On Tue, 2012-07-03 at 17:20 -0400, David A. De Graaf wrote:
I've filed the text below as
Bug 837430 - No grub2 menu; can't boot new F17 installation
But since the grub2 developers are probably overwhelmed at this point,
and since folks on this list are usually very helpful, I'll post it
here too. If anyone has seen this problem, or even better, has a
solution, I'd like to know.
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There are so many major faults with grub2 it's hard to see where to
begin. The most egregious are these:
1 - Instead of presenting a menu, my 64 bit machine displays an error
message box "Input not supported" which steps diagonally up the screen.
After about 30 sec the machine boots into some randomly chosen kernel.
2 - Most of the menuitems in /boot/grub2/grub.cfg are constructed
incorrectly; only a few of them can possibly start a properly functioning
system.
Taken together, it is nearly impossible to boot a new Fedora 17
system. Item 1 means there's no way to choose among the various
kernels and item 2 means the chance of hitting a working menuitem is
slim to none.
I have always been confused that some people like the OP have these
problems while I am running F17 64 bit and do not have these problems. I
have a grub2 menu list which allows me to choose a kernel to boot.
What have I done differently then the OP. One thing is I installed F17
using a LiveUSB rather than the DVD.
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