On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 11:23 +1100, Rodd Clarkson wrote: > On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 17:57 -0600, Lawrence E Graves wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 16:40 -0700, Brian C. Lane wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On 03/15/2010 03:23 PM, Lawrence E Graves wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 14:48 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 15:37 -0600, Lawrence E Graves wrote: > > > >> > > > >>>> On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 15:20 -0600, Lawrence E Graves wrote: > > > >>>>> I am very new at trying to install alpha. How and where do you install > > > >>>>> this command nohz=off in order to install Alpha 13. > > > > > > > Thanks for your help but I am not getting anywhere. I believe I am a > > > > little to novice at this to get results and you have too much work to do > > > > to be worrying with me. I'll just wait until Beta comes out. > > > > > > When you boot the media you will see the Grub menu. It will say 'Welcome > > > to Fedora 13-Alpha' and have a list of options like 'Install a new > > > system ...' > > > > > > Hit TAB > > > > > > You will see a line with vmlinuz at the start. The cursor will be at the > > > end, hit space and type nohz=off > > > > > > Hit Enter > > > > > > The install should continue. > > > > > > Good Luck! > > > I did as you instructed and as I send this email, nothing. I've > > downloaded and burned 2 new dvd and when my computer gets to bar along > > the bottom, the bar disappears and the screen remains blank. > > If you've added the nohz=off to the boot paramaters (as described above) > and your getting the blue bar and then nothing, then this parameter > isn't likely to be the thing you need to add. > > Why are you trying to add this parameter? Right, I was wondering that too. You usually have to add that if the boot will work but it pauses a lot and you have to keep hitting a key to wake it up. If the progress bar disappears and then the screen goes blank, that sounds a bit like an X issue. Have you tried doing a 'basic graphics' or text mode install? -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org http://www.happyassassin.net -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
