Stop Kudzu hanging your system at boot time

A small number of laptop Linux users may find that their system hangs at boot-up during the "Checking for new hardware" stage.
This is caused by Kudzu, the hardware probing tool.
This issue affects HP and Compaq machines in particular.

To stop this:
1. Boot from your Linux installation CD.
2. Type "linux rescue" at the first prompt.
3. Choose your language and region.
4. Select "no" when asked if you wish to start networking.
5. Select "Continue".
6. You will be told where your system has been mounted, probably
"/mnt/sysimage", change to this directory "cd /mnt/sysimage".
7. Type "cd etc/init.d"
8. Type "rm kudzu"
9. Reboot your machine and the problem should be solved.