[ale] kernel boot parameters

[dmcnash at charter.net]

---- Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com> wrote: 
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> how do you boot your system and add those parameters??
> basically I guess I need to add:
> idle=poll 
> pci=nommconf
> 

Assuming grub is your bootloader, append the parameters to the kernel line.
e.g.
...
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-31.9custom)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-31.9custom ro root=/dev/hda2  idle=poll pci=nommconf
        initrd /initrd-2.4.20-31.9custom.img
...

Reboot and select the new entry.

I would do this with a copy of your current boot entry in case it does not work as well as you expect.


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doug mcnash