2011/2/3 John Reiser: > Thinking it might be easier to install a new system, I first tried the latest nightly, desktop-x86_64-20110130.16.iso, .. Recent install media can be found at: http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/15-Alpha.TC1/Fedora/x86_64/iso/ in particular a working netinst.iso. > then disable firstboot by editing /etc/rc.d/init.d/firstboot and inserting "exit 0". A more standard procedure in this case is $ chkconfig firstboot off ~ C -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel