in case you're lucky enough to have your CD on that firewire, I've got instructions for making a network boot disk at http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/vx88/
On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 15:09, James Sparenberg wrote: > 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: > > > > '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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... http://www.monkeynoodle.org/resume.html
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
