Tom Horsley wrote: > Is there any way early in kernel boot time to "hide" devices > from the kernel? Tell it something like /dev/sdc and /dev/sdd > aren't there - don't look at them - don't confuse yourself > trying to automagically detect a RAID on them, just pretend > they aren't there at all. > > The original FC5 kernel apparently comes up with this > poop out of nowhere when booting my current system that > happens to have a Windows XP RAID on some other disks > I don't want it to use: > > If I update the kernel to the latest FC5 from updates, it > hangs at boot time right after it says it is starting nash (sigh :-). > > I have no desire to access these disks when I've got linux booted, > and I'd really like to make them logically disappear (which is > a lot less work than opening the case and unplugging them :-). > If you are not using RAID, you may want "raid=noautodetect" to the boot parameters. For IDE drives, you can use "hdx=noprobe", but I do not think that works for SCSI drives. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
