1 |
On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 1:35 PM Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
2 |
|
3 |
> On Wed, 12 May 2021 13:10:56 -0400, John Blinka wrote: |
4 |
> |
5 |
> > Not that I am fluent in this stuff |
6 |
> > (understatement!) but how does one add nomodeset to boot options, or |
7 |
> > edit boot options? |
8 |
> |
9 |
> Press e at the boot menu, that's the usual key to edit the boot options. |
10 |
> You may have to press a key, usually space, to bring up the boot menu, |
11 |
> depending on the ISO you are using. |
12 |
|
13 |
|
14 |
Cool! I’ve been linuxing for decades and never had the need to do this. |
15 |
Until now. Sysrescue booted (has probably been booting all along) *and* |
16 |
with nomodeset applied I can now see what it’s doing on the monitor. Now |
17 |
that I’m on terra firma, hope it will be clear sailing from here. |
18 |
(Apologies for the clash of metaphors!). |
19 |
|
20 |
> |
21 |
> |
22 |
> I'd be surprised to find that "Other OS" is a secure boot option, it |
23 |
> sounds like the option to run without secure boot. |
24 |
|
25 |
|
26 |
Perhaps. That will be one of my experiments once I get things working. |
27 |
|
28 |
John |