Does it matter that my system is pre-EFI? On Monday, July 1, 2019, stan via users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Jul 2019 17:09:44 -0500 > Steven Ulrick <meow8...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Monday, July 1, 2019, Steven Ulrick <meow8...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello, Everyone > > > I just booted the live DVD of Fedora Workstation 30. I chose to > > > install to harddrive. It appeared to install fine, but it boots to > > > nothing but a black screen with a flashing underscore character. > > > So, where do I go from here? I have been successfully running > > > Fedora 27 on this same system for quite a while. Again, this is NOT > > > an attempted upgrade from Fedora 27. > > > > > > Steven P. Ulrick > > > > > > Tried to boot into single user mode, and since I wasn't given an > > >opportunity to set a root password, "the root account is locked. > > >" ... > > When you try to boot the new system directly, hit ESC or space during > boot to try to bring up the menu. Then edit the boot line to remove > rhgb and quiet. That should show you the actual output during boot, and > what is causing the problem will usually be the last thing displayed. > That's a good place to start looking for the issue. > > You could also check your firmware configuration by pressing F2 or Del > during boot to bring up the firmware menu. What is the default boot > set to? > > Do you have any way of examining the system? Usually the install media > will have an option to boot in rescue mode, and then you can mount the > new system under /mnt/sysimage to see it. The install media should > have commands like /blkid, etc. to see what is happening, and vi should > be present (actually vim minimal) for editing. > > At the very least you want to look > at /etc/fstab, /boot, /boot/efi/EFI/fedora and /boot/loader/entries. > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject. > org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists. > fedoraproject.org >
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