Hello, I am trying to install OpenSuse on a new system, and everything seems perfect up to the very end, when I have configured the system and setup my user account. The system tells me it is time to restart the system and then I will be able to login and begin using linux. I click ok, and then the monitor flickered and went black, as what I assume is the welcome sound tried to play but was cut short. Then the hard drive light flickers occasionally, and the monitor power light flashes from amber to green, which I've neve seen before. After waiting for 20 minutes, I did a reboot via the reset button, and then the computer loads the bios and as soon as it tries to boot from the HD, all I get is a single beep and then the system hangs. I tried doing the automated repair option from the linux disk, but it never fixes the problem. I went through the entire installation process again, and the same result, when it is time to reboot and login, the system basically dies- the only difference is that the welcome sound didn't try to play after the second install. My system is only a month old, an Asus motherboard with a new AMD MX2 4200 processor, and a new Nvidia graphics card (4700, with 512 megs). I have 1 gig of ram, and was running WinXp Pro successfully- but now it won't boot either. I tried fixing the MBR in the Windows repair mode, but it did nothing I can detect. My next guess is that I will have to edit the boot.ini file, but I read about the grub file as well, and I'm wondering which takes priority during the initial boot phase. I am brand new to Linux (probably obvious), and need to figure out how to have a succesful dual-boot system with WinXP and Linux. However, I did all this right before leaving town for a conference, and it will be a couple of days before I get back home and can try anything. I am hoping that someone can point me to some good web resources I can study if nobody has an immediate answer. Please help, and thank you in advance! Jayme --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ipf+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ipf+help@opensuse.org