On 12/2/2012 3:31 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: Thanks Carlos, You put me on what appears to be the right track, but it was NOT easy to figure out!!! I will explain in a moment why... I have gotten past the video corruption issue I mentioned in my previous email..
I suppose that you told k3b to verify the DVD after burning it.
Failing that, the other test is to boot the DVD and tell it to autocheck. I don't see how to do that, but since it seems to be working now, I
Yes. presume the DVD was written OK...
As I said, I think I did verify the DVD as best as I know how to. This problem is persisting, I start the install and at first it appears to be working OK, and I do see a lot of readable text messages, but shortly into the process the display of these messages becomes corrupted as they are outputted. My guess is that the installation process is trying to detect what video adapter I am using and to load a driver for it? I dunno how to proceed, I cannot copy/paste anything or even try to manually copy much of what I am seeing since the display becomes really corrupted. Like I said, at first the text messages become corrupted, then it certainly appears as if it is trying to bring up the initial GUI but can't display it properly either.
I always forget the incantations that one has to do in these cases. I think you need to boot the dvd with the option "nomodeset".
Have a look at https://www.suse.com/releasenotes/i386/openSUSE/12.2/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html, section 5.1. Initializing Graphics with KMS (Kernel Mode Setting).
The installation process needs to be seriously rethought a bit! IMHO! The installation code, by default, from the DVD simply jumps right in an starts installing openSuSE without pausing to allow the user to enter an option such as "nomodeset" After much searching around (and a LOT of trial and errors) I finally discovered that if one hits the "magic" tab key, right after ELILO starts to it install itself, you can pause the installation process and a "menu" of options will be presented. (Would have been nice if the installation script would inform the user about the tab key!!) Again no hint or directions are provided as to how to set an option either, and proceed, so more trial and errors later I discovered that the magic incantation is simply to type in - linux nomodeset I was assuming, from what I read, that one is suppose to add a dash (or two) in front of an option as is done with a lot of linux command options. Again, IMHO, an installer ought to act as a guide for a user and show him/her the way to the solutions that he/she might need. The openSuSE12.2 installer failed badly and I fear will cause a lot of trouble for others as well. That said, I now am able to proceed with the installation process, (no video corruption issues) but have encountered a new issue that I am not sure how to answer. (I am unfamiliar with ELILO and was used to the old GRUB style of setting up the boot menus, so hopefully someone will be able to answer my next question. And no, no joy doing internet searches yet...) My laptop came with two separate disk drives, Windows 7 was installed on one of them. along with a few other Windows related partitions. The second disk was simply partitioned into two data drives, which I removed. I used the SuSE installer's disk partition tool to set up partitions on this second drive for swap, /, and /home and when finished I noticed that it had also created a boot volume as well. (similar to the boot volume on the first disk drive that boots up Windozs) That surprised me so I have stopped and am doing further research. My question is, is this correct? Should there be a boot partition on each drive and will ELILO automatically configure a "chainloader" for Windows and set up a menu entry for both Windows and openSuSE such as GRUB did? I cannot examine, using the installer, the boot menu that will be created, like I used to be able to do, and I don't want to risk destroying the laptop's ability to boot up Windoz as well.. Marc... "The Truth is out there" - Spooky -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org