F9 Installation Challenge

Dave Cross davorg at gmail.com
Sat Jun 7 06:19:10 UTC 2008


On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 11:03 PM, Phil Meyer <pmeyer at themeyerfarm.com> wrote:
> Dave Cross wrote:
>>
>> As mentioned in a couple of previous mails to this list, trying to
>> upgrade my laptop[1] from F8 to F9 has gone horribly wrong. I'd really
>> appreciate any help to fix this.
>>
>> I basically have two problems.
>>
>> 1/ I can't use any of the Fedora boot media.
>
> This is well discussed here.
>
> The new media has GRUB on it (starting with F8).  Some BIOS don't like it
> and the keyboard becomes unusable, or the machine hard hangs.
>
> The workaround is to prevent the GRUB menu from coming up.
>
> There are two methods that have been discussed, one of which I have used
> many times. (I install 30-40 systems a week in testing, sometimes)
>
> As the machine boots to media, after BIOS messages, and before any boot
> messages, press Escape repeatedly.  This will prevent GRUB from loading and
> provide the old style prompts.  The keyboard will work here.
>
> Also, someone suggested recently that holding down the left shift key will
> have the same effect.  I have not tested this yet.
>
> In any case, the workaround is to prevent GRUB from loading.

Phil,

Thanks. I've been able to prevent GRUB from loading and get to a
"boot:" prompt. And the keyboard is still working at that point.

My problem now, is that I have no idea what to type at that prompt.

Cheers,

Dave...




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