On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 11:57 AM, David Jansen <jansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. Thanks for the suggestion. I can't find any suggestion that there's a BIOS update available for this system. I can press ESC get to a "boot:" prompt. But I then have no idea what to type at the prompt. Any suggestions much appreciated. Cheers, Dave... -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
