Neil, Thank you. I will try the USB method, with good hope. On 01/06/2015 03:18 PM, Neil Rickert wrote:
On 01/06/2015 03:30 PM, Joseph Comfort wrote:
The first thread got off track. I need a new one.
Just to be clear, this problem is not in any way a bug in the install media. Doubtless there are bugs there. However, how the media is booted is entirely dependent on the firmware (or BIOS). By the time the first opensuse provided instruction runs, it has already been decided by the firmware whether to boot with UEFI or Legacy.
If you cannot find a BIOS setting to force a legacy boot, then you will have to live with that.
I am having trouble with this. The computer BIOS is indeed set to Legacy boot. That is the only way Win-7 will boot. Turing Legacy off (i.e., using UEFI) leads to freeze and failure. /dev/sda is partitioned in the old MBR way. The bootloader is copied from a PCAT system directory and differs strongly from one tucked away in a EFI directory (on another partition). How can the computer boot with UEFI if the structure is just not there? The behavior to me is that the DVD code is either finding some hidden flag somewhere that indicates UEFI, or is imposing its own will on the user. Maybe the BIOS has 2 flags, one to say that it is UEFI capable and the other to say it is being used. Maybe the DVD code is looking at the wrong flag. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org