First time user here. I tried to install 11.2 on my laptop with the network. When it is doing the system analysis, on the second to last analysis, it comes up with a red error message and i go to a blue screen where i have to put in my internet info and download target. Can i get some help here?:\
I assume you’re doing a network install? I’ve had problems with the network CD choosing an unavailable repository. Try as different one. Go to openSUSE Download Mirrors - 11.2 and select one near you.
Another possibility is that it expects a DHCP server to be on your network, but you don’t actually have one. Describe your network access in a little more detail.
Maybe if you give us the error message and a little more detail. Also it helps if you say the hardware someone else may have seen the problem.
It’s not a network install, just a plain installation of 11.2, 64 bit. I did
try the debian network install, and it hangs up on finding a hard drive.
I wish I had an error message to have something else to Google. There’s no
error message. Even the NumLock and CapsLock keys don’t light up their LEDs
on the keyboard. It just sits there after the kernel loads with the Gecko
and the status bar that doesn’t as much as start to move. I tried Ubuntu as
well, with the very same result. I dug an old 10GB IDE drive out of the
closet and tried it with the same result. Could it be because I’m installing
from a USB DVD drive? I hope I have an option besides Windows. So far, it’s
the only operating system that doesn’t have any problems installing. I want
productivity, not Windows. 
-tom
gogalthorp wrote:
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> Maybe if you give us the error message and a little more detail. Also it
> helps if you say the hardware someone else may have seen the problem.
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What Gogalthorp was asking for was a little more detail about the “blue box” that pops up for your network information. You said there was a “red error message” during the install; is it just an empty red box, or does it say something? You also haven’t provided details about your hardware. You say it’s a laptop, but what brand? Dell? Acer? What processor? Someone here may have similar hardware and can address your questions.
This may sound crazy, but try the 11.2 32-bit install just to see if it works, then try an older version (Opensuse 11.1, or even different distro – as long as it’s an older kernel). I’ve noticed a couple of posts here in the past few days from people having trouble with the 64-bit kernel. I know it has problems in VirtualBox – not that this means you will have problems in your case, but I consider that another clue.
Just FYI, laptops are more trouble than desktops because they sometimes have “dumb” hardware that will only work after a driver is loaded. The factory’s Windows installation will have those drivers, but you may have to do a search at the manufacturer’s Website for more info on using Linux.
My apologies for replying into the wrong thread.
tmillic wrote:
> It’s not a network install, just a plain installation of 11.2, 64 bit. I
> did try the debian network install, and it hangs up on finding a hard
> drive. I wish I had an error message to have something else to Google.
> There’s no error message. Even the NumLock and CapsLock keys don’t light
> up their LEDs on the keyboard. It just sits there after the kernel loads
> with the Gecko and the status bar that doesn’t as much as start to move. I
> tried Ubuntu as well, with the very same result. I dug an old 10GB IDE
> drive out of the closet and tried it with the same result. Could it be
> because I’m installing from a USB DVD drive? I hope I have an option
> besides Windows. So far, it’s the only operating system that doesn’t have
> any problems installing. I want productivity, not Windows.
> -tom
>
>
> gogalthorp wrote:
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>> Maybe if you give us the error message and a little more detail. Also it
>> helps if you say the hardware someone else may have seen the problem.
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>>
Yes, it could.