On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 10:22 AM Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 May 2021 08:56:16 -0400, John Blinka wrote: > > > > > I’ve tried usb sticks with both Sysrescue and Ubuntu server to boot this > > thing. It appears to attempt to boot each one, but then the screen goes > > blank after 1-2 seconds, at which point I can’t tell what’s going on. > > This could possibly be KMS kicking in, try adding nomodeset to the boot > options. While you're editing the boot options, you may as well remove > any quiet or splash options too, so you can better see what is going on. KMS… had to Google that. Not that I am fluent in this stuff (understatement!) but how does one add nomodeset to boot options, or edit boot options? The world I’m living in consists of downloading a bootable Linux iso image, dd’ing it to a usb stick, then trying to boot my recalcitrant Asus board from that. What you’re suggesting sounds to me like rolling my own Gentoo usb boot stick. Is https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Install_Gentoo_on_a_bootable_USB_stick is the place to go for that? John
