Most of the time I install OpenSuse I have the need to not install a graphical environment and installation.
This can be because either I am using a very new machine with unsupported video hardware or an old machine that is not capable of doing advanced graphics (for example with my dual-atom motherboard, or if somebody uses other minimal hardware, which is used more and more these days).
Actually, OpenSuse is one of the last full distributions that is succesfully capable of doing this.
Except, I have to confirm this at least three times. And there is a bug. The bug consists of not being able to do a Textmode install when using a usb stick with Net install, on a dual-atom board. The graphical installation then still works, however.
But let us consider the fact that I do not have a graphics card and need to install Textmode, and text-mode installation actually works.
When the text-mode installation does work, and I select Minimal Server install, because I cannot do advanced graphics, the system still installs grub with a graphical interface and the system becomes useless… and I think this happens to a lot of people, unnecessarily.
Actually I found, only in textmode installation, but not in graphical mode installation, it is possible to install grub without graphics and this is possible to do in Suse by reviewing the installation, going through several menus and altering the grub options, before installing. I tend to always forget this and I have the feeling I am not the only person.
So apart from the bug, I would like to ask for support to make grub boot in text-mode automatically, if a person selects Minimal Server Installation.
Because just a black screen after Text Mode installation, or a blinking cursor, is not what should be.