[opensuse] Suse-3.2 on Alienware 17 laptop
I am trying to run Suse-3.2 on my Alienware-17 laptop. I have attached all of the machine specs. (First laptop I saw with 2TB of disk, 32GB of ram and fast 4 core processor). When I boot the DVD and tell it to load the install program it proceed to the point where 3 green dots appear on the screen and hangs. Is there a way to run the installer in test mode so that I can see what is going on? Has anybody installed Suse on an Alienware laptop? Is this graphics chip set supported? Any assistance would be appreciated. I did run the system with their default UEFI boot system. But the DVD loaded so I though I should at least get to the point where it asks me questions. Don -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Don Fisher hdf3@comcast.net | | 865 W. Cresta Loma Dr. VOICE: (520)888-7613 | | Tucson, AZ. 85704-3705 | -----------------------------------------------------------------
Op woensdag 11 februari 2015 11:56:16 schreef don fisher:
I am trying to run Suse-3.2 on my Alienware-17 laptop. I have attached all of the machine specs. (First laptop I saw with 2TB of disk, 32GB of ram and fast 4 core processor). When I boot the DVD and tell it to load the install program it proceed to the point where 3 green dots appear on the screen and hangs.
Is there a way to run the installer in test mode so that I can see what is going on? Has anybody installed Suse on an Alienware laptop? Is this graphics chip set supported? Any assistance would be appreciated.
I did run the system with their default UEFI boot system. But the DVD loaded so I though I should at least get to the point where it asks me questions.
Don
You can press Esc when the three dots appear to see the output of the commands the boot process is executing and see where it hangs. -- fr.gr. member openSUSE Freek de Kruijf -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 02/11/15 13:47, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
Op woensdag 11 februari 2015 11:56:16 schreef don fisher:
I am trying to run Suse-3.2 on my Alienware-17 laptop. I have attached all of the machine specs. (First laptop I saw with 2TB of disk, 32GB of ram and fast 4 core processor). When I boot the DVD and tell it to load the install program it proceed to the point where 3 green dots appear on the screen and hangs.
Is there a way to run the installer in test mode so that I can see what is going on? Has anybody installed Suse on an Alienware laptop? Is this graphics chip set supported? Any assistance would be appreciated.
I did run the system with their default UEFI boot system. But the DVD loaded so I though I should at least get to the point where it asks me questions.
Don
You can press Esc when the three dots appear to see the output of the commands the boot process is executing and see where it hangs.
I pressed the esc and saw: Loading Installation System (1/5) - 100% Loading Installation System (2/5) - 67% Then nothing. Is there any way to get more detail, or dies this help? Thanks Don -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Don Fisher hdf3@comcast.net | | 865 W. Cresta Loma Dr. VOICE: (520)888-7613 | | Tucson, AZ. 85704-3705 | ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Op woensdag 11 februari 2015 14:06:20 schreef don fisher:
On 02/11/15 13:47, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
Op woensdag 11 februari 2015 11:56:16 schreef don fisher:
I am trying to run Suse-3.2 on my Alienware-17 laptop. I have attached all of the machine specs. (First laptop I saw with 2TB of disk, 32GB of ram and fast 4 core processor). When I boot the DVD and tell it to load the install program it proceed to the point where 3 green dots appear on the screen and hangs.
Is there a way to run the installer in test mode so that I can see what is going on? Has anybody installed Suse on an Alienware laptop? Is this graphics chip set supported? Any assistance would be appreciated.
I did run the system with their default UEFI boot system. But the DVD loaded so I though I should at least get to the point where it asks me questions.
Don
You can press Esc when the three dots appear to see the output of the commands the boot process is executing and see where it hangs.
I pressed the esc and saw:
Loading Installation System (1/5) - 100% Loading Installation System (2/5) - 67%
Then nothing. Is there any way to get more detail, or dies this help?
Is this consistent or does the percentage vary? At this point it is reading installation files from the DVD and storing these in memory. Did you run a check on your memory? -- fr.gr. member openSUSE Freek de Kruijf -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 02/11/15 15:49, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
Op woensdag 11 februari 2015 14:06:20 schreef don fisher:
On 02/11/15 13:47, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
Op woensdag 11 februari 2015 11:56:16 schreef don fisher:
I am trying to run Suse-3.2 on my Alienware-17 laptop. I have attached all of the machine specs. (First laptop I saw with 2TB of disk, 32GB of ram and fast 4 core processor). When I boot the DVD and tell it to load the install program it proceed to the point where 3 green dots appear on the screen and hangs.
Is there a way to run the installer in test mode so that I can see what is going on? Has anybody installed Suse on an Alienware laptop? Is this graphics chip set supported? Any assistance would be appreciated.
I did run the system with their default UEFI boot system. But the DVD loaded so I though I should at least get to the point where it asks me questions.
Don
You can press Esc when the three dots appear to see the output of the commands the boot process is executing and see where it hangs.
I pressed the esc and saw:
Loading Installation System (1/5) - 100% Loading Installation System (2/5) - 67%
Then nothing. Is there any way to get more detail, or dies this help?
Is this consistent or does the percentage vary? At this point it is reading installation files from the DVD and storing these in memory. Did you run a check on your memory?
It appears to be fairly consistent, maybe +- a percent or two. I did check the memory, using the Win 8 and native tests. I hear the DVD drive spin for a couple of seconds, then it stops. How does one get more details on what is going on? In the "old days" under Fedora, there were FTP sites where one could go and download the source code. I cannot find anything similar under opensuse. Is there a way to determine what file are being loaded? Thanks, Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 02/11/15 15:49, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
Op woensdag 11 februari 2015 14:06:20 schreef don fisher:
On 02/11/15 13:47, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
Op woensdag 11 februari 2015 11:56:16 schreef don fisher:
I am trying to run Suse-3.2 on my Alienware-17 laptop. I have attached all of the machine specs. (First laptop I saw with 2TB of disk, 32GB of ram and fast 4 core processor). When I boot the DVD and tell it to load the install program it proceed to the point where 3 green dots appear on the screen and hangs.
Is there a way to run the installer in test mode so that I can see what is going on? Has anybody installed Suse on an Alienware laptop? Is this graphics chip set supported? Any assistance would be appreciated.
I did run the system with their default UEFI boot system. But the DVD loaded so I though I should at least get to the point where it asks me questions.
Don
You can press Esc when the three dots appear to see the output of the commands the boot process is executing and see where it hangs.
I pressed the esc and saw:
Loading Installation System (1/5) - 100% Loading Installation System (2/5) - 67%
Then nothing. Is there any way to get more detail, or dies this help?
Is this consistent or does the percentage vary? At this point it is reading installation files from the DVD and storing these in memory. Did you run a check on your memory?
I guess I just lied. After receiving you latest post I tried another time and it loaded all the way to Initializing the installation environment, then it hung. I wish I could get error messages. I will go and run the Windows deep memory scan which is supposed to consume a few hours, like the linux ones:-) Thanks Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 04:10:10 PM don fisher wrote:
I guess I just lied. After receiving you latest post I tried another time and it loaded all the way to Initializing the installation environment, then it hung. I wish I could get error messages. I will go and run the Windows deep memory scan which is supposed to
consume a few
hours, like the linux ones:-)
By the way, I think you mean "opensuse 13.2" rather than "suse 3.2". On the grub menu (boot screen of the installer), select the "Installation" menu entry but do not hit ENTER. Instead, type 'e'. That should put you in an edit screen to edit the boot command. Scroll down until you find a line that begins "linux" (actually "linuxefi"). Hit the END key. Then append " nomodeset" to the end of the line. Then continue booting. There will be a message on the screen telling you what key does that. This should get you into the installer. The graphics won't be good, but you can fix that after install by adding the appropriate driver (I'm guessing Nvidia). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Am 12.02.2015 um 00:10 schrieb don fisher:
On 02/11/15 15:49, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
Op woensdag 11 februari 2015 14:06:20 schreef don fisher:
On 02/11/15 13:47, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
Op woensdag 11 februari 2015 11:56:16 schreef don fisher:
I am trying to run Suse-3.2 on my Alienware-17 laptop. I have attached all of the machine specs. (First laptop I saw with 2TB of disk, 32GB of ram and fast 4 core processor). When I boot the DVD and tell it to load the install program it proceed to the point where 3 green dots appear on the screen and hangs.
Is there a way to run the installer in test mode so that I can see what is going on? Has anybody installed Suse on an Alienware laptop? Is this graphics chip set supported? Any assistance would be appreciated.
I did run the system with their default UEFI boot system. But the DVD loaded so I though I should at least get to the point where it asks me questions.
Don
You can press Esc when the three dots appear to see the output of the commands the boot process is executing and see where it hangs.
I pressed the esc and saw:
Loading Installation System (1/5) - 100% Loading Installation System (2/5) - 67%
Then nothing. Is there any way to get more detail, or dies this help?
Is this consistent or does the percentage vary? At this point it is reading installation files from the DVD and storing these in memory. Did you run a check on your memory?
I guess I just lied. After receiving you latest post I tried another time and it loaded all the way to Initializing the installation environment, then it hung. I wish I could get error messages. I will go and run the Windows deep memory scan which is supposed to consume a few hours, like the linux ones:-)
Thanks Don
I'm sure you checked that, but... are you sure your DVD is ok? I had similar problems once with a not-perfect dvd with obviousyly several errors. It tried reading, sometimes it could get a little further, sometimes not, and then the installation stopped somewhere... burning a new DVD solved my problem that time... Daniel (sorry PM'd by error...) -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Barcelona http://www.daniel-bauer.com room in Barcelona: https://www.airbnb.es/rooms/2416137 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 02/11/2015 04:06 PM, don fisher wrote:
Is there any way to get more detail,
IIR from the last time I did a DVD install to a new HD, over a year ago, the other VTs, that is hot key -- on my system Alt+Fn but YMMV -- brought up various other screens. IIR one hgad a command prompt, one had some disk access info, and one seemed to be a detailed log of the install, not quite a syslog level. You might try walking though the VTs to see if there is anything of use. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
If you have suspicions or either the DVD drive or media you could use UNetbootin and make a bootable USB from the ISO you downloaded. I had a Toshiba laptop with a busted internal drive work just fine at install that way. On Thu, 2015-02-12 at 10:04 -0500, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 02/11/2015 04:06 PM, don fisher wrote:
Is there any way to get more detail,
IIR from the last time I did a DVD install to a new HD, over a year ago, the other VTs, that is hot key -- on my system Alt+Fn but YMMV -- brought up various other screens. IIR one hgad a command prompt, one had some disk access info, and one seemed to be a detailed log of the install, not quite a syslog level.
You might try walking though the VTs to see if there is anything of use.
-- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?
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