[opensuse] Computer boots from hard disk only
Hi all, I already asked this on our local list, but no advance yet. I have a dual oS 12.1 (64 bit, KDE 4.9.5)/ Win7 (32 bit) system. I wanted to upgrade to oS 12.2. Since my DVD reader does not work, I created a live CD with KDE on a CD disk with K3b (of course to be used in another optical drive), and also prepared a live USB with the same content with image writer. I set the boot sequence in BIOS but to no avail. I got a black screen with a blinking cursor in the upper left corner and the process stopped here. When removable disk is before HDD in the boot sequence then the system boots as normal from HDD, that is USB skipped. But if CD drive is before HDD then booting locks up with that black screen. The HDD is SATA, the optical drive and another HDD is on an IDE cable. I changed the IDE ribbon cable, upgraded BIOS, reset BIOS to factory default, but did not succeed. Also tried all six USB ports, but nothing happenned. The USB ports and CD-RW work normally either in oS or in Win7. The motherboard is ASUS P5Q-EM, with 3 GB DDR2 RAM. Any help is welcome. Thanks: Albert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le vendredi 04 janvier 2013 à 11:25 +0100, Oszkó Albert a écrit :
I already asked this on our local list, but no advance yet. I have a dual oS 12.1 (64 bit, KDE 4.9.5)/ Win7 (32 bit) system. I wanted to upgrade to oS 12.2.
Since this is what you want why not configure zypper with openSUSE 12.2 repositories and then use zypper dup . -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 01/04/2013 12:33 PM, Bogdan Cristea wrote:
Since this is what you want why not configure zypper with openSUSE 12.2 repositories and then use zypper dup
- my experience, using zypper dup , to move from openSuSE 11.4 to 12.2 was Good. ................... best regards -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Op 04-01-13 11:37, ellanios82 schreef:
On 01/04/2013 12:33 PM, Bogdan Cristea wrote:
Since this is what you want why not configure zypper with openSUSE 12.2 repositories and then use zypper dup
- my experience, using zypper dup , to move from openSuSE 11.4 to 12.2 was Good.
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best regards
I did it few weeks ago, np at all. -- Have a nice day.. Oddball. OS: Linux 3.7.1-1-desktop i686 Huidige gebruiker: odd@Eeepc-seashell4c Systeem: openSUSE 12.2 (i586) KDE: 4.9.4 "release 5" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 11:33:06AM +0100, Bogdan Cristea wrote:
Le vendredi 04 janvier 2013 à 11:25 +0100, Oszkó Albert a écrit :
I already asked this on our local list, but no advance yet. I have a dual oS 12.1 (64 bit, KDE 4.9.5)/ Win7 (32 bit) system. I wanted to upgrade to oS 12.2.
Since this is what you want why not configure zypper with openSUSE 12.2 repositories and then use zypper dup .
Or you copy the install kernel and initrd from 12.2 into /boot/ of your system and adjust your boot loader configuration to boot the 12.2 install system. This approach is documented in the wiki at http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Remote_installation Unfortunately this isn't very obvious. Please consider to enhance the available documenattion if there isn't a better one available. Cheers, Lars -- Lars Müller [ˈlaː(r)z ˈmʏlɐ] Samba Team + SUSE Labs SUSE Linux, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
2013-01-04 11:48 keltezéssel, Lars Müller írta:
On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 11:33:06AM +0100, Bogdan Cristea wrote:
Le vendredi 04 janvier 2013 à 11:25 +0100, Oszkó Albert a écrit :
I already asked this on our local list, but no advance yet. I have a dual oS 12.1 (64 bit, KDE 4.9.5)/ Win7 (32 bit) system. I wanted to upgrade to oS 12.2.
Since this is what you want why not configure zypper with openSUSE 12.2 repositories and then use zypper dup .
Or you copy the install kernel and initrd from 12.2 into /boot/ of your system and adjust your boot loader configuration to boot the 12.2 install system.
This approach is documented in the wiki at http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Remote_installation
Unfortunately this isn't very obvious. Please consider to enhance the available documenattion if there isn't a better one available.
Cheers,
Lars
Thanks for the tips! I give them a try and report what happenned. Regards: Albert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
2013.01.04. 12:02 keltezéssel, Oszkó Albert írta:
2013-01-04 11:48 keltezéssel, Lars Müller írta:
On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 11:33:06AM +0100, Bogdan Cristea wrote:
Le vendredi 04 janvier 2013 à 11:25 +0100, Oszkó Albert a écrit :
I already asked this on our local list, but no advance yet. I have a dual oS 12.1 (64 bit, KDE 4.9.5)/ Win7 (32 bit) system. I wanted to upgrade to oS 12.2.
Since this is what you want why not configure zypper with openSUSE 12.2 repositories and then use zypper dup .
Or you copy the install kernel and initrd from 12.2 into /boot/ of your system and adjust your boot loader configuration to boot the 12.2 install system.
This approach is documented in the wiki at http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Remote_installation
Unfortunately this isn't very obvious. Please consider to enhance the available documenattion if there isn't a better one available.
Cheers,
Lars
Thanks for the tips!
I give them a try and report what happenned.
Regards: Albert Well, there were not any issues with zypper dup, but there are some with reboot. The boot screen with the choices appeared, and as you can see, Win7 works OK. Failsafe mode of oS 12.2 can be started, but spins HDD at least for an hour (then I stopped it), Desktop 12.2 does not start, it stop after saying something about suse firewall. And there is an additional new line: GRUB2- GNU GRUB 2. Trying to start it the answer is an error message complaining of some missing things.
Next I will try to understand the tutorials you recommended and maybe repeat the whole thing. I also do not want to have GNOME and Xfce any more - so perhaps I can install KDE only. Regards: Albert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2013-01-04 11:48 (GMT+0100) Lars Müller composed:
On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 11:33:06AM +0100, Bogdan Cristea wrote:
Le vendredi 04 janvier 2013 à 11:25 +0100, Oszkó Albert a écrit :
I already asked this on our local list, but no advance yet. I have a dual oS 12.1 (64 bit, KDE 4.9.5)/ Win7 (32 bit) system. I wanted to upgrade to oS 12.2.
Since this is what you want why not configure zypper with openSUSE 12.2 repositories and then use zypper dup .
Or you copy the install kernel and initrd from 12.2 into /boot/ of your system and adjust your boot loader configuration to boot the 12.2 install system.
Most of my installations are started this way, though instead of putting installation kernel and initrd in /boot I put them in /boot/suse<VERSION>.
This approach is documented in the wiki at http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Remote_installation
Unfortunately this isn't very obvious. Please consider to enhance the available documenattion if there isn't a better one available.
I believe the better doc for what you describe is: http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Network_installation#Media_free_network_installat... The prep and startup method described there also work without using network during installation by using a previously downloaded installation .iso as the source instead of the network, by following the scheme at http://en.opensuse.org/Linuxrc under install=hd. -- "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+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 06:30:47AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
On 2013-01-04 11:48 (GMT+0100) Lars Müller composed:
On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 11:33:06AM +0100, Bogdan Cristea wrote:
Le vendredi 04 janvier 2013 à 11:25 +0100, Oszkó Albert a écrit :
I already asked this on our local list, but no advance yet. I have a dual oS 12.1 (64 bit, KDE 4.9.5)/ Win7 (32 bit) system. I wanted to upgrade to oS 12.2.
Since this is what you want why not configure zypper with openSUSE 12.2 repositories and then use zypper dup .
Or you copy the install kernel and initrd from 12.2 into /boot/ of your system and adjust your boot loader configuration to boot the 12.2 install system.
Most of my installations are started this way, though instead of putting installation kernel and initrd in /boot I put them in /boot/suse<VERSION>.
This approach is documented in the wiki at http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Remote_installation
Unfortunately this isn't very obvious. Please consider to enhance the available documenattion if there isn't a better one available.
I believe the better doc for what you describe is:
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Network_installation#Media_free_network_installat...
Yes! And there even the wget --output-document stuff got merged. There still 12.1 is referenced. But users going this way will be able to transfer the approach to 12.2 or even better adjust the wiki page.
The prep and startup method described there also work without using network during installation by using a previously downloaded installation .iso as the source instead of the network, by following the scheme at http://en.opensuse.org/Linuxrc under install=hd.
Hm, why don't you add a reference to this page at the 'See also' section of the page? Cheers, Lars -- Lars Müller [ˈlaː(r)z ˈmʏlɐ] Samba Team + SUSE Labs SUSE Linux, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
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Since this is what you want why not configure zypper with openSUSE 12.2 repositories and then use zypper dup .
Documented here: <http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade> - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 11.4, with Evergreen, x86_64 "Celadon" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlDm2M0ACgkQja8UbcUWM1w88wD/YaxZ3PIwewD21DkGPAvsBmAY /tEb1x9FUHHPcT9e6bYBAIYfxDvK3xKSbf9xcr8KS3f86aQJ8mM8cqfcfeexyxs7 =vw6Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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I already asked this on our local list, but no advance yet. I have a dual oS 12.1 (64 bit, KDE 4.9.5)/ Win7 (32 bit) system. I wanted to upgrade to oS 12.2. Since my DVD reader does not work, I created a live CD with KDE on a CD disk with K3b (of course to be used in another optical drive), and also
Did you verify the image file, and later the cd? Procedure in the help section of the download page. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 11.4, with Evergreen, x86_64 "Celadon" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlDm2IwACgkQja8UbcUWM1zZzgD9GFG2ho2ShAadFHoyJJ8HoyWR P7wIm5Oik6ae50rfeBcBAIU1XPr2+oDxJ1iOmTwFJ840zMd/ZZ+SQHBGeYEfOPUD =k1Qj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
2013-01-04 14:26 keltezéssel, Carlos E. R. írta:
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El 2013-01-04 a las 11:25 +0100, Oszkó Albert escribió:
I already asked this on our local list, but no advance yet. I have a dual oS 12.1 (64 bit, KDE 4.9.5)/ Win7 (32 bit) system. I wanted to upgrade to oS 12.2. Since my DVD reader does not work, I created a live CD with KDE on a CD disk with K3b (of course to be used in another optical drive), and also
Did you verify the image file, and later the cd? Procedure in the help section of the download page.
- -- Cheers
Carlos E. R. (from 11.4, with Evergreen, x86_64 "Celadon" (Minas Tirith))
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Thanks for the tips and hints! Now 12.2 is installed. Unfortunately I could not make Grub2 to work with Win7 so I went back to Grub and it worked out of the box. Best regards, Albert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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