> Richard E Miles wrote: > > I have two kernels: 2.6.7-1.494 and 2.6.8-1.521 in my grub.conf file. > > <snip> > > > I am unable to use the up and down arrows to select a different kernel > > than the default. In fact none of the editing keys work. Has anyone > > else had problems with kernel selection on boot startup? > > What sort of keyboard do you have? Do you have any trouble using the > keyboard in the BIOS? Can you borrow a DOS boot disk from anywhere (or > try the FreeDOS project). > > If it's a USB keyboard, I'm guessing that there isn't enough support > anywhere for the keyboard to work until Linux has booted a long way. Try > looking for USB legacy support in your BIOS. > > Hope this helps, > > James. My keyboard is a ps2 keyboard. I used to be able to select from the keyboard using the arrow keys at an earlier time. In fact I think the problem happened when the 2.6.8-1.521 kernel was installed. It's very strange. -- Richard E Miles Federal Way WA. registered linux user 46097
