Werner Flamme composed on 2016-11-09 10:14 (UTC+0100):
BTW, IIRC my R51 has an ATi graphics adapter, but again, I can't look at it now.
My GX260 Optiplex desktop is around a year older than your laptop, with 0.13 μm process technology Northwood A 2.4GHz 1 core 32 bit P4, 845G video, and 1G RAM shared between system and video. TW 20161105 installation reaches the license screen normally on it without any special startup parameters. Ditto Optiplex GX270 @2.4GHz and 865G video.
On my R51, I do not see much more than the line telling me EDD probing is done after the initial ramdisk is loaded from DVD (selecting "Install" or "Upgrade", then pressing "Enter" shows the "loading kernel" popup, the screen blanks, the EDD line shows, the screen blanks, R51 reboots).
I just tried an Optiplex GX270 P4 with AGP Radeon 7500 (rv200). Same success as with the GX260 and GX270. I wonder if your Pentium M is one that needs forcepae? from https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt : forcepae [X86-32] Forcefully enable Physical Address Extension (PAE). Many Pentium M systems disable PAE but may have a functionally usable PAE implementation. Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel and may cause unknown problems. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org