Hi Deon,
On <Fri, 19 Dec 24>, you wrote me:

 DG> Have you booted passing "usbcore.nousb" on the kernel command line?

No, but I did disable the USB support in the bios and it booted so I
assume that's the same thing?  I will try your suggestion though just
to know 100% what the issue is.

 DG> If you have a USB keyboard, then you probably wont be able to use it,
 DG> but at least it'll confirm its the USB subsystem.

Very true.  At this point I just want to know.   I will also try to
find out if there is an upgrade to the bios it's an older computer but
it was a pretty top end motherboard at one point.

 DG> You might be able to get in another way (network?) and blacklist the
 DG> USB device that is causing the problem...

I'm going to burn the ISO to a DVD if I can find a blank one... THough
I have tried 4 different usb keys.

Shawn

... I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere!


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