On Friday May 27 2011 12:42:27 Ian Malone wrote: > On 27 May 2011 10:32, Dj YB <syehielb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Friday May 27 2011 12:24:03 you wrote: > >> On 27 May 2011 09:53, Dj YB <syehielb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > Hello, > >> > on my other F14 installation did a preupgrade yesterday then rebooted > >> > and then waited forever and nothing happened. > >> > > >> > any idea what to do? > >> > > >> > this is an installation on a usb flash drive which is working fine. > >> > using nvidia display > >> > > >> > Thanks for any hint, > >> > YB. > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> How far does it get? Do you get to the blue starting screen (the one > >> with the Fedora logo-shaped progress meter)? Are you able to check the > >> kernel options in grub and see whether rhgb is there or not (maybe an > >> issue with nvidia drivers)? Were you using the standard kernel drivers > >> for your display under F14 (nv/nouveau) or had you installed the > >> nvidia ones? Also, how long is forever (my laptop had a problem which > >> caused boot to hang for 5 minutes)? > > > > Hi, > > > > it see grub > > > > title Upgrade to Fedora 15 (Lovelock) > > kernel /upgrade/vmlinuz preupgrade > > repo=hd::/var/cache/yum/preupgrade > > ks=hd:UUID=bee474b4-0ac7-46b9-bf27-9e81994e324c:/upgrade/ks.cfg > > initrd /upgrade/initrd.img > > > > I choose this upgrade and all i get is the blinking cursor in the upper > > left corner of the screen > > the longest I waited was about half an hour, in this time there seems to > > be no activity in the disk. > > pc is responding to keyboard Alt+Ctrl+Del and restart. > > Best to send this reply to the list as I have no idea what's going on, > just trying to get some information that might help others figure it > out. following an advice to wait for the upgrade to begin I waited for about an hour and then it started and finished properly. next step to boot into the new F15 however I waited about 5 hours and gave up. I think there should be some indication as to what is happening, a blinking cursor really is not reassuring from a user point of view. any advice as to how to proceed from here, except for longer waiting, which I am going to try tonight, are welcome. Thanks, YB. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
