[Gllug] Linux box keeps rebooting

Jack Bertram jack at jbertram.net
Thu Dec 8 17:27:21 UTC 2005


* Tethys <sta296 at astradyne.co.uk> [051208 17:20]:
> 
> Hong Chyr writes:
> 
> >Is GRUB the problem? I can't even get into the GRUB prompt, it reboots 
> >just when the words "GRUB loading stage 2" comes up.
> 
> Yep, sounds like grub's not installe properly, although I wouldn't
> normally expect that to cause a reboot.
> 
> Also, why FC3? FC4 has been out for a long time now, and with the release
> of FC5 imminent, FC3 is about to become unsupported.

For me, it's because there seems to be no decent upgrade path from FC3.
(AFAICS, you have to do a clean install).

When you say unsupported, do you mean no more security patches, or no
more software updates?

cheers,
jack

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