RH6.2/Lilo/Sound Question

[mindslash]

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.

M

 

[bubba]

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.

 

[mindslash]

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>