https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811271 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811271#c0 Summary: 12.3 DVD won't boot - reboots itself immediately after the bootloader has finished loading the kernel into memory Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.3 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: pbutler@magma.ca QAContact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: Customer Blocker: --- I can't install/upgrade from the 12.3 DVD (x86-64) - when booting this image and selecting any Linux-dependent option from the OpenSUSE menu (Installation, Rescue System, Check Installation Media, or Firmware Test) it begins to load the kernel, and as soon as the kernel is 100% loaded by the bootloader (but not actually executing), the system reboots itself. The only exception to this is the Memory Test option (which *does* work), because it is the only option that doesn't load the Linux kernel. I have installed/upgraded with OpenSUSE DVDs many times in the past on this very same machine (no hardware changes ever), including 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 12.1 and 12.2. This is the first time it cannot boot the DVD installation media. The DVD is 100% verfied. I have done so b (1) booting into my normal O/S on the machine in question (OpenSUSE 12.2) and performing an MD5SUM on the DVD, and (2) selecting the Check Installation Media when booting from the DVD itself (but, of course, this had to be performed on another system given the problem we're trying to solve here in the first place. So (1) and (2) both confirm that the DVD is 100% correct, and (1) also confirms that the machine in question is capable of reading the image properly (indeed, it was this machine that burned the DVD in the first place). Just to be sure that the problem isn't with the media itself, I also burned a 2nd DVD, but this time of the LIVE (KDE) variety (again, OpenSUSE 12.3). It exhibits precisely the same problem: it reboots the moment the bootloader has finished loading the Linux kernel into main memory. The DVDs work fine on my other systems (I have 4). So all this to say the problem is NOT the DVD itself. I also can't get any debug output (for example, by pressing ESC while the kernel is booting) because the reboot occurs the instant the bootloader has finished - that is, the kernel hasn't even started executing yet (or if it has, it has only executed for a split second). Is it failing on some hardware that is no longer detected? Is there some kernel command-line argument that can be added to get past this initial failure? I've tried the usual culprits: acpi=off, noapic, irqpoll, apm=off, mce=off, etc... No luck. The system is only about 3 years old - it is an HPE-130f. It is not a UEFI system - just standard BIOS/MBR. CPU is AMC Phenom II X4 945. Video is NVIDIA GT216 GeForce GT 220. Motherboard is H-RS880 uATX with an AMC 785G chipset. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.