openSUSE 11 somtimes doesn't boot

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Hi everybody: I have installed openSUSE 11.0 on the PC of a friend of my. The problem is, that sometimes (often) it does not boot. I only get a short message from the kernel, which I also get, when it boots. But then I only get a white cursor on black and can do absolutly nothing…

Like I said before, sometimes SUSE boots absolutly normaly. I think, that it might be a problem with GRUB. But don’t know for shure. Does anybody have an idea??!?

By the way, with the Live-version of openSUSE 11 I also have had the problem, that sometimes, the Kernel got loaded and then didn’t happen anything, while the next time it booted normaly.

Thanks for your help…

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Yes GRUB/LILO may well be the issue. Test the firmware and see the result (from the netinstall CD).

I have the same problem on a HP Compaq NC 6120. If anybody could help. The drive SDA is found, but no partions.

Gtreetings,

Danny

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Well my problem is, that one time, the system starts normaly and the next time it just freezes with a black screen. Without a message or something like that…
Also the same with the Live-CD, one time it starts nomaly and the next time it freeze directly after loading the Kernel.

The same problem I have had with the Knoppix 5.3.1 Live-System, while the Knoppix 5.1.1 works fine on this PC.

Could it be, that the new Kernel causes the problem, or might it be the ram? Schould I run a memtest?

Does anybody have an idea???

Here some data about the machine:
Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 1.70GHz
Graficcard: Matrox Graphics, Inc.
Modell: MGA G400 AGP
driver: mga

I just don’t know where to start…
Is there a logfile, where I could look?

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what about if you choose failsafe?

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With failsafe it is just the same.

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Ok, it seems as if I have solved the problem. I have deleted the

vga=0x317

Bootoption in the menu.lst of GRUB. Now the system starts without a Splash-Screen, but it starts. So it seems as if the grafic-card has been the problem.

Thanks to everyone.