BandiPat schreef:
On Monday 05 June 2006 02:05, Giel Peters wrote:
Hi,
I have bougth SUSE Linux 10.1. When I try to install SUSE 10.1 it is not getting any further than the point to choose a (installation) language (the requester does not popup) The probing of the mouse works and the clock is spinning for about 45 seconds then the system freezes. Only a hard reset wil bring it back to live.
I have two IDE harddrive's and two SATA harddrive's in the system (a K7N2 motherboard from MSI with a NVIDIA nForce 2 chipset) If i disconnect the SATA drives SUSE 10.1 installs without any problems. When I later connect the cables again SUSE 10.1 again freezes during the boot proces.
I have reinstalled SUSE 9.3 (bougth version) SUSE 9.3 does not have this problem.
somebody suggestions?
regards, Giel Peters ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Giel, There are a number of things that you might look at here. First of all, 10.1 is a bit more hardware savy than 9.3 was, so it may be looking at things 9.3 doesn't. Secondly, have you checked for a new BIOS file from MSI? That might fix some things as well. I'm running the nForce2 as well, but with a little less hard drives than you without problems under 10.1. I remember early on there were problems with Seagate SATA drives over 160GB, could that be affecting you? Have you tried disconnecting just one, rather than both? Are you trying to run RAID? Have you tried booting with ACPI turned off at the loader screen?
Lots of things for you to check. You might also want to check the searchable mail archives for the SUSE english list for similar questions. Also, the suse-e mail list you hear many talking about here might have more answers for you, once you narrow down many of the above questions.
regards, Lee
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Thanks for the suggestions Lee, I updated my bios (7.4 to 7.8) but I'm sorry to say, no result. I have tried all the 4 different install modes ( "installation", "installation -- ACPI disabled", "installation -- local APIC disabled and "installation -- safe settings") All off them with the same result, the grafic installer screen pops up, the mouse is correctly probed (I can move him around), and by each install mode the same result, after about 45 seconds the system freezes, only a hard reset can bring it back to live. If I install with the SATA drives disconnected and later on connect the SATA drives again, SUSE 10.1 starts to the point where the firewall is activated, then the system freeses (always on the same point!) My harddrives are all from Maxtor (2 sata, each 120Gb, 2 IDE one of 28GB and one of 18GB) I bougth the system with only the 2 sata drives. In that time (2003) I could not install LINUX on sata so I bougth the two IDE drives so I could install LINUX ( SUSE ). I allways had to switch in the BIOS to choose between starting from IDE or SCSI. thanks again, I keep on looking, regards, Giel --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-help@opensuse.org