On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 03:30 -0500, Colin wrote: > All right, I still can't boot the LiveCD even after discovering the > "doataraid" parameter (didn't do anything) and switching my Linux disk > from secondary master to primary slave, thinking that might do > something. While booting Darik's Boot and Nuke (which is Linux-based), > it told me that support for my drive controller (HPT372N) was > experimental. Only one of my disks appeared, and it wasn't the one I > needed erased. > > I could probably get some more answers if I could capture the nofb > kernel's output as it booted. Is there any way to send output to a > printer, or at least have it pause after each page of text so I can read > it? (I've only been able to make out "no known IDE timings," but that's > not much help on its own.)
google for the "serial console howto", boot with a serial console and use a terminal program like minicom on another box to read (and save) the boot messages. > > -- > Colin > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [email protected] mailing list
