Dave Howorth wrote:
I'm trying to install 10.3 on a 4-year old 32-bit machine. I don't do enough installs to remember all the gotchas, so it's always a fraught process if anything goes wrong :(
I blew a 10.3 DVD, verified it and ran the installer. It all went happily and eventually started installing the packages so I went home and left it to it. This morning I came in to find
Missing operating system
on the screen. Which means it's messed up the MBR? I had a poke in the BIOS but don't see anything that looks odd.
So I put the DVD back in and selected Repair Installed System
Now it says:
An error occurred during the installation
What an incredibly irritating message! I know an error occurred, that's why I asked it to repair the system!
I went to the opensuse site but haven't found any useful installation troubleshooting guides. Can anybody point me to one, please? Or any relevant threads on the list.
Oh yes, the video. When it starts booting, and up until the point where you choose install or repair or rescue etc, the video is fine. After that point it switches into some mode that isn't handled properly with flickering characters etc. It's a rage 128 pro graphics card, nothing fancy and old enough that there shouldn't be any bugs left. So what's going on there?
So I'm not impressed by the 10.3 installation process so far.
Cheers, Dave
Repair install is broken on the 10.3 DVD :-( See the ton of earlier list complaints. I had 2 borked installs with 10.3, but was always able to boot back to the install DVD and the installer would either (1) reinstall everything or (2) pick up a little before the install crash and complete. This is very very frustrating. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org