Having tried various varieties of Linux I decided to give openSUSE a go.Installation went OK until first reboot when all I got was grub> instead of a login screen. This has happened twice so anyone any clues? openSUSE is the only version of Linux that I’ve encountered probs with.
On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:06:03 +0000, NW Wrinkly wrote:
> Having tried various varieties of Linux I decided to give openSUSE a
> go.Installation went OK until first reboot when all I got was grub>
> instead of a login screen. This has happened twice so anyone any clues?
> openSUSE is the only version of Linux that I’ve encountered probs with.
Let’s get some information about the system you’re installing on -
hardware, CPU, memory, video card, etc. would be a good start.
Also, if there are any other operating systems installed, please identify
them as well.
Thanks,
Jim
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Jim Henderson
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System is Gigabyte MA785GT-UD3H with AMD Phenom 550BE, 450w Corsair psu, 2Gb memory, Radeon 4600 GPU. Two 500Gb HDDs, one with W7 and one with openSUSE. THe W7 HDD was unplugged when I installed linux. (I switch between HDDs on startup - F12). I have installed Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Mint, Fedora, Mandriva, Knoppix and others with no problems. I have tried to install SUSE over the last couple of years and failed every time. Getting to the first reboot is the closest I’ve been.
I’ve tried the ‘Boot’ command from grub> but it requires a kernel to be loaded first. I’m not familiar with linux command lines so has anyone any idea what the required line is?
You don’t need the windows HD unplugged
When it is SUSE thinks 1 HD
You plug W7 HD back in and it becomes 1st in boot order
See if you can switch the SUSE HD to 1st in BIOS boot order
On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:36:03 +0000, NW Wrinkly wrote:
> I’ve tried the ‘Boot’ command from grub> but it requires a kernel to be
> loaded first. I’m not familiar with linux command lines so has anyone
> any idea what the required line is?
You can try something like:
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop root=/dev/sda1
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop
This makes a couple of assumptions, namely that you have one disk at
/dev/sda
And that the first partition is your root partition. You’ll need to
adjust if it isn’t (and if, for example, it’s an IDE drive instead of a
SCSI or SATA drive). You might also try adding ‘nomodeset’ to the kernel
line if you have trouble getting X started.
Jim
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Thanks Jim. root (hd0,0) gives file type as extfs. Unfortunately entering the ‘kernel’ part results in ‘error 15 file not found’. The W7 HDD is only disconnected when installing linux distros. Setting the linux hdd to boot first makes no difference.I’m trying the ‘Gnome’ live cd version to see if that works.
The live Gnome CD works (I’m doing this in it) although the scrolling in Firefox suggests a broblem with the video drivers.
Do you think perhaps root might be sda2 (hd0,1) ?
That seems more likely
I didn’t see any fdisk -l output?!
On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:36:03 +0000, caf4926 wrote:
> Do you think perhaps root might be sda2 (hd0,1) ? That seems more likely
Possible, depends on whether he set up a swap partition or not IIRC.
> I didn’t see any fdisk -l output?!
I didn’t either, but that made sense to me since he can’t get the system
booted.
Jim
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On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:06:03 +0000, NW Wrinkly wrote:
> Thanks Jim. root (hd0,0) gives file type as extfs. Unfortunately
> entering the ‘kernel’ part results in ‘error 15 file not found’. The W7
> HDD is only disconnected when installing linux distros. Setting the
> linux hdd to boot first makes no difference.I’m trying the ‘Gnome’ live
> cd version to see if that works.
You might try starting the kernel line and hitting tab - the version you
have may be different from what I have - tab completion should work in
grub.
Jim
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Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
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Root is sda1 as far as I’m aware. Hitting tab brings up the ‘BASH’ commands list.I’m going to have another go with maybe a new download.
Boot a live cd and get us
su -
fdisk -l
I’ve installed it via the Gnome live CD and it’s working fine now. Must have been a duff download. (DVD is TDK and CD Sony and I’ve never had a prob with either). Don’t suppose there’s anyway to get the ‘extras’ off the DVD is there? they seem to amount to 3+Gb so what are they? Thanks for the help:)
Try loading the dvd in to the repos
Yast> Respositories> Add> DVD
Tried loading DVD but kept getting errors. Thanks anyway.
Another option:
Extract the contents of the DVD with isomaster or AcetoneISO and place it in a folder, that could work. But if the DVD burn is bad maybe not.