Re: diagnosing post-install boot failure

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

mpumford%mudcovered.org.uk@localhost (Mike Pumford) writes:

>On 24/02/2026 23:09, Ben Collver wrote:
>> Unfortunately, i could not type anything after "boot -c".  I assume it
>> is because this computer only has USB ports and no PS/2 keyboard.
>> 
>That would be unusual as USB keyboards usually work in the bootloader. 
>If you can interact with the BIOS with a USB keyboard it should be fine 
>in the bootloader.

With 'boot -c' the kernel userconf function asks for input, not the
bootloader.

But you can use 'userconf' commands in the bootloader to achieve the
same result (and later put them into /boot.cfg).