Startup and Login

When you start your computer, you get different kinds of status messages. If you are dual-booting, you should first see your boot loader. Choose your Linux installation and press Enter.

In Fedora, you see a graphic of a computer, a status bar moving along, and a series of messages to let you know what is going on. If the startup encounters a problem or outputs a message that it thinks you should see, the screen switches to showing you line-by-line output of what is going on. Usually there is no reason to panic if you are looking at the Show Details output. If your computer doesn't start, then you can safely panic.

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