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[Rick Stevens]

alexandre batista wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> First let me thank you for assising me installing RedHat, its almost 
> working perfectly!!!
> 
> Still one little problem...I installed Grub so that i could select which 
> OS I want to use but it doesnt work for Linux. The boot process hangs at 
> FireWire something!! I can boot the system using the floppy but I have 
> to type at boot nofirewire nousb noprobe otherwise it doesn't work.
> 
> Any sugestions on how to update/correct Grub please???

Edit the /boot/grub/grub.conf file and add those three things to the end
of the "kernel" line for the kernel you're using.  For example, here's
my /boot/grub/grub.conf:

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE:  You do not have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
#          root (hd0,0)
#          kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda1
#          initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2188.nptl)
         root (hd0,0)
         kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2188.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ 
hdd=ide-scsi rhgb
         initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.22-1.2188.nptl.img
title Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2179.nptl)
         root (hd0,0)
         kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2179.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ 
hdd=ide-scsi rhgb
         initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.22-1.2179.nptl.img

(the lines beginning "kernel" may wrap onto the next line in this
message.  If so, the line following it is really part of the kernel
line).

The "default=0" line shows I'm using the 2.4.22-1.2188.nptl kernel.
To append the required items, I'd modify the "kernel" line to read
(again, it may wrap, so bear with me)

       kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2188.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ 
hdd=ide-scsi rhgb nousb nofirewire noprobe

Save that version of the file and reboot.  It should work.

By the way, you can do this at boot time without editing the file.
Simply boot the system.  When the grub screen comes up, hit the "E"
key, then use the down-arrow key to highlight the "kernel" line.
Hit "E" again and use the right arrow key to go to the end of the line.
Enter "noprobe nousb nofirewire" and hit the ENTER key, then hit "B"
and the system will boot with those options.

> PS - I don't know how to send emails without using HTML, Sorry!!!

Stop using Hotmail or set your options there to send plaintext
messages..  Get a real mail service or ISP.  Use Evolution or Mozilla
Mail or some other _real_ mail client in conjunction with your ISP's
mail servers.
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