In interactive mode the system hangs again after enabling the swap space, so this doesn't work either. Unfortunately my BIOS can't turn off the firewire controller. Is there a kernel boot argument that prevents kudzu from starting? (I haven't found any at http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/BootPrompt-HOWTO.html) AD> Enter interactive mode when init starts by hitting "I" like it says and AD> say no or "n" for kudzu when it asks you for the rest say yes. It should AD> not go about detecting the hardware then. >> 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. 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
