Re: Getting grub working on a LiveUSB

2023-10-14 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/14/2023 08:33 PM, Mike Wright wrote: Since all you get is a grub prompt and it never moves beyound that wouldn't that indicate the BIOS is pointing to the wrong boot device and finding nothing there? This is a new, blank hard drive, with nothing on it, not even grub. Here is a tedious

Re: Getting grub working on a LiveUSB

2023-10-14 Thread Mike Wright
On 10/14/23 18:18, Joe Zeff wrote: On 10/14/2023 02:35 PM, Montague Bestes via users wrote: The fact that the usb inserted prevents you from 'F*number*' (as in F12 or whatever) into your BIOS is the most peculiar thing I have heard. I don't know much about the engineering of these various flash

Re: Getting grub working on a LiveUSB

2023-10-14 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/14/2023 02:35 PM, Montague Bestes via users wrote: The fact that the usb inserted prevents you from 'F*number*' (as in F12 or whatever) into your BIOS is the most peculiar thing I have heard. I don't know much about the engineering of these various flash drives and usb drives, but I was s

Re: Upgrading to Fedora 38: Misleading 'verify' instructions

2023-10-14 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Oct 14, 2023, at 14:06, John Pilkington wrote: > > I have done several system upgrades in the past. This time I thought I > would take the suggested precautions and download the workstation .iso > > On trying to verify the download, using > > https://fedoraproject.org/en/workstation/downl

Re: Upgrading to Fedora 38: Misleading 'verify' instructions

2023-10-14 Thread Dave Close
Barry Scott wrote: >What exactly did you do that got this error message? >How can I reproduce this? To me, the first important question is, is the file actually defective (17 improperly formatted lines) or is the message bogus? -- Dave Close, Compata, Irvine CA +1 714 434 7359

Re: Upgrading to Fedora 38: Misleading 'verify' instructions

2023-10-14 Thread Fred Erickson
On 10/14/23 10:06, John Pilkington wrote: I have done several system upgrades in the past.  This time I thought I would take the suggested precautions and download the workstation .iso On trying to verify the download, using https://fedoraproject.org/en/workstation/download/ I got a report th

Re: Upgrading to Fedora 38: Misleading 'verify' instructions

2023-10-14 Thread John Pilkington
Resending to list: On 14/10/2023 21:28, Barry Scott wrote: On 14 Oct 2023, at 19:06, John Pilkington wrote: I have done several system upgrades in the past. This time I thought I would take the suggested precautions and download the workstation .iso On trying to verify the download, usin

Re: Getting grub working on a LiveUSB

2023-10-14 Thread Montague Bestes via users
The fact that the usb inserted prevents you from 'F*number*' (as in F12 or whatever) into your BIOS is the most peculiar thing I have heard. I don't know much about the engineering of these various flash drives and usb drives, but I was surprised on occasion to see that some had a password prote

Re: Upgrading to Fedora 38: Misleading 'verify' instructions

2023-10-14 Thread Barry Scott
> On 14 Oct 2023, at 19:06, John Pilkington wrote: > > I have done several system upgrades in the past. This time I thought I would > take the suggested precautions and download the workstation .iso > > On trying to verify the download, using > > https://fedoraproject.org/en/workstation/dow

Upgrading to Fedora 38: Misleading 'verify' instructions

2023-10-14 Thread John Pilkington
I have done several system upgrades in the past. This time I thought I would take the suggested precautions and download the workstation .iso On trying to verify the download, using https://fedoraproject.org/en/workstation/download/ I got a report that "17 lines are improperly formatted". So