cannot select from grub boot loader

[James Wilkinson]

Richard E Miles wrote:
> I have two kernels: 2.6.7-1.494 and 2.6.8-1.521 in my grub.conf file.

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> I am unable to use the up and down arrows to select a different kernel
> than the default. In fact none of the editing keys work. Has anyone
> else had problems with kernel selection on boot startup?

What sort of keyboard do you have? Do you have any trouble using the
keyboard in the BIOS? Can you borrow a DOS boot disk from anywhere (or
try the FreeDOS project).

If it's a USB keyboard, I'm guessing that there isn't enough support
anywhere for the keyboard to work until Linux has booted a long way. Try
looking for USB legacy support in your BIOS.

Hope this helps,

James.

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