can't access tty; job control turned off

[Dick Dowdell]

John,

Actually. I'm trying to replace Win 98 with Edgy on my son-in-law's Sony
notebook.  I get the error when I try to boot from the CD to install.

Thanks,
Dick

On 1/26/07, John Dangler <jdangler at atlantic.net> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 20:10 -0500, Dick Dowdell wrote:
> > I'm having getting exactly the same error trying to install Edgy on a
> > Sony PCG-N505VX.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dick Dowdell
> >
> > On 1/26/07, Todd Slater <dontodd at gmail.com> wrote:
> >         I'm trying to upgrade my Toshiba Portege 3500 from Dapper to
> >         Edgy. I
> >         booted the live CD (which I know works because I used it to
> >         install
> >         Edgy on my desktop), chose boot/install, and the splash comes
> >         up and
> >         it looks like it's going to start, then it drops to the shell
> >         and
> >         gives the error: can't access tty; job control turned off.
> >
> >         I tried rebooting and choosing different graphics mode, but I
> >         get the
> >         same error. I've googled and found lots of people with the
> >         same issue
> >         but not solution. I'm hoping to get a hit here.
> >
> >         Thanks,
> >
> >         Todd
> Todd, Dick~
> Can you go into your grub.lst and set the video and other params ?
>
> >
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Regards,
Dick Dowdell
508-498-7919
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