On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 10:57:31AM -0500, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 03:32:55PM +0000, Jonathan Allen wrote: > > > > ISOLINUX 3.36 2007-02-10 Copyright (C) 1994-2007 H. Peter Anvin > > vesamenu.c32: attempted DOS system call > > boot: > > A quick web search indicates that a workaround may be to just type "linux" > at that prompt and hit enter. When it came down to it, "linux0" was unintuitively the answer, but thank you for starting me looking. I was fooled because the prompt waits for a while and then loops, repeating itself and I hadn't realised that I could type anything in between. A couple of hours of fighting with and then turning Network Manager off and I'm up and away downloading the updates since issue ... Jonathan