[Discuss] Post issue with bootable linux

[Jerry Feldman]

The other problem is that he forgot his passwords and also the gui failed
so he was only connabd line
With gparted I was able to reset his passwords, and manually do an upgrade
to UBUNTU 16.04LTS.
So he is now up and running, but I'm still at a loss why the system fails
to pay into the setup or boot menus with the bootable usbs.


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Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
Boston Linux and Unix
http://www.blu.org
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On Tue, May 1, 2018, 11:53 AM Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a guy with an older system
> Core2 duo CPU
> 4GB ddr2 scramble
>
> Dell motherboard
> The problem is when I boot with a known good bootable Linux usb
> Ubuntu, Fedora the system fails to post.
> 1. Dell logo comes up
> 2. Press F12 (boot) or F2 (setup) the light flashes on the usb and the
> system is otherwise frozen.
> 3. Neither the setup nor boot menu come up
>
> However, when I use a bootable gparted USB it comes up fine. When I go to
> the boot menu and select the usb, it boots.
>
>
> Sent from Galaxy S8 Android
>
> Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
> Boston Linux and Unix
> http://www.blu.org
> PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7
> PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1  3050 5715 B88D 6F6B B6E7
>
>