On Monday, July 1, 2019, Steven Ulrick <meow8...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > > Dependency failed for GNOME Display Manager, Network Man & Login Services! L1TF CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See CVE-2018-3646 and https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/l1tf.html
I'll go see what that's all about. But why would there be missing dependencies if I just chose to install a fully functional live DVD of Fedora 30 to my harddrive... > >> >> 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.or >> g/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org >> >
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