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.
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