[Tfug] busy box problem

[Jeffry Johnston]

I preferred having the F-keys on the left (yep there were 10 on the XT
keyboard).  I could press them without looking, but now I have to
look, every time. Guess they had to make room for the redundant arrow
keys.. who needs those?  Got the keypad arrows :)

Jeff

On Jan 18, 2008 8:03 AM, Tm Ottinger <tottinge at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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:
> >
> > 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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