Elyssa won't boot from USB
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:29 pm
Hi. Trying to set up something slightly unusual, and running into difficulty. I installed Elyssa on a 16GB USB stick from the live CD, without the Hard Drive in my laptop (so it didn't inadvertently install grub on the HDD--I need to keep that completely untouched). My goals is a bootable USB drive I can take anywhere, with my (persistent) configuration and files on it. I did this successfully with Daryna, but am having trouble with Elyssa.
After installation, first boot hangs after the login screen. Login prompt and password work fine, but then it goes to a black screen with a white-arrow cursor. Ctrl-Alt-Bkspc allows me to restart X, shut down, reboot, or all the other options there, but no matter what I try, I always end up back with the black screen and no complete boot.
Live CD works fine. Any ideas?
(Lenovo X60s, Intel Core Duo L2400 @1.66GHz, 1.99GB RAM, Intl 945GM Display adapter, Intel PRO/1000 network connection, Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG network connection, SoundMAX integrated digital HD audio)
After installation, first boot hangs after the login screen. Login prompt and password work fine, but then it goes to a black screen with a white-arrow cursor. Ctrl-Alt-Bkspc allows me to restart X, shut down, reboot, or all the other options there, but no matter what I try, I always end up back with the black screen and no complete boot.
Live CD works fine. Any ideas?
(Lenovo X60s, Intel Core Duo L2400 @1.66GHz, 1.99GB RAM, Intl 945GM Display adapter, Intel PRO/1000 network connection, Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG network connection, SoundMAX integrated digital HD audio)