Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-amd64 (299 mails)

[Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxx>]

"Dave Reid" <davereid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Well I finally got the SUSE 9.0 for AMD64 to work.

Glad to hear that.

> Here's the things that were required:
>
> Installed ATA133 Hard Drive to due no SATA Support
> Disabled Legacy USB Support in Bios (I don't think this made any difference)
> Removed PC from KVM and connected keyboard direct (not USB).
> Upgraded Motherboard BIOS to ver. F4 from F2 (GIGAByte Model = KVT800PRO)
> which was the final key item I think.
> Anyways I was able to Install SUSE 9.0 for AMD 64 after doing the above (the
> boot parameter poll=idle was not required).
> After the SUSE 9.0 was installed I removed the direct keyboard connection
> and reconnected the PC back to the KVM which uses USB for mouse and
> keyboard, rebooted and SUSE picked up on the USB keyboard right away.
>
> Now that it's in, it looks impressive, just two more things I need to do,
> one install the Nvidia 3d Driver (looks rather difficult with SUSE 9.0 for
> AMD 64) and I am greatly looking forward to the release of Kernel and boot
> iso with VIA SATA support so I can take this old hard drive back out. 

And I'm working on that iso - hope we really get it done...

Andreas
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