hi all, i had teh same issue with my Latitude c840 here (with the samsung combo DVD/CDRW). It looks like the system detects the drive as cdrom only, but the system installation thinks different. My guess is a Suse issue + DVD/CDRW combo. Anyway, i solved it with multiple steps. Basically, it involves switching to a console installation, 1) boot with the cdrom=/dev/hdb (check the syntax on suse's support db) 2) switch to console installation 3) force loading the ide-scsi drivers That should work. Let me have a message back if it doesn't, so i will try repeating installation Alle 18:54, lunedì 12 maggio 2003, Magnus Hagebris ha scritto:
I tried to install SuSE8.2 on my Dell Laptop(8100 Inspiron with SuSE8.1) last day and when using the DVD the installation process stalls on "Evaluating package selection". When I used the ordinary CD's the install proceeded.
So what's up with the DVD? What's the point having the DVD if they don't work? I used the DVD for 7.3, 8.0, 8.1 and I have no intention to switch to CD's now... :-)
Cheers, Magnus