On Tuesday 10 October 2006 18:56, Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote:
Hi,
On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 jayme@inreach.com wrote:
Hello, I am trying to install OpenSuse on a new system, and everything seems perfect up to the very end, when I have configured the system and setup my user account. The system tells me it is time to restart the system and then I will be able to login and begin using linux. I click ok, and then the monitor flickered and went black, as what I assume is the welcome sound tried to play but was cut short. Then the hard drive light flickers occasionally, and the monitor power light flashes from amber to green, which I've neve seen before. After waiting for 20 minutes, I did a reboot via the reset button, and then the computer loads the bios and as soon as it tries to boot from the HD, all I get is a single beep and then the system hangs. I tried doing the automated repair option from the linux disk, but it never fixes the problem. I went through the entire installation process again, and the same result, when it is time to reboot and login, the system basically dies- the only difference is that the welcome sound didn't try to play after the second install. My system is only a month old, an Asus motherboard with a new AMD MX2 4200 processor, and a new Nvidia graphics card (4700, with 512 megs). I have 1 gig of ram, and was running WinXp Pro successfully- but now it won't boot either.
Try the "noapic" boot parameter. Later after getting the actual kernel with online update, you won't need noapic any longer.
Cheers -e
I had a quite similar problem with my Asus motherboard where Suse 10.0 installation locked after the restart. I simply had to disable the onboard ethernet in the BIOS and since then everything runs like a dream :-) Don't know, if this helps, my motherboard is quite old... (P4PE). good luck! Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Switzerland professional photography: http://www.daniel-bauer.com Madagascar special: http://www.sanic.ch --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org