On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 10:54 PM, Ian Malone <ibmalone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 6 August 2012 06:20, Richard Vickery <richard.vickeryrv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Dave Burns <tburns@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> 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, > >>> > >>> > 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 >>> > >> >> The problem is that you don't have that image; the OS needs that kernel >> image to operate. You may need to re-install, or maybe - I have never tried >> this - get that same file from somewhere on the internet, perhaps one of us. >> I'm not so sure that the second method will work; perhaps we can get someone >> with a lot more knowledge than I have to help. > > Something doesn't make sense here, Dave is booting the install disc, I > wouldn't expect there to be any files missing. So far as I can see > from the anaconda documentation "linux text" should work, I can try it > later. What disc is this exactly? Install DVD? Live disc? Hmmm, now that you ask, I suspect it is the live disk. Embarrassment. I was not the person who created it. Is there a different approach for the live disk, or should I just burn another disk with the correct installer on it? TDB > Anyone know > how the anaconda arguments should work? > > -- > imalone > http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk > -- > 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
