My linux box is down for the count

[sdunn]

I went to install my sound card and so i went into sndconfig and hit ok a few times and when it went to test the sound card it locked up. Now when I go to boot linux it sticks on loading sound module.

What can I do?????

[Lorithar]

*umms*

linux single at the lilo boot prompt and remove the module from your load script.

or .. boot from a floppy and manually edit the file.

[sdunn]

I did do linux single and it still wants to load the sound module before it gets to the bash prompt

[sdunn]

i also tried a boot from the floppy but I could not figure out how to write to the file.
I tried vi and more but I could not get into those files. What am I supposed to do to redo these files?

[bdg1983]

I guess it depends on the distro and the bookdisk you use.

Boot from the bootdisk and try to mount your Linux partition first. Read/Write of course.

[Tyr-7BE]

I believe the command is "mount /dev/hdX", with X being your linux partition. Hrmmm...you also might not have vi in your $PATH on the bootdisk, so you'd have to go /bin/vi <filename>