Werner Flamme composed on 2016-11-08 23:07 (UTC+0100):
I tried to install TW (snapshot 20161102) on one of my old laptops, an IBM Thinkpad R51. It has a Intel PentiumM processor, 32bit, 1 core, and 2 GiB RAM.
735 Dothan 0.09 μm (90 nm) process technology CPU (Introduced May 2004), not a Pentium-4M.
When booting from the DVD, I can see the EDD check, then the screen becomes black and the laptop reboots. I tried several parameters, last combination was "edd=off nosmp nolapic noacpi nomodeset noefi" - but still rebooting.
Some hints how I can get my old R51 to run Tumbleweed anyone?
BTW, the laptop hasn't been touched for more than 3 years now and has a working installation of openSUSE 12.3 on it :). I just want to update...
Lots of changes between 12.3's 3.7 kernel and TW's 4.8. https://www.cnet.com/products/thinkpad-r51/specs/ reports your TP as having Intel 855GME chipset and Graphics Processor Intel Extreme Graphics 2. It shares RAM between system and video. I'd try reseating the RAM, running memtest overnight, then if no memtest errors, try again without any special parameters, particularly without nomodeset. Intel video generally doesn't like nomodeset at all. IME it rarely needs it. If no joy, try adding splash=0 and removing quiet cmdline options to see more error messages. 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. -- "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