On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 12:10 PM dan moylan <[email protected]> wrote:
> > working on a lenevo thinkpad T470 > plugged in a memory stick with fc37 loaded onto it > pressed F12 and got the USB to the top of the list > instead of booting from the memory stick, i get a grub prompt. > what do i do (or have i done wrong)? > Probably nothing wrong, that might just be the default Grub configuration that you copied with the ISO ? It may have inadequate/wrong config. Or a bad copy of some of the necessary files. In the Grub boot shell, you can explore the stick partitions with 'ls', then (a) pick one as root, (b) pick a boot image, (c) set up an init filesystem, and (d) boot manually. https://develmonk.com/2021/04/05/the-grub-prompt-demystified/ etc Which if it's the only way to rescue a system is worth doing, but usually isn't. If you were to reformat the stick as a Ventoy stick, you could just copy ISOs into the folder and the Ventoy bootloader gives you a friendly menu. https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy#readme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuonyS3xdwg Certain (gray-hat pentest) distros recommend against using Ventoy or UnetBootin because they object to their bootloader being replaced with e.g. Ventoy's, but for the rest of us, a friendlier boot loader is better for thumbdrives! -- Bill Ricker [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
