RAM (Mo) : 512MB DDR-
CPU : Athlon XP-M - 2600+
Connection : ADSL-Ethernet
Hard disk : Toshi - 60Gb
CD / DVD ROM : Ricoh
Video card : Mobility Radeon 9600 - 64MB DDR-R
Sound card : AC from KT 400(A)
Network : Ethernet KT400(A)
SCSI : 1 - none
MDK10
XP-Home on dual boot

I only can login with devfs=nomount, so when i'm inside the thing i cannot access DVD+RW/CDRW combo drive, i cannot access the embutted card reader (smartmedia, sd, stick, etc.) which is USB plugged internal device.

And probably many more devices I probably cannot access but still haven't checked.

This is the ONLY way I can access to login on my laptop, is there a way i can solve this?

If I don't put devfs=nomount, the boot of MDK10 hangs on "Checking for new hardware"

thanks,
SK

hi

Mandrake has some service that sharts at boot time called kudzu (or so) this does "new hardware detection". try stopping this service, apparently it causes trouble with devfs. I never undestood what kudzu is good for, so I guess, there is not much point in using it...

besides: what kernel are you using?

g

raven

i stopped ahrdware detection... in chkconfig, ... no more "Checking for new hardware" hang...

but now i alwyas ahve to manually mount and umount my CD drive...

As well my cards must be nmounted and umount mannually..


my kernel is 2.6.3-7mdk