[Solved] - System Crashed - Need to block modules at boot

Question

Hi ArchLinux Users
Last night I was browsing the internet when in chromium and was notified that flash had crashed. A few seconds later my system froze and I was not able to do anything. After that I am unable to boot my laptop. I fear the my nvidia graphics card must have blown up as I see nothing once I turn on my laptop.
I have not backup my all my data yet and am desperate to get it. My plan is to use the hard disk in another laptop boot it and backup the data. I am worried about the clash of drivers as my friends laptop has ATI.
How do I black list nvidia at grub? Also I can avoid loading gnome 3 (GDM) as all I need is a command line access. I am really worried and would really appreciate any and all help.
Also I am not sure if my problem fits the forums category and apologize for this as it was the best I could think of.
Cheers!
Nishit
Last edited by jlight2011 (2011-09-14 00:22:57)

Answer 1

You don't need to edit the file, just add do this to the kernel line before grub loads it:
Modules can be blacklisted at boot time by appending modprobe.blacklist=mod1,mod2,mod3 to the kernel command line (in grub, lilo or syslinux). Alternatively, the modules can be disabled altogether by appending mod1.disable=1 mod2.disable=1 mod3.disable=1 instead. This is useful in an emergency where a broken module makes it impossible to boot your system.
See here for how to do it: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gr … _boot_menu