On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 21:24 +0000, bcrowell wrote:
> How do I get into recovery mode? Googling tells me to hit escape when
> prompted to do so by GRUB. I don't get any messages from GRUB displayed
> on my screen. I get BIOS messages, then the screen stays black for a
> long time, and then I get the purple gdm screen.
Hold down the Shift key when BIOS loads GRUB. GRUB will detect the shift
key and display the menu.
On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 21:24 +0000, bcrowell wrote:
> How do I get into recovery mode? Googling tells me to hit escape when
> prompted to do so by GRUB. I don't get any messages from GRUB displayed
> on my screen. I get BIOS messages, then the screen stays black for a
> long time, and then I get the purple gdm screen.
Hold down the Shift key when BIOS loads GRUB. GRUB will detect the shift
key and display the menu.