On Monday 18 July 2005 2:54 pm, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > Dave Gutteridge wrote: > > It's not a dumb question at all, at least not to me. I do not know how > > to "boot with ide=nodma". How do I set that so that the boot process > > will execute with that configuration? > Or, if you're starting from scratch (with an install CD/DVD in the > drive), type 'linux ide=nodma' at the prompt. > Or, if you already have it installed, you'll have to go through the > boot sequence to do that (at the splash page.) this is one that's easy - if you don't have grub password protected, press 'a' (for append) at the splash screen - make sure your append starts with a space, then add your option - if grub is password protected, press 'p' first to enter your password, then 'a'. -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA