bootable image(s) don't boot 15.3
Hello All: I have been trying to upgrade from Leap 15.2 to 15.3 but have not been able to get the 15.3 ISO(s) to boot on a variety of machines: a Dell Inspiron 15 5000 series, an Asus M4A89 GTD pro MB with an AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1100T Processor and 16 GB RAM, and an old Toshiba laptop. All of these machines are happily running Leap 15.2, the desktop with the Asus MB and the Toshiba since 15.2 came on line and many versions preceding it. The 15.3 image was downloaded today: openSUSE-Leap-15.3-2-DVD-aarch64-Build24.5-Media.iso I have verified the checksum of the downloaded ISO which I've burned to 3 different USB sticks, 2 of them brand new, with Image Writer, and a DVD burned with with K3B. On the Dell I get the following message: "Selected boot device failed. Press any key to reboot the system." On the other two machines all I get is a flashing bar in the upper left hand corner of the display. Since I started this project I've tested all three machines with old Leap 15.1 & 15.2 USB images and they've all booted without a problem. I've not tried using the network image yet because in my situation the ISO will be easier if I can get it to work, and it should work and I'd like to find out why it doesn't, at least for me. Any help, or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, George -- George H. Griffin Powered by opensuse Leap 15.2 "... now you're really in the total animal soup of time—" Allen Ginsberg
Not much help but none of the 15.3 isos works here on either of my Lenovo laptops including the Net version which is my preferred option for installation. On 30/01/2022 19:53, George H. Griffin wrote:
Hello All:
I have been trying to upgrade from Leap 15.2 to 15.3 but have not been able to get the 15.3 ISO(s) to boot on a variety of machines: a Dell Inspiron 15 5000 series, an Asus M4A89 GTD pro MB with an AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1100T Processor and 16 GB RAM, and an old Toshiba laptop. All of these machines are happily running Leap 15.2, the desktop with the Asus MB and the Toshiba since 15.2 came on line and many versions preceding it.
The 15.3 image was downloaded today: openSUSE-Leap-15.3-2-DVD-aarch64-Build24.5-Media.iso
I have verified the checksum of the downloaded ISO which I've burned to 3 different USB sticks, 2 of them brand new, with Image Writer, and a DVD burned with with K3B. On the Dell I get the following message: "Selected boot device failed. Press any key to reboot the system." On the other two machines all I get is a flashing bar in the upper left hand corner of the display.
Since I started this project I've tested all three machines with old Leap 15.1 & 15.2 USB images and they've all booted without a problem.
I've not tried using the network image yet because in my situation the ISO will be easier if I can get it to work, and it should work and I'd like to find out why it doesn't, at least for me.
Any help, or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, George
George H. Griffin composed on 2022-01-30 12:53 (UTC-0700):
The 15.3 image was downloaded today: openSUSE-Leap-15.3-2-DVD-aarch64-Build24.5-Media.iso
You want x86_64, not aarch64, for 64bit Intel/AMD CPUs. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata
Thanks, Felix, for your quick reply. I should have caught the problem myself, but was careless, and once I started having trouble I developed tunnel vision looking past simpler solutions for something obscure. I did think it rather strange that no one else had reported that problem. As a followup, I did an update on the the Dell which went very smoothly. I also ran an update from 15.2 on an old, ~8 year old, HP Pavilion running 15.2. The initial update hung near the end--caps lock LED blinking, mouse, touch pad, and keyboard dead. I did a hard reboot and while it wouldn't boot from the first kernel on the boot menu, I got a message that the kernel wasn't installed, it did boot from the second kernel on the boot menu. In the end I redid the update from the beginning and it seems to be working fine now. Thanks again for pointing out what the problem was, though I'm a bit embarrassed I didn't catch it myself. George -- George H. Griffin Powered by opensuse Leap 15.2 "... now you're really in the total animal soup of time—" Allen Ginsberg
On 2022-01-31 05:41, George H. Griffin wrote:
Thanks, Felix, for your quick reply. I should have caught the problem myself, but was careless, and once I started having trouble I developed tunnel vision looking past simpler solutions for something obscure. I did think it rather strange that no one else had reported that problem.
As a followup, I did an update on the the Dell which went very smoothly. I also ran an update from 15.2 on an old, ~8 year old, HP Pavilion running 15.2. The initial update hung near the end--caps lock LED blinking, mouse, touch pad, and keyboard dead.
That's a kernel panic. It is unfortunate that there will not be logs. Next time it happens try [ctrl][alt][f1] through [f10] (if it works!) to see if any console has kernel logs, and then take a photo to report it.
I did a hard reboot and while it wouldn't boot from the first kernel on the boot menu, I got a message that the kernel wasn't installed, it did boot from the second kernel on the boot menu. In the end I redid the update from the beginning and it seems to be working fine now.
Thanks again for pointing out what the problem was, though I'm a bit embarrassed I didn't catch it myself.
Heh, I was a bit confused myself as to what image I needed, and I have been doing this for over two decades ;-) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.3 x86_64 at Telcontar)
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