Ok, at the grub prompt, hit e to enter edit mode, then at the end of the line add "nofirewire s" (I'm not sure if the nofirewire is required in this context, but it won't hurt). Then, hit enter and b to boot. It should kick you to a command prompt, at which point, you want to type: chkconfig --level 5 kudzu off chkconfig --level 3 kudzu off reboot This will turn Kudzu off for both runlevels 5 and 3 (X and Terminal). You will still want to add the nofirewire option to the /etc/grub.conf, so you don't have to enter it every time though. On Fri, 2004-03-19 at 03:10, Béla Pátkai wrote: > 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 -- Adam Voigt adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
