Can't get Fedora 19 Xfce Live CD to boot on one computer

ToddAndMargo ToddAndMargo at zoho.com
Thu Jan 30 22:32:20 UTC 2014


> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 1:37 PM, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo at zoho.com> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> First: the MD5SUMs are correct and they both boot on several other
>> computers, including my own KVM VM's.  (I state this first because that is
>> what I would first think.)
>>
>> I have a customer with a computer (i5) that I can not get either of Fedora
>> 19 Xfce Live CD to boot.  (Haven't tried FC 20 yet.)
>>
>> But I can get my Windows 7 WIN PE disk to boot.
>> [/editorial comment] AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH  !!!! [/editorial comment]
>>
>> It boots past open selection screen, then goes to the gray background with
>> the blinking cursor in the upper right.  Then it just stays there.  You can
>> eject the CD-ROM from the drive.
>>
>> Any ideas what is going on?


On 01/30/2014 02:22 PM, Steven Rosenberg wrote:> Sometimes it just hangs 
during the boot process.
 >
 > While you are booting, pause when GRUB loads, edit GRUB and remove the
 > word 'quiet.'
 >
 > That should help you figure out what's going on.
 > --
 > Steven Rosenberg

Hi Steve,

Good idea.  I will try it out next shot at the
customer's machine.

Thank you,
-T

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