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    • bigbearB
      bigbear @momurda
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      @momurda said in Blinking Cursor on Fresh Fedora 28 Install after reboot:

      @bigbear You can hit alt+arrow key right to get to a root prompt with the installer? Or get to a root prompt at all?
      If so,
      https://www.axllent.org/docs/view/erase-your-mbr/
      This should wipe out things to get you a fresh start.

      Is this with the net installer CD?

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      • momurdaM
        momurda @bigbear
        last edited by

        @bigbear Ill have to check. Any way you can get a root prompt will suffice.

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        • bigbearB
          bigbear
          last edited by bigbear

          From the live CD, this is what it wants to create when I do a custom setup and delete all partitions.

          0_1535064132419_60BFB011-D34E-431C-9014-465A58E53921.jpeg

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          • bigbearB
            bigbear
            last edited by

            And I have tried LVM and Standard Partition both.. so I guess I need to get to a prompt. Frmo the live USB stick I could not login as root. Blasted Windows...

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            • bigbearB
              bigbear @momurda
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              @momurda said in Blinking Cursor on Fresh Fedora 28 Install after reboot:

              @bigbear Ill have to check. Any way you can get a root prompt will suffice.

              Im in the live CD and pressing ALT key plus RIGHT ARROW key?

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              • momurdaM
                momurda @bigbear
                last edited by momurda

                @bigbear Yes or Alt + f2, f3, all the way to f8 I think should also switch to different console. One of them should be a # prompt

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                • momurdaM
                  momurda
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                  You also might want to check SATA mode for your SATA ports in bios/uefi.

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                  • bigbearB
                    bigbear
                    last edited by

                    This post sounds familiar except I wasn’t trying to dual boot anything.

                    I just uswd the same live usb stick to wipe a windows 10 laptop with now issue so far after several reboot.

                    Waiting for net install cd to complete to see if I still have the same issue, then will try commands above from sudo -i since root no longer has a password?

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                    • bigbearB
                      bigbear @momurda
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                      @momurda said in Blinking Cursor on Fresh Fedora 28 Install after reboot:

                      You also might want to check SATA mode for your SATA ports in bios/uefi.

                      You know I think Sata is set to IDE mode because I remember seeing that in the bios when changing boot order...

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                      • bigbearB
                        bigbear @momurda
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                        @momurda said in Blinking Cursor on Fresh Fedora 28 Install after reboot:

                        You also might want to check SATA mode for your SATA ports in bios/uefi.

                        Data ports have ahci/ide/raid options. ide and achi have no impact, will have to pick up in the morning on this

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                        • JaredBuschJ
                          JaredBusch @bigbear
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                          @bigbear said in Blinking Cursor on Fresh Fedora 28 Install after reboot:

                          From the live CD, this is what it wants to create when I do a custom setup and delete all partitions.

                          0_1535064132419_60BFB011-D34E-431C-9014-465A58E53921.jpeg

                          I hate this default layout.

                          I would delete the /home partition and then set / to 500Gb and then click update. it will resize it down to max.

                          This is a server. There is no reason to have a separate /home like this.

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                          • black3dynamiteB
                            black3dynamite @JaredBusch
                            last edited by

                            @jaredbusch said in Blinking Cursor on Fresh Fedora 28 Install after reboot:

                            @bigbear said in Blinking Cursor on Fresh Fedora 28 Install after reboot:

                            From the live CD, this is what it wants to create when I do a custom setup and delete all partitions.

                            0_1535064132419_60BFB011-D34E-431C-9014-465A58E53921.jpeg

                            I hate this default layout.

                            I would delete the /home partition and then set / to 500Gb and then click update. it will resize it down to max.

                            This is a server. There is no reason to have a separate /home like this.

                            That is a Fedora workstation live installer.

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                            • bigbearB
                              bigbear @JaredBusch
                              last edited by

                              @jaredbusch said in Blinking Cursor on Fresh Fedora 28 Install after reboot:

                              @bigbear said in Blinking Cursor on Fresh Fedora 28 Install after reboot:

                              From the live CD, this is what it wants to create when I do a custom setup and delete all partitions.

                              0_1535064132419_60BFB011-D34E-431C-9014-465A58E53921.jpeg

                              I hate this default layout.

                              I would delete the /home partition and then set / to 500Gb and then click update. it will resize it down to max.

                              This is a server. There is no reason to have a separate /home like this.

                              It was for a spare workstation at a customer location in a spare office, I am going to be in and out helping a lot and dont want to leave my laptop there.

                              But I agree and hate the layout, and I am started to think its just a POS ThinkCenter that isnt going to work.

                              I actually tried to installed Fedora on a spare Intel Server they had with a SR1200BTS but the mouse and keyboard literally will move only every 10 seconds. I flashed the BIOS to 2018 March release but it didnt help so I grabbed the ThinkCenter.

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                              • bigbearB
                                bigbear
                                last edited by

                                So I made a full USB installer for Suse Tumbleweed this morning and loaded it up, I am afraid to reboot.

                                I am hoping its something Fedora is missing the Suse got right...

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                                • dafyreD
                                  dafyre @bigbear
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                                  @bigbear said in Blinking Cursor on Fresh Fedora 28 Install after reboot:

                                  So I made a full USB installer for Suse Tumbleweed this morning and loaded it up, I am afraid to reboot.

                                  I am hoping its something Fedora is missing the Suse got right...

                                  /me hands you a dang helmet.

                                  Good luck!

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