On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Richard Vickery <richard.vickeryrv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Dave Burns <tburns@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Me confused. I want to try booting the FC17 install disk in lowres or >> text mode. To do this, apparently I should enter "linux lowres" or >> "linux text" at the "boot prompt". >> >> The fc17 install guide >> >> (http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/17/html/Installation_Guide/ap-admin-options.html) >> says, "To use boot options, enter linux option at the boot: prompt. To >> access the boot: prompt on a system that displays a graphical boot >> screen, press the Esc key while the graphical boot screen is >> displayed. " >> >> If I hit esc before the "fedora 17 will boot in 10 seconds" screen, or >> while that is visible, I get what seems like a boot prompt - at the >> top of the screen it says "boot:" and I am able to type in "linux >> text". But when I hit enter, it replies "Could not find kernel image: >> linux". >> >> If I hit esc later than that, during the pretty screen with the line >> crawling along the bottom, it just switches from that view to the log >> from starting daemons. >> >> Can someone please tell me how to get into text mode? What did I do wrong? >> thanks, >> TDB >> -- >> 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 > > > I think you are telling it to look for "linux text" and there is no such > filename in the user-group. Try typing your user-name, after which it should > - if I correctly understand the problem -ask you for your password. If that was my problem, wouldn't the error message say something about no such username/password, rather than "Could not find kernel image: linux"? I am booting the dvd, which has no username for me yet. If I let the boot proceed without trying to force it into text mode and wait for the video mode error message, at that point I can hit ctl-alt-f3 and escape into the command line tty. At that point it asks for a username, and if I type in 'root' it logs me in without any password. I suppose I could proceed with the install, or maybe tweak the video setup, at that point, but I don't know what to do. thanks, TDB > > -- > 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 > -- Q: Why should this email be 5 sentences or less? A: http://five.sentenc.es IPRC-help FAQ: https://docs.google.com/a/hawaii.edu/document/d/1RAeijiOXg2BxFuQ_tJejljH9r5GdNDc0DktI9k1j0jU/edit -- 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
