i am trying to install opensuse 11.2 to my vaio laptop
i have win7 pro 64 bit already installed
so i’m trying dual booting
i have followed the below steps
1- on windows, shrink the c partition and create a new unused volume for suse
2- install the suse 11.2 on the new unused volume with hdd config like
sda4 swap 4 gb
sda5 20 gb / ext4
sda6 120 gb ext4
3- selected custom packages and started the installaton
4- installation started smoothly and after installing packages it tried to reboot the machine at the end. But after this point the reboot operation has failed and gave a blank screen.
At the end the installation failed.
I started the machine vaio boot logo comes and stops. i can’t even enter
bios setup or change boot options.
I have unplaged the hd reset the partions, pluged it again and recovered
win7
So i think the installation damaged the file system.
i have tried the above steps 2 times and came up with the same result.
I have installed fedora 13 before with no problem.
Actually i did not created any partition on win
just shrink the disk and leaved the rest as unused
as the guide, i was following, says.
i was installing custom packages but i don’t think this is the problem because
i do that all the time with other distros and i think installation adds necessary packages by default.
If you basically have a fresh install of win7 there, just boot up the suse dvd/cd and let it install from defaults. That is, let is shrink win7 and do all the partitioning automatically, see if you get a better result.
Unfortunately i do’nt have a fresh install of win7
and i got bored to unplag my hdd , reset , plug it back
and recover win7
as i said i’ve successfully installed fc13 to this machine with
executing same steps and there was no problem.
before trying to install suse again,
all i want to know is, although other distros don’t have such a problem
what could be the cause of messing up the file system during suse installation.
What you are describing is far from normal, I know this is basic but, Have you checked the md5sum on the download, and the media? Have you tried to boot from, and run a liveCD version?
I 'm going to add a note here, as some time back I got caught out by it ,a simple reboot is possibly not enough, as I have had a situation where there is enough still loaded into RAM to cause a fail on reboot. If it is relevant, a shutdown, give it a minute or two and restart could be a consideration. I doubt is relevant, but it does no harm to mention it.
i’ve tried installing it to the virtual machine and the installation completed successfully
but when i tried to boot from the live image same thing happened
it loaded the kernel module but after that failed to start
there was a blank screen again.
i’ve tried installing it to the virtual machine and the installation completed successfully
but when i tried to boot from the live image same thing happened
it loaded the kernel module but after that failed to start
there was a blank screen again.
btw. is this guide also works for the live version? beceuse i dont
want to mess everything again
Yes, of course the changes are lost on a reboot, but it’s a nice way to check out the fixes, and then when you install you already know what to do, and how to do it.
“openSUSE as of version 11.3 also has an /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory, with a series of .conf files, where the graphic configuration can be specified (which if specified will take precidence over the Xorg software automatic configuration). In addition the older xorg.conf file can still be used for the card to force a graphic configuration, for if that xorg.conf file is available, then the xorg software will use it, giving it precidence over BOTH the automatic Xorg configuration and the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/nn-yyyyy.conf files.”
that’s why i am planning to install version 11.3 RC1
my first question is
can i upgrade from beta version to the final version later on ?
second question is
if this is a graphic card related issue then i am assuming that grub
also needs graphic driver am i right?
third question is
if i am going to edit or create xorg.conf file as discribed on the guide
how am i going to do it since boot fails after installation restarts the
computer. as i said it stucks at the vaio logo and i can not press any key