On Tue, 2012-07-03 at 17:20 -0400, David A. De Graaf wrote: > I've filed the text below as > Bug 837430 - No grub2 menu; can't boot new F17 installation > > But since the grub2 developers are probably overwhelmed at this point, > and since folks on this list are usually very helpful, I'll post it > here too. If anyone has seen this problem, or even better, has a > solution, I'd like to know. > > > ***************** > There are so many major faults with grub2 it's hard to see where to > begin. The most egregious are these: > > 1 - Instead of presenting a menu, my 64 bit machine displays an error > message box "Input not supported" which steps diagonally up the screen. > After about 30 sec the machine boots into some randomly chosen kernel. > > 2 - Most of the menuitems in /boot/grub2/grub.cfg are constructed > incorrectly; only a few of them can possibly start a properly functioning > system. > > Taken together, it is nearly impossible to boot a new Fedora 17 > system. Item 1 means there's no way to choose among the various > kernels and item 2 means the chance of hitting a working menuitem is > slim to none. I have always been confused that some people like the OP have these problems while I am running F17 64 bit and do not have these problems. I have a grub2 menu list which allows me to choose a kernel to boot. What have I done differently then the OP. One thing is I installed F17 using a LiveUSB rather than the DVD. -- ======================================================================= A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows. -- O'Henry ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
