I had a question related to the amd64 minimal livecd.<br><br>What exactly is happening at the &quot;Unpacking firmware&quot; stage of the boot process?<br>
Is there a way to find out exactly what firmware is being loaded? Or a way to boot without loading the firmware?<br><br>Why?
 It is a somewhat strange reason. I am having issues with a high-pitched
 hum coming from the audio jacks (occurs on both MB sound and a creative
 sound card)<br>
I have a very nice sound system (a sound board, studio monitors...I am 
an audio hobbyist), and no other system has these problems, so I am 
relatively sure that it is not the speakers/cables.<br><br>I have been 
booting from the liveCD, and I have pinpointed the point at which the 
hum starts to something near the *Unpacking firmware stage.<br>
I realize this is somewhat esoteric, but it renders my system almost useless, and would greatly appreciate any input. <br clear="all"><br>I did interactive mode. The interactive mode only prompts for some of the items.
 Among the items it does not prompt for is the firmware unpacking. It 
just goes and does it.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Colleen Josephson<br>Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science<br>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>Class of 2013<br>