Sometimes it happens (very rarely) that the ArtistX DVD will have some problems working on your personal computer.

In this case you can "tune" your boot sequence by adding some boot parameters.

Here we will try to explain how this can be done. Keep in mind that "Linux does an exceptionally good job at detecting most hardware and picking reasonable default settings for most parameters" (as written in the introduction to the BootPrompt-HOWTO)  but sometimes it fails to do so.

Some useful resources are:

1) The Linux BootPrompt-HOWTO

2) The Kernel Boot Parameters, a documentation page included in the Linux Kernel sources (online version at Mauriat Miranda web page)

3) This article on Linux Journal: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2866

4) The man page of live-initramfs (the boot system of Debian Live from which ArtistX is made) 

How to Change Boot Parameters at the start of ArtistX

Generally, this is used when you want to try a parameter change to see it is beneficial to your system. When the PC boots up, you will see the Grub countdown. Press "Esc" to intercept this countdown and go enter a Grub menu. Then:

• Press 'e' to start editing.
• Scroll down to the "kernel..." line. The is the line that tells Grub which kernel to boot with and the parameters to be passed to the kernel when it boots are placed at the end of this line.
• Press 'e' again to edit this line.
• Move to the end of the line. You will see any existing parameters and can add other new parameters to the end.
• Parameters are separated by spaces and are mostly either a single word (e.g. nolapic), or an equation (e.g. acpi=off).
• Once you have added the parameter to the end of the line, press Enter to accept the editing.
• Then press 'b' to boot using that kernel and those parameters.