Installing nohz-off

[Adam Williamson]

On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 11:23 +1100, Rodd Clarkson wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 17:57 -0600, Lawrence E Graves wrote:
> > On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 16:40 -0700, Brian C. Lane wrote:
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> > > On 03/15/2010 03:23 PM, Lawrence E Graves wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 14:48 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > > >> On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 15:37 -0600, Lawrence E Graves wrote:
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> > > >>>> On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 15:20 -0600, Lawrence E Graves wrote:
> > > >>>>> I am very new at trying to install alpha.  How and where do you install
> > > >>>>> this command nohz=off in order to install Alpha 13.  
> > > 
> > > > Thanks for your help but I am not getting anywhere.  I believe I am a
> > > > little to novice at this to get results and you have too much work to do
> > > > to be worrying with me.  I'll just wait until Beta comes out.
> > > 
> > > When you boot the media you will see the Grub menu. It will say 'Welcome
> > > to Fedora 13-Alpha' and have a list of options like 'Install a new
> > > system ...'
> > > 
> > > Hit TAB
> > > 
> > > You will see a line with vmlinuz at the start. The cursor will be at the
> > > end, hit space and type nohz=off
> > > 
> > > Hit Enter
> > > 
> > > The install should continue.
> > > 
> > > Good Luck!
> 
> > I did as you instructed and as I send this email, nothing.  I've
> > downloaded and burned 2 new dvd and when my computer gets to bar along
> > the bottom, the bar disappears and the screen remains blank.
> 
> If you've added the nohz=off to the boot paramaters (as described above)
> and your getting the blue bar and then nothing, then this parameter
> isn't likely to be the thing you need to add.
> 
> Why are you trying to add this parameter?

Right, I was wondering that too. You usually have to add that if the
boot will work but it pauses a lot and you have to keep hitting a key to
wake it up.

If the progress bar disappears and then the screen goes blank, that
sounds a bit like an X issue. Have you tried doing a 'basic graphics' or
text mode install?
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