On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 10:27:00PM +0100, Dave Cross wrote: > As mentioned in a couple of previous mails to this list, trying to > upgrade my laptop[1] from F8 to F9 has gone horribly wrong. I'd really > appreciate any help to fix this. > > I basically have two problems. > > 1/ I can't use any of the Fedora boot media. When I boot with the > installation DVD I get to the "press enter to install or upgrade > Fedora" screen, but the keyboard is disabled so I can't press enter. > I've also tried with the Live CD and the rescue disk, but neither of > those work either. I've also created a boot USB key, but the BIOS on > this system doesn't support booting like that. This is a problem I've > hard with Fedora installation media right back to F7. For the last few > upgrades I've used "yum upgrade". Others have suggested the use of an external keyboard already. There is another issue that may be causing your problem: the BIOS. I encountered the same thing on a Dell desktop pc. In my case, a BIOS upgrade solved the problem, but there is also another solution: when you keep the shift key pressed while booting the cd, it reverts to the "old" behaviour without the fancy boot menu, and you get a boot prompt where you can press enter or type a boot commandline with options. David Jansen -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
