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Bob Goodwin

Tuesday, 2 June 2009 Tue, 2 Jun '09

4:37 p.m.

I just ran the Fedora 10 Livecd [gnome] install as I have done several times from this CDROM. All seemed to go normally but it wont boot, just begins and stops with grub and a blinking cursor at which point I can't enter anything from the keyboard. And now it wont let me rerun the live cd a second time? What do I do now? Bob

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Bob Goodwin

Wednesday, 3 June Wed, 3 Jun

12:05 p.m.

Smith, Herb wrote:

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http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/fedora.redhat/linux/releases/10/Fedora/i 386/os/images/

Yes I found a site with the boot.iso stuff and put it on a cd. Even then I had problems and finally decided to remove the hard drives and replace them with one larger drive which was my ultimate intention anyway. Even then the livecd had trouble trying to install over an existing F-10 on that larger drive. I had to reformat it with fdisk ... Then the livecd install went as expected. I also learned a few other things .... I believe most of my trouble was due to an item in the BIOS setup that I had not noticed before which forced it to boot from the first drive and I had put everything on the second. I didn't notice that until I replaced the drives and went through the BIOS settings for the nth time! We get too late smart. Thanks to all for the help. Now to continue my file server experimentation. Bob

Smith, Herb

11:12 a.m.

http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/fedora.redhat/linux/releases/10/Fedora/i 386/os/images/

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-----Original Message----- From: Bob Goodwin [mailto:bobgoodwin@wildblue.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:31 PM To: Community assistance, encouragement,and advice for using Fedora. Subject: Re: F10 stuck at grub - Smith, Herb wrote: > You can also use a cd made from the boot.iso if it won't take your > liveCD...same process. Is there a "boot.iso" file on the livecd? I can't find it, probably missing something but ... Bob -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list(a)redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Kevin Kofler

Tuesday, 2 June Tue, 2 Jun

6:56 p.m.

Bob Goodwin wrote:

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I guess I will have to make a boot disk, the livecd goes right on about it's business. I see no chance to enter "linux rescue."

You can use a live CD for rescue purposes if you know what you're doing, but you have to manually mount your installed system, you don't get /mnt/sysimage automatically mounted. Kevin Kofler

Bob Goodwin

6:31 p.m.

Smith, Herb wrote:

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You can also use a cd made from the boot.iso if it won't take your liveCD...same process.

Is there a "boot.iso" file on the livecd? I can't find it, probably missing something but ... Bob

Bob Goodwin

5:11 p.m.

Frank Cox wrote:

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On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:37:35 -0400 Bob Goodwin wrote: > I just ran the Fedora 10 Livecd [gnome] install as I have done > several times from this CDROM. All seemed to go normally but it > wont boot, just begins and stops with grub and a blinking cursor > at which point I can't enter anything from the keyboard. > Boot from a rescue CD (the live cd will probably work) and type "linux rescue" at the prompt. After getting to a prompt run "chroot /mnt/sysimage" and then "grub-install /dev/sda". Type exit twice and the computer should reboot and will then work.

I guess I will have to make a boot disk, the livecd goes right on about it's business. I see no chance to enter "linux rescue." Thanks I will do as you suggest as soon as I get some other domestic chores behind me. Bob

Smith, Herb

5:05 p.m.

You can also use a cd made from the boot.iso if it won't take your liveCD...same process.

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-----Original Message----- From: Frank Cox [mailto:theatre@sasktel.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 4:58 PM To: Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora. Subject: Re: F10 stuck at grub - On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:37:35 -0400 Bob Goodwin wrote: > I just ran the Fedora 10 Livecd [gnome] install as I have done > several times from this CDROM. All seemed to go normally but it > wont boot, just begins and stops with grub and a blinking cursor > at which point I can't enter anything from the keyboard. Boot from a rescue CD (the live cd will probably work) and type "linux rescue" at the prompt. After getting to a prompt run "chroot /mnt/sysimage" and then "grub-install /dev/sda". Type exit twice and the computer should reboot and will then work. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list(a)redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Frank Cox

4:57 p.m.

On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:37:35 -0400 Bob Goodwin wrote:

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Boot from a rescue CD (the live cd will probably work) and type "linux rescue" at the prompt. After getting to a prompt run "chroot /mnt/sysimage" and then "grub-install /dev/sda". Type exit twice and the computer should reboot and will then work. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com

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