bootdisk

[Keith Adamson]

The bootdisk is very handy, however, my wish would be

to provide a pause in the Linux bootloader so that you can

enter some Linux kernel parameters.  For instance, to use

the new ATA/100 chipsets the IDE I/O address of the IDE

controller needs to be passed to the kernel. See;

 

http://www.geocities.com/ender7007/

 

Where Linux needs to be booted thus;

 

vmlinuz ide2=0x9400,0x9002 ide3=0x8800,0x8402

 

to recognize the Promise ATA 100 onboard controller on the

ASUS A7V motherboard.  Otherwise parted can not work on

the disks attached to this interface.