Re: Now unable to boot Linux

[Marty Messer <mmesser redhat com>]

Robert,

Let's try and keep you with Red Hat Linux, eh?

The easiest was around this module problem is to boot the system into
single user mode, which will get you to a bash prompt before the sound
modules are loaded (or tried to be loaded). To do this, reboot the system,
and type 'linux single' or 'linux 1' at the LILO boot prompt:

LILO boot: linux 1

When you get the bash prompt, you are effectively logged into the system
as root. Use a text editor (like pico, vi, jed, etc.) to edit the
following file: /etc/conf.modules

Delete any lines that look like this:

alias sound some_module_name
alias midi some_module_name

Save the file and either reboot (Ctrl-Alt-Delete) or just go ahead and
tell the system to continue booting up normally with this command:

# telinit 5 

(assuming you had the system booting into X automatically anyway - else
replace '5' with '3').

-- 

Martin Messer
Support Monkey	Red Hat, Inc.
www.redhat.com	ftp.redhat.com

On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Robert Landry wrote:

> I guess I did a big mistake when I tried to configure my sound card (Turtle
> Beach TBS-2000) on RH 6.0...  I'm now completely unable to boot Linux: It
> displays usual lines, up to many lines refering to the card, then "conflict"
> message, then "FAILED", then it locks up to the line "loading sound module",
> and it does not go further...
> 
> As I don't mind about the sound card under Linux, how could I get back to my
> previous configuration, without having to scrap everything for the 175th
> time, and reinstall my so-painfully-earned working setup I had since a month
> ??  (Seems there's nothing to do with the "boot-rescue disk, as I'm asked
> for a "root something disk" which I've never heard of during initial
> setup...
> 
> Hope I can fix it before I go to Corel Linux, or back to Win9x !! ;-)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Robert Landry
> lanstrad total net
> 
>