Linux askmethod... How? {SOLVED}

Cannon, Andrew C Andrew.Cannon at amec.com
Thu May 7 07:46:15 UTC 2009


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Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 18:10:16 -0400
From: Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: linux askmethod... how?
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On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 22:30 +0100, Cannon, Andrew C wrote:
>
> Okay, this is a very simple question, with probably a very simple
> answer, but I cannot for the life of me work out how to put in the
> alternative method 'linux askmethod' at the grub screen.
>
> When I boot from the CD, I get a brief flash of the text screen, and
> then it goes to the blue screen with the four options on.  I can press
> F1 to F5, but I still can't get anywhere.  The prompt will give the
> vmlinuz bit, but when I delete that and type in linux askmethod, I
> just get put back to the blue screen.
>
> I know I've missed something, but what?

You no longer need the "linux" just the "askmethod". That is, you add
askmethod to the kernel line already in place.

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That did it.  Thanks.  The blurb when you press F1 to F5 still talks
about linux askmethod though, which is why I was so confused.  I'll see
whether there is a bug against it or not.

Andy

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