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RH6.2/Lilo/Sound Question

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mindslash

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I have onboard sound on my MSI motherboard. I think its the VIA AC97 Audio. I tried installing the sound drivers using sndconfig and it stalled the computer. So I rebooted and the computer hangs when it tries to load the sound module. I tried pressing 'I' to get into the interactive boot/OS load?whatever sequence but it just ignores me and goes straight into the automatic sequence. So... isn't there a way that I can pass in some parameter when the "LILO:" prompt comes up so as to force the interactive session? That way I can get back into the command line and run sndconfig and pretend not to have a sound card -- at least until I can figure out which driver it is.

And no, I'm not willing to reinstall RH (or anything else) cos there's stuff I have compiled into the kernel that would be a pain in the behind to rewrite for any other OS/flavor. Any help with will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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Reboot into single user mode, type "linux single" at the LILO prompt.

Then edit your /etc/modules.conf and get rid of the sound modules listed there. Then it should be as if you didn't configure your card.

 
starting linux as "Linux single" didn't stop it from hanging again at the same module on the INIT sequence

and for some reason using a boot disk gives me a Kernel panic: <something about not being able to mount as root>
 
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