Thanks, this "nofirewire" option works, the firewire initialization is skipped, but at a later point of the bootup it starts to look for new hardware and again the firewire hangs it... So, how could I skip the search for new hardware? If only once I could boot I could change the kernel. AV> I believe, what you want to do, is enter edit mode on grub, by hitting AV> e, and change your line, adding only "nofirewire" to the end. Then hit AV> enter to save your change (for the current session), and b to boot. AV> On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 06:39, bela.patkai@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> I installed FC1 on a new HP nx9010 laptop without problems, but the >> system hangs at bootup when it reaches the initialization of the >> firewire controller (ohci1394). Nearly the same problem is posted on >> bugzilla, and I'm sure that the problem is the 2.4.22-1.2115 kernel, >> but I don't know how to change the kernel. Or is it possible to >> configure GRUB so that it skips the initialization of the controller? >> I tried something in GRUB that I found on the web, but it didn't work: >> >> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl ro root=LABEL =/ hdc=ide-scsi alias >> ieee1394-controller off >> >> Please give me an idea how to follow. >> >> Bela
