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From: Colleen Josephson <cjoseph@×××.edu>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] LiveCD: unpacking firmware
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:38:57
Message-Id: AANLkTimuN6NnyPB1MyJ1kYvk9q0Vh1NthtnAW3wXX27L@mail.gmail.com
1 I had a question related to the amd64 minimal livecd.
2 I was not sure of the appropriate mailing list, so please forgive & redirect
3 if this is the wrong one.
4
5 What exactly is happening at the "Unpacking firmware" stage of the boot
6 process?
7 Is there a way to find out exactly what firmware is being loaded? Or a way
8 to boot without loading the firmware?
9
10 Why? It is a somewhat strange reason. I am having issues with a high-pitched
11 hum coming from the audio jacks (occurs on both MB sound and a creative
12 sound card)
13 I have a very nice sound system (a sound board, studio monitors...I am an
14 audio hobbyist), and no other system has these problems, so I am relatively
15 sure that it is not the speakers/cables.
16
17 I have been booting from the liveCD, and I have pinpointed the point at
18 which the hum starts to something near the *Unpacking firmware stage.
19 I realize this is somewhat esoteric, but it renders my system almost
20 useless, and would greatly appreciate any input.
21
22 Thanks,
23 Colleen Josephson
24 Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
25 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
26 Class of 2013

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Re: [gentoo-dev] LiveCD: unpacking firmware Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>