On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Mikus Grinbergs <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I do not think the two-step progression from one dot to three dots is >>> very >>> useful. Particularly since on an XO with 21005xx1 with both an USB hub >>> and >>> an USB-ethernet adapter plugged in, "pretty boot" stalls with the one dot >>> showing. [No change after 30 minutes; no clue as to what the user >>> should >>> do now.] Note - the same setup with pressing the check button (_no_ >>> pretty >>> boot) will boot correctly to completion.> > >> >> >> Hit escape and you'll get the output and you can see what it's doing. > > > That just brings me into "non-pretty" boot -- which I already know will > work. > > Besides, hitting escape has to be precisely timed -- AFTER it would cause a > pause at the ok prompt, but BEFORE the boot process stalls. [Once booting > has paused at the single dot, pressing escape does nothing.] > > If I wanted to run non-pretty boot -- much simpler to press the check button > as the XO-1,5 powers on.
My point was if you hit escape once it stops you can see where the boot is stopping so to find out what is causing the problem. Peter _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
