Description of problem: The chapter "Boot Options" http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/15/html/Installation_Guide/ap-admin-options.html contains several references to boot commandline in the form of "linux ..." I was specifically interested in initiating the text mode install, which is described as "linux text". But this doesn't work. What has worked for me (except for bug 715584) was: vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img text This may seem obvious, but in a situation where your install freezes, you want to be 100% sure that you enter exactly the commands you're expected to enter ...
*** Bug 714340 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Hi Karel, Thanks for reporting this. I've tested this in the Fedora 16 Beta though, and commands in the form "linux..." are now working. Cheers, Jack