On Mon, 09 Nov 2020 11:42:01 -0500, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
> On 2020-11-08 13:07, I Beartooth wrote:
>>
>> I have a DVD with F 33 Live, in the drawer of an oldish
>> machine. I can't get it to boot from the DVD.
>>
>> It was originally a System 76, which came with Ubuntu. I had
>> to get help to switch it to Fedora, but it's been OK till now.
>> (I've been doing system upgrades with dnf; but that doesn't work
>> any more.)
I have been using Fedora on System 76 machines for some time now as
well. Which one is this? Desktop or laptop? On a laptop, the model
number is on a tag on the bottom of the machine. I've not had a desktop,
but something similar should be true.
This is a desktop. We're thinking it's maybe five to seven years
old. I don't see a model designation.
I'd be shocked if it were a 32-bit machine, so I doubt that's
the issue.
>> The first display on boot says American Megatrends, copyright
>> 2015.
It's the BIOS that controls that first screen, so it must still
be
functioning, to some extent.
What of btrfs, whatever it is? New to me, but being discussed on
this list now.
It's of course possible that the BIOS has
gone bad, but that seems unlikely. Even if so, it ought to be possible
to reinstall it. The System 76 folks could probably help with that, but
we needn't go there yet.
If you can take a photo of the boot options (e.g., with a phone), I
might be able to help figure out which one you want. Send it privately
if need be.
I'll try; my little old clamshell does have a camera, but I have
yet to get any pix off it. Are you anywhere near Blacksburg and Virginia
Tech, by any chance?
First, though, I'll send this off before I reboot.
I think your worst-case scenario, really, would be to install a new
hard
drive.
Hmmm .... Tempting. I have no hardware skills, and precious little
knowledge; but there is a good shop here that I like. I also have a
couple of external USB drives. Would they help??
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Beartooth Staffwright, Not Quite Clueless Power User
Remember I know little (precious little!) of where up is.