Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-amd64 (10 mails)

[Joe Morris <Joe_Morris@xxxxxxx>]

On 04/11/2012 04:17 PM, Chip5 - wrote:
> I am installing from a full DVD obtained at the recent Los
> Angeles 
> Linux Conference/Expo.I haven't yet found the chipset that is being 
> used in the
> system. The disk works successfully on my older AMD Athlon.
>
>  
>
> 1) When system is started, the green openSUSE
> "Welcome" screen appears, 
> followed by the openSUSE Installation
> choices menu screen. When the 
> “Install” option is chosen, system displays a
> window showing “Loading 
> Linux Kernel” (with an increasing % progress line).
>
>  
>
> 3) Instead of the expected License Agreement and Language
> screen, the 
> system displays AMIBIOS information including hardware test
> details, 
> RAID details, "ISOLINUX 4.04 ...",then goes back to the openSUSE 
> “Welcome” screen. System
> repeats this tight loop until I choose 
> “Install from hard disk” option from the openSUSE
> installation choices 
> menu screen. System then loads Win7.
It seems different, but on several of the computers I have installed
12.1, I have needed to add nomodeset to the install kernel (ATI
graphics) to be able to install (or one was to use the rescue system).
On mine it didn't loop, it just seemed to crash and corrupt the
graphics, but adding nomodeset is easy enough to try.

-- 
Joe Morris
Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 12.1 x86_64





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