[Tfug] busy box problem

[Tm Ottinger]

Years ago, the keys were labelled Fn1..Fn10 (I don't recall them going to 12 back then).  I miss the opportunity to tell someone to press the Fn (effing) keys.

Nostalgia aint what it used to be.


-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffry Johnston <tfug at kidsquid.com>
Sent: January 17, 2008 5:07 PM
To: Tucson Free Unix Group <tfug at tfug.org>
Subject: Re: [Tfug] busy box problem

Try pressing F6 on or before the Ubuntu splash screen.  If that
doesn't work, try a few other F-keys.

Jeff



On Jan 16, 2008 11:13 PM, Matthew Patenaude <mnglfiddle at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Jan 17, 2008 12:56 AM, Robert Hunter <hunter at tfug.org> wrote:
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> > On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 12:08:37AM -0500, Matthew Patenaude wrote:
> > > Guys,
> > >
> > > I am trying to help a friend check out Ubuntu on his Sony Vaio laptop.
> > His
> > > cd drive is bad, and I tried to boot into the liveCD via an external DVD
> > > drive, and after choosing "Start or Install Ubuntu" I get put into
> > BusyBox
> > > initramfs. cat casper.log gives "no medium found on dev/scd0"
> > >
> > > Does that mean it is trying to run the live CD from the actual cdrom
> > instead
> > > of where it booted from? If so, how would I go about bypassing that, if
> > it
> > > is in fact possible?
> >
> > It is possible that grub is reporting a different boot device than
> > what the kernel is seeing.  Is there any way of disabling, or removing
> > the internal CD-ROM drive?  Alternatively, you could edit the kernel
> > params at boot-time to coerce the correct device ID.
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > - --
> > Rob
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>
> Do you mind telling me how to set the kernel parameters at boot time. I use
> Ubuntu all the time and use the command line a lot, but this is different
> for me. I am not an advanced user by any means. I understand what you are
> saying, but  I didn't see that option.
>
> By-the-way, thanks for your speedy reply. Much appreciated, I assure you.
> Matthew
>
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