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Re: Newest installer fails to boot
by David McMackins II 02 Dec '23

02 Dec '23

Well, I tried something I admittedly should have tried before and booted it on a different machine. No problems, booted just fine. It seems to be a problem with the machine I want to use, though I'm not sure if this is a problem with the installer image itself or if the EFI has gone senile. I'll give regular Fedora a try later and maybe a different system entirely to see if USB booting is just broken. This system is from 2015, so I wouldn't expect software compatibility issues. If I can get regular Fedora to load, I'll pop back in since that would mean there's something special about the Fedora Jam image that's different rather than a general Fedora issue or local firmware error. -- Regards, David E. McMackins II www.mcmackins.org On Sat, 2023-12-02 at 12:48 +0000, James Miller wrote: > Hi, > > I have used it recently although on an old 2012 iMac. > I have also used it as a live usb for system inspection. > > In both cases it was absolutely fine. > > I always run the test disk option the first time I use the usb, and > it also worked fine. > > How are you burning the image to the usb? > > The best way to do it , I think, is to use the fedora media > installer, which downloads the image and checksums it automatically, > before burning it to usb. > > The fedora media installer is available for Fedora and also windows, > I think. > > Good luck, > > James > > On Thu, 30 Nov 2023, 23:36 David McMackins II, > <contact(a)mcmackins.org> wrote: > > I've been running Fedora Jam 36 for the past couple of years and > > decided it was time for a real system upgrade. I decided my best > > bet > > for making a jump from 36 to 39 would be to just reinstall from the > > installer image. > > > > I downloaded the installer ISO but was unable to validate the > > download > > because the links to the checksum files give a 404 error. After > > imaging > > my flash drive and attempting to boot in UEFI mode, I see a brief > > error > > screen indicating that start_image() returned Unsupported, then my > > existing installation of Fedora starts to load. > > > > If I try booting in legacy BIOS mode, no bootable systems are > > detected > > at all. I did try flashing the image again in case there was an > > error > > in the first attempt, and I also downloaded a second copy and > > confirmed > > they have identical SHA 512 checksums. > > > > I can't find an archive of Fedora Jam 38 to attempt either (I'm not > > sure whether one even exists), and the #fedora-audio IRC channel > > appears to no longer exist. > > > > Is anybody even still working on Fedora Jam? Does this installer > > image > > work for anybody? > > > >

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Newest installer fails to boot
by David McMackins II 02 Dec '23

02 Dec '23

I've been running Fedora Jam 36 for the past couple of years and decided it was time for a real system upgrade. I decided my best bet for making a jump from 36 to 39 would be to just reinstall from the installer image. I downloaded the installer ISO but was unable to validate the download because the links to the checksum files give a 404 error. After imaging my flash drive and attempting to boot in UEFI mode, I see a brief error screen indicating that start_image() returned Unsupported, then my existing installation of Fedora starts to load. If I try booting in legacy BIOS mode, no bootable systems are detected at all. I did try flashing the image again in case there was an error in the first attempt, and I also downloaded a second copy and confirmed they have identical SHA 512 checksums. I can't find an archive of Fedora Jam 38 to attempt either (I'm not sure whether one even exists), and the #fedora-audio IRC channel appears to no longer exist. Is anybody even still working on Fedora Jam? Does this installer image work for anybody? -- Regards, David E. McMackins II www.mcmackins.org

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