Thanks guys. I knew that it was unlikely that most issues wouldn’t be resolved be now: I just wanted to play it safe. The checking of the boot type sounds vaguely familiar. I guess it was very likely to be that which stuck in my mind as something to watch out for. So how do I confirm if the system is in legacy or UEFI mode and is this a setting of the motherboard or the OS at install? I’m guessing it’s a setting of the OS at install because of the advice the boot the installer in UEFI mode, but I just want to check.
Oh, and how do I change the mode of the installer? I’m using the installer called “openSUSE-13.2-NET-x86_64.iso” from a USB stick. Is it just a case of using one of the F keys at the start of the install process to change some option?
I just don’t want the first thing I do with my new machine to be fouling it up through stupid mistakes.