Bowie Bailey wrote: > I have a server that frequently hangs while rebooting. I see no > errors, but during the boot process it stops at this stage: > > Initializing hardware... storage network audio > > The cursor sits just after the word "audio" and I have to do a hard > reset to get out of it. This server has no audio capabilities, so I > am thinking that I just need to disable the audio stuff so it doesn't > even try to load it, but I don't know where to look. I had a similar problem with some older Intel boards. Disabling the cheesy onboard audio in the motherboard bios "fixed" it. Cheers,