MORE SPECIAL BOOT PARAMETERS You can use the following boot parameters at the boot: prompt. If you use hex numbers you have to use the 0x prefix (e.g. 0x300) protect I/O port regions reserve=iobase,extent[,...] Adaptec 151x, 152x aha152x=iobase[,irq[,scsi-id[,reconnect]]] Adaptec 1542 aha1542=iobase[,buson,busoff[,dmaspeed]] Adaptec 274x, 284x aic7xxx=no_reset (enabled if non-zero) BusLogic SCSI Hosts buslogic=iobase Future Domain TMC-8xx/950 tmc8xx=mem_base,irq Pro Audio Spectrum pas16=iobase,irq Seagate ST-0x st0x=mem_base,irq Trantor T128 t128=mem_base,irq ATAPI/IDE CD-ROM hd{a,b,c,d}=cdrom (usually unnecessary) Modules: Ethernet device drivers and drivers for the proprietary CD-ROM interfaces are loaded as modules, so you cannot give parameters for them at the boot prompt.