescue knoppix_name=rescue Cloop-File to search for on the CD.
rescue testcd Check CD data integrity and md5sums
expert Interactive setup for experts
NEW Kernels and Options in version 3.4:
rescue26 [Options...] Boots with Kernel 2.6 (2.4 is default)
expert26 [Options...] Same for expert mode
rescue26 acpi=off Disable ACPI configuration in Kernel 2.6
memtest Run memtest86 instead of Linux
*) Try "rescue pci=irqmask=0x0e98" if (you have a notebook and) your
PS/2 mouse doesn't work. (Possibly caused by a BIOS-flaw on your board,
BIOS updates can help.) Sometimes, switching to the text console with
Control-Alt-F1 and back to the X-screen with Control-F5 solves the
problem without rebooting, since the X server reinitializes the mouse
driver during that procedure.
**)
You can also have your own splash-screen in putting an executable shell-
script to /cdrom/KNOPPIX/splash.sh. For an example how to do this see:
/usr/bin/splash-knoppix.sh. (Feature added by Fabian Franz.)
***) Bootfrom needs access to a running rescue-system with the same Kernel
as the Bootkernel, before it is able to mount the partition / ISO-Image.
This should allow a poor mans install from NTFS-Partitions and makes it
also possible to boot an ISO-Image directly. You can also use wildcards
in the ISO-Filename, but it must be unique. So: If you have just one
rescue.iso on /dev/hda1 you can access it as: bootfrom=/dev/hda1/K*.iso,
but if there are several, you need to make clear, which one you want.
(Feature added by Fabian Franz.)
If your rescue CD makes strange noises during boot, or you see
frequent errors like "cloop: read error", or programs on your KDE
desktop keep crashing randomly, then your CD image is probably defective
or incomplete, or your CD-burner created a defective CD due to wrong
writing speed or bad media. This is the most common error reported.
Please boot with "rescue testcd" to check if the CD is OK, and/or even
better, verify the MD5 checksums that are present on the mirrors before
writing the CD. In some cases, defective IDE controllers cause this
error if you have DMA enabled. Also, please read the rescue-FAQ.
In case of a failing hardware autodetection, try booting with any of
the "no-" options as shown in the table above, like in
rescue noagp noaudio noapm noapic acpi=off nodma nopcmcia noscsi nousb
to skip some critical parts of the autodetection system.
The "noswap" option is useful for a forensic analysis without touching
existing swap partitions.
Some Boards apparently don't pass the proper memory size to the
linux-kernel. It may cause the message "Panic: cannot mount root file
system" and the system hangs. Use "rescue mem=128M" to solve that
problem if your system has 128MByte memory for example (caution:
you MUST use a capital "M" here).
The "expert" mode provides a very simple interface to loading additional
Kernel modules from floppy disks (ext2 or vfat), plus interactive
configuration of mouse/keyboard/soundcard/xserver. "expert" mode supports
the same boot options as "rescue".
The "floppyconfig" or "(my)config=/dev/partition" options allow you to
reconfigure the system after autoconfiguration by running a bourne
shell script called "knoppix.sh" from the root directory on the given
device (or floppy). There is a GUI to create such a configuration
floppy disk calles "saveconfig" (also located in the KDE menu under
"rescue", but experts also know how to do this by creating their own
shellscripts. From Version 2.1 and up, a file called "knoppix.sh", if
located in the toplevel rescue directory on CD, will also be executed
at startup. This makes ist easier to create customized versions without
having to change anything on the compressed filesystem knoppix/knoppix.
SCSI-Emulation is active for all CD-Roms (unless you switch it off by
using the "atapicd" option), so IDE CD-Writers should work with the
installed versions of cdrecord and cdrdao (or the graphical frontends
thereof, k3b for example).
If your BIOS does not support el torito booting from CD, you can create
two bootable floppy disks by issuing (from rescue running on a different
machine) the command "mkbootfloppy", which will create a bootable
Kernel-disk plus a disk containing the initial ramdisk, which will be
prompted for at boottime.
If you wish to remaster the CD, please don't forget to specify
-no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
-b boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin -c boot/isolinux/boot.cat
as option to mkisofs. Otherwise your CD won't be bootable. The
directory KNOPPIX, containig the compressed filesystem file "KNOPPIX",
must be located in the top level directory of the CD.
Caution: X-Screensaver: Don't start xlock or any screensaver that
requires a password. There are no default passwords on knoppix,
i.e. all accounts are LOCKED unless you explicitly set a password.
See also README_Security.txt about this issue.
If you accidentially hit the screensaver button in KDE,
switch to one of the textconsoles by Control-Alt-F1 and kill
the screensaver (or just set a password for the knoppix user).
If you would like to edit your X-Server configuration manually
(/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 for XFree86 V4.x), use "rescue 2" to boot
into runlevel 2 (textmode only) and, after changing the X
configuration, start the X environment with "init 5". Note that
you can always leave the graphical environment with "init 2", and
restart it later with "init 5".
*******
Paul
