Has anyone had any issues installing OpenSuse 12.3 on IBM Blade HS21? I get past the kernel boot and then nothing but a blank screen. I have also tried yast install (text mode), but it is non responsive.
I have not tried this.
I do note thou, that some graphics devices don’t work well with plymouth, which can yield a black screen (past the kernel boot) for both graphic and text modes. Did you try disabling plymouth when booting ?
You can do this by using the boot code:
plymouth.enable=0
Dependent on whether you have the legacy grub or grub2, that boot code needs to be applied differently. It can be made permanent for both boot managers if need be.
What video is on that beasty??