Boot hang

[Bob Chiodini]

On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 19:07 +0100, Eric Tanguy wrote:
> I have a system with a usb2 cd/dvd recorder. When i boot with the
> recorder switched on no problem but when i try to boot with this
> external device switched off (or unplugged) the system hang at the
> beginning of the boot process (just after devices initialization -> OK
> and before kernel parameters configuration). I can't see where is the
> problem because the system boot well in both cases with winxp.
> 
> --

Eric,

Did you try removing rhgb and quiet from the kernel command line at the
grub screen?  Type 'a' and backspace over these two options and hit
return.  You should see additional boot up messages as the kernel
initializes.  Also booting into runlevel 3 should disable rhgb and
quiet.

Bob...