findknoppix(){
  local dev
  for dev in "$@"; do
   [ -b "$dev" ] || continue
   message -n -e "\r${CRE}${BLUE}${SEARCHINGFOR} $DISTRO in: ${MAGENTA}$dev${NORMAL}   "
   trymount "$dev" /mnt-system >/dev/null 2>&1 || continue
   if [ -r /mnt-system/"$knoppix_dir"/KNOPPIX ]; then
    message -e "\r${CRE}${GREEN}$DISTRO ${FOUNDAT}: ${MAGENTA}$dev${NORMAL}       "
    return 0
   fi
   umount /mnt-system
  done
  return 1
}

elif ! findknoppix $(listpartitions 'hd[a-z]' 'hd[a-z][0-9]*' 'scd[0-9]*' 'sr[0-9]*' 'sd[a-z]' 'sd[a-z][0-9]*'); then
   if [ -d /sys/bus/usb/drivers/usb-storage ]; then
    for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do
     message -n -e "\r${CRE}${BLUE}${WAITFORUSB}${NORMAL}"
     sleep 2
     findknoppix $root $(listpartitions 'scd[0-9]*' 'sr[0-9]*' 'sd[a-z]' 'sd[a-z][0-9]*') && break
    done
    [ "$?" = "0" ] || debugshell "${CRE}${RED}${NOTFOUND}${NORMAL}"
   fi
  fi