F9 Installation Challenge

Kam Leo kam.leo at gmail.com
Fri Jun 13 17:28:43 UTC 2008


On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Dave Cross <davorg at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 07:19 +0100, Dave Cross wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>
>> I would guess either hit return for default X oriented install ot
>> upgrade  or type text for text install or upgrade.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. I finally got time to try it out.
>
> All t hat happened is that the CD drive spun for a while. Nothing else happened.
>
> I really wanted it to be that simple too :-(
>
> Any other suggestions,
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave...

Have you looked into installing with UNetbootin:
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/




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