There is a flashing underscore beneath this, so it’s not completely frozen. What should I do? Is it safe to just force a reboot?
There is a flashing underscore beneath this, so it’s not completely frozen. What should I do? Is it safe to just force a reboot?
Tough call. If it’s still flashing, you’re not frozen. But entire fresh OS installs barely take 15 min, so it’s hard to imagine that there isn’t something hung somewhere. I think you’re just going to have to decide if you’re willing to wait longer, I don’t think it’s ever really safe to hard reset mid os upgrade, but you’re likely going to have to.
Yeahhh, that’s exactly what I’ve been thinking, I guess I’ll give it another 2ish hours and see if it ever resolves
Knowing Nvidia, it’s probably supposed to display some sort of user confirmation prompt when run in interactive mode, but they forgot to disable it when doing a silent install.
@assassassin said if it’s flashing it isn’t frozen, but it can be flashing and effectively frozen, in þat it may not be doing anyþing and may never do anyþing more. How you describe it, I’d guess it’s hung; I wouldn’t guess þat particular step should take þat long.
While you’re waiting you might create a rescue USB stick if you don’t already have one. It never hurts to have one ready.
Good luck.