On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 13:15, Roger Ellison wrote:
> I just got a Compaq Presario 2500.  The 9.1 install hangs in the
> graphical installer with the following on the screen:
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> 'installing driver for bus/firewire card Texas Instruments|TSB43AB21
> iEEE-1394 controller (PHY/Link) 1394a-2000'
> 
> The 1394 is builtin and can't be disabled in BIOS.  Is there a
> workaround; such, as a kernel parameter which'll disable loading of the
> driver?
> 
> Thanks
> Roger

Roger yes there is a way around it.  Supposedly doing f1 and then
booting linux nofirewire will disable the firewire detection.... Here's
a page that talks about this one.

http://bizforums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x9b0c5fe8b250d71190080090279cd0f9,00.html

(about 4 comments down is the first mention of this one.)

James

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