On Fri, 2004-03-19 at 15:02, bela.patkai@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > 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. Enter interactive mode when init starts by hitting "I" like it says and say no or "n" for kudzu when it asks you for the rest say yes. It should not go about detecting the hardware then. > 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. -- Arindam Dey The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. GPG FPR: B8E3 219E F129 F970 F4A7 BC50 9636 504A BEDF 5739