On Monday, July 1, 2019, Steven Ulrick <meow8282(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Does it matter that my system is pre-EFI?
On Monday, July 1, 2019, stan via users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Jul 2019 17:09:44 -0500
> Steven Ulrick <meow8282(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Monday, July 1, 2019, Steven Ulrick <meow8282(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello, Everyone
> > > I just booted the live DVD of Fedora Workstation 30. I chose to
> > > install to harddrive. It appeared to install fine, but it boots to
> > > nothing but a black screen with a flashing underscore character.
> > > So, where do I go from here? I have been successfully running
> > > Fedora 27 on this same system for quite a while. Again, this is NOT
> > > an attempted upgrade from Fedora 27.
> > >
> > > Steven P. Ulrick
> > >
> > > Tried to boot into single user mode, and since I wasn't given an
> > >opportunity to set a root password, "the root account is locked.
> > >" ...
>
> When you try to boot the new system directly, hit ESC or space during
> boot to try to bring up the menu. Then edit the boot line to remove
> rhgb and quiet. That should show you the actual output during boot, and
> what is causing the problem will usually be the last thing displayed.
> That's a good place to start looking for the issue.
Dependency failed for GNOME Display Manager, Network Man & Login
Services!
L1TF CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See
CVE-2018-3646 and
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/l1tf.html
I'll go see what that's all about. But why would there be missing
dependencies if I just chose to install a fully functional live DVD of
Fedora 30 to my harddrive...
>
> You could also check your firmware configuration by pressing F2 or Del
> during boot to bring up the firmware menu. What is the default boot
> set to?
>
> Do you have any way of examining the system? Usually the install media
> will have an option to boot in rescue mode, and then you can mount the
> new system under /mnt/sysimage to see it. The install media should
> have commands like /blkid, etc. to see what is happening, and vi should
> be present (actually vim minimal) for editing.
>
> At the very least you want to look
> at /etc/fstab, /boot, /boot/efi/EFI/fedora and /boot/loader/entries.
> _______________________________________________
> users mailing list -- users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> Fedora Code of Conduct:
https://docs.fedoraproject.org
> /en-US/project/code-of-conduct/
> List Guidelines:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
> List Archives:
https://lists.fedoraproject.or
> g/archives/list/users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>