Hi, this is my first test of using Fedora 9 Sulphur. I successfully installed it from three CDs. Installing over Manadriva free edition, Spring 08, using the old partitions and overwriting the root partition.

Would that have also cleared the other partitions, on my 80 GB HDD?

But the main question is, that after following the instruction to restart, it did so only to the point of the black screen and writing, the last word being "Grub:" with the option to add some input I think.

I was really sleepy at the time and may have missed something.

How shall I get through to the conclusion of the process, from Grub?

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