On Mon, 09 Nov 2020 11:42:01 -0500, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
>> On 2020-11-08 13:07, I Beartooth wrote:
>>>
>>> I have a DVD with F 33 Live, in the drawer of an oldish
>>> machine. I can't get it to boot from the DVD.
>>>
>>> It was originally a System 76, which came with Ubuntu. I had
>>> to get help to switch it to Fedora, but it's been OK till now.
>>> (I've been doing system upgrades with dnf; but that doesn't work
>>> any more.)
>
> I have been using Fedora on System 76 machines for some time now as
> well. Which one is this? Desktop or laptop? On a laptop, the model
> number is on a tag on the bottom of the machine. I've not had a desktop,
> but something similar should be true.
This is a desktop. We're thinking it's maybe five to seven years
old. I don't see a model designation.
> I'd be shocked if it were a 32-bit machine, so I doubt that's the issue.
>
>
>>> The first display on boot says American Megatrends, copyright
>>> 2015.
> It's the BIOS that controls that first screen, so it must still be
> functioning, to some extent.
What of btrfs, whatever it is? New to me, but being discussed on
this list now.
> It's of course possible that the BIOS has
> gone bad, but that seems unlikely. Even if so, it ought to be possible
> to reinstall it. The System 76 folks could probably help with that, but
> we needn't go there yet.
> If you can take a photo of the boot options (e.g., with a phone), I
> might be able to help figure out which one you want. Send it privately
> if need be.
I'll try; my little old clamshell does have a camera, but I have
yet to get any pix off it. Are you anywhere near Blacksburg and Virginia
Tech, by any chance?
First, though, I'll send this off before I reboot.
> I think your worst-case scenario, really, would be to install a new hard
> drive.
Hmmm .... Tempting. I have no hardware skills, and precious little
knowledge; but there is a good shop here that I like. I also have a
couple of external USB drives. Would they help??
--
Beartooth Staffwright, Not Quite Clueless Power User
Remember I know little (precious little!) of where up is.
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