Re: OT: Fedora Interactive boot option...

2018-12-19 Thread Tony Nelson
On 18-12-19 17:59:38, Matthew Miller wrote: On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 02:03:10PM -0500, Todd Zullinger wrote: > AFAIK, the interactive boot mode was part of the SysV init. > I don't know if anything similar is available with systemd > init. This feature was never at the kernel level, though -- it

Re: OT: Fedora Interactive boot option...

2018-12-19 Thread Matthew Miller
On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 02:03:10PM -0500, Todd Zullinger wrote: > AFAIK, the interactive boot mode was part of the SysV init. > I don't know if anything similar is available with systemd > init. This feature was never at the kernel level, though -- it was about starting services once the kernel ha

Re: OT: Fedora Interactive boot option...

2018-12-15 Thread Tim via users
Allegedly, on or about 12 December 2018, Tom Horsley sent: > I do remember kernels that would mention pressing 'i' to do that. I > tried pressing 'i' many many times to see what it did, and nothing > different ever happened I found it hit and miss whether it worked. I thought it might be that it

Re: OT: Fedora Interactive boot option...

2018-12-12 Thread Michael D. Setzer II
On 12 Dec 2018 at 14:03, Todd Zullinger wrote: Date sent: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 14:03:10 -0500 From: Todd Zullinger To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org Subject:Re: OT: Fedora Interactive boot option... Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users > Michael D. Setzer II wr

Re: OT: Fedora Interactive boot option...

2018-12-12 Thread Todd Zullinger
Michael D. Setzer II wrote: > Long ago Redhat and early Fedora versions had the option of pressing the > letter i at boot to have it request for loading of the individual kernel > options. > > Used it long ago, but haven't seen it for a long time, and search show the > old > one, but not how i

Re: OT: Fedora Interactive boot option...

2018-12-12 Thread stan
On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 02:45:33 +1000 "Michael D. Setzer II" wrote: > Long ago Redhat and early Fedora versions had the option of pressing > the letter i at boot to have it request for loading of the individual > kernel options. Perhaps that was LILO or original grub? I don't remember that feature

Re: OT: Fedora Interactive boot option...

2018-12-12 Thread Michael D. Setzer II
2018 12:44:35 -0500 From: Tom Horsley To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org Subject:Re: OT: Fedora Interactive boot option... Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users > On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 02:45:33 +1000 > Michael D. Set

Re: OT: Fedora Interactive boot option...

2018-12-12 Thread Tom Horsley
On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 02:45:33 +1000 Michael D. Setzer II wrote: > Long ago Redhat and early Fedora versions had the option of pressing the > letter i at boot to have it request for loading of the individual kernel > options. Can't help you, but I do remember kernels that would mention pressing '