I’m using a copy of 12.1 to try and install by DVD, but everything stops on the page with the green desktop and the lizard. Nothing else appears, just a blank green page. The HDD indicator does not flash. The HDD had previously been formatted for Windows XP installation, but that installation attempt failed at the end of the files transfer. I could not install XP, nor can I install openSUSE now.
The copy of openSUSE 12.1 was downloaded via direct link through downthemall. I ran checksum afterwards with digestIT from wheatworks software and it didn’t match the checksum given on openSUSE download help page. Other download attempts given the checksum before download began through metalink using downthemall, failed every time at 0.98 MB.