Description:
System will not boot: various error messages (noted below 
in 'additional information') - 1 minute pause whilst initialising USB 
HID interface. Use of 'nousb' flag or variants (listed below) appear 
to have no effect. I don't really need USB support in linux (I have a 
USB scanner I can live happily without), and would be happy with a 
temporary fix that disables it entirely.

Reproducability:
Every time, regardless of use of nousb flag.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Installed Fedora, used nousb flag
2. Attempt to boot off it; optionally using 'nousb', 'nousb 
noauto', 'nousb pci=off' or no appendage to the kernel line in GRUB. -
 it makes no difference.
3. System crashes.
    
Actual Results:
See 'Additional Information' for full results. Fine up until that 
point.

Expected Results:
Fedora should have booted into either Gnome, KDE or a console.

Additional information:
Compaq Evo N1015v (laptop). Known problems with USB support on this 
model; attempted to disable with nousb flags, still get USB messages!

Output to Console 1: 

...
Initialising USB controller (usb-ohci)               [  OK  ]
Mounting USB filesystem                              [  OK  ]
Initialising USB HID interface

>> At this point the system pauses for a minute or so. On the 
graphical side the 'determining hostname' message disappears and the 
spinner continues to spin.

The system then flips to a black screen with a functional 'X' cursor 
[X windows]. Reverting to console 1 yields the following: sadly the 
screen depth isn't sufficient to get the full error message...<<

                                                     [FAILED]
*** An error ouccured during the system file check.
*** Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot
*** when you leave the shell.
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit: line 555: /sbin/sulogin: Input/output error
Unmounting filesystem
Warnning: Error reading /etc/fstab: Input/output error
mount: can't find / in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
Auto reboot in progress
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit: line 561: /sbin/reboot: Input/output error
Mounting Local filesystems:                                [  OK  ]
Enabling local filesystem quotas:
execvp: Input/output error                                 [FAILED]
... >> more errors <<