samk@twinix.com wrote:

See Thread at: http://www.techienuggets.com/Detail?tx=51373 Posted on behalf of a User

Hi! I have more or less the same problem as Marc describes in this post. Was it wever solved, then how?

Regards lestranger

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Hello -

I have decided to upgrade my system from SuSE 10.3 to SuSE 11.0 and am encountering a failure during the installation process fairly early on... From the installation DVD it loads the initial kernel ok, brings up the Welcome screen which requires me to accept the license agreement, then does a system probe which I think is also succeeding. Within seconds of the system probe being completed I get a quick glimpse of a few lines of script being shown in the console window then a popup error message comes up saying "An error occurred during the installation."

Not much to go on, So I ran the media check tests, the memory tests and the firmware tests. The media and memory tests passed but the firmware test gave me the following errors and warnings - (other stuff also but I think uninteresting...)

1.Fail EDD Boot disk hinting Boot device 0x80 does not support EDD 2.Fail OS/2 memory hole test The memory map has a memory hole between 15Mb and 16Mb 3.Fail HPET configuration test Failed to locate HPET base 4.Warn CPU frequency scaling test (1-2 mins) Frequency scaling not supported 5.Warn PCI Express MaxReadReq tuning MaxReadReq for device pci://00:00:1b.0 is low (128) MaxReadReq for device pci://00:01:00.0 is low (128) MaxReadReq for device pci://00:01.00.1 is low (128)

Doesn't make a lot of sense to me so need an interpreter... I also looked at the kernel messages and saw nothing in the way of error or warning messages, just the usual sorts of things... SO where do I go from here? Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions and please keep in mind I am NOT a Linux guru so keep it simple for me...

Marc....

Marc, You can ignore (4.) (All my older 11.0 machines that don't support frequency scaling show this at boot. Most laptops and newer processors (last 3-4 years) will. You should be able to fix (2) in the BIOS with the non-OS2 OS setting. I would also check the BIOS for a setting related to (1) as well. For (3) there should be a way to pass nohpet to the kernel before the install. Others will have to help here as I am not sure how to do it on an install. Normally you would just pass it to the kernel from the grub boot input line. I haven't got a clue about (5), but if your fix 1,2 & 3, I would be willing to bet 5 will fix it self. The larger question is why 11.0 won't install when 10.3 will. I have I think at last count, seven boxes running 11.0 ranging from old 486 fax servers for hylafax to new Phenom 9850's. (2 other installs on Toshiba Laptops for a total of 9) I have had the 11.0 install crash once or twice, but restarting the install or picking back up in the middle has always solved the problem. (RAID issues, etc..) I find it hard to believe that you are having so much trouble. I'm not saying you're not having the trouble, it is just much different from my experience. Have you tried a network install to eliminate any DVD issues? (Mounting the iso image with loop on another machine and either exporting NFS or making the image available for ftp) That is something else I would try. Also, if you are pre-selecting on-line repositories during the install.. Don't. The problems I have had with the 11.0 install have been when I did select other repositories beyond what is on the DVD. Try just a plain install if that is the case and update when you are done. Also again, are you doing an install or upgrade? I don't do upgrades, I backup /home and anything else I need and then install fresh. Others swear by the upgrade YMMV. Do NOT select KDE4 as your desktop. If you want it, install it later when you can get 4.1. The original 4.0 on the disk is junk. 3.5 on the disk works just fine. If you use gnome, then ignore this. That is my best guess at how to attack the problem. 11.0 (without KDE4) is rock solid. I have several servers running it. Aside from a few gotchas at the time of release that have since been fixed, I have had no issues with it out of the ordinary quirks. Good luck. -- 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