On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Dave Burns <tbu...@hawaii.edu> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Richard Vickery > <richard.vicker...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Dave Burns <tbu...@hawaii.edu> 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@lists.fedoraproject.org > >> 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@lists.fedoraproject.org > > 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 > > > > > 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.
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