Fedora 13 installation, does not boot

Vincent Onelli vonelli at optonline.net
Tue Jul 20 17:22:38 UTC 2010



> From: "Darr" <darr at core.com>
> On Tuesday, 20 July, 2010 @01:00 zulu, Vincent Onelli scribed:
> 
> > I couldn't not remove any thing. Grub.conf apparently is a non
> > editable file
> 
> we were not advising to edit the grub.conf file.
> 
> If the kernel arguments from the boot menu are edited, they
> return to 'normal' at next boot.
> 
> Another way to see the boot messages is just hit Esc once
> the GUI appears (e.g. the bars 'growing' across the bottom).
> 
> 
> >> sure they were referring to the boot menu that presents right after
> >> the POST screen disappears, allowing you to choose between windows
> >> and fedora. Select the 2.6.33.6-147 kernel, then hit 'a' to alter
> >> the kernel parameters...
> 
> > boot menu never appeared
> 
> But then you reply:
> 
> >> Is there only 1 kernel listed in that menu, by the way?
> 
> > yes
> 
> Hmmmm... if grub's boot menu never appears, how do you know there's
only 1 
> kernel listed in it?
> 
> If grub's boot menu never appears, how do you choose to run windows
or 
> fedora? 
> 
By looking in the directory /lib/modules, while I am in the command line
in rescue mode. After reinstall again I now have in this directory only
2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i.686.PAE if run dracut it doesn't find because the PAE
extension. 




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