I am new to Linux (openSuse) and I’m using Win XP home. I tried to install OpenSuse 11.4 64bit on my slave Hard Drive from a boot up cd a friend gave me (the disc definitely works). Installation progress was fine and then the gecko appeared and the process bar froze. Nothing else happened. When I rebooted the gecko appeared again with the process bar frozen. Could the problem be that I’m trying to install a 64bit OS on an old Hard drive or what? I can’t install it in windows because it is 32 bit windows. So my only option is to install in on my slave HD.
Press ESC to display message. Also try the failsafe boot option.
> Could the problem be that I’m trying to install a 64bit OS on an
> old Hard drive or what? I can’t install it in windows because it is 32
> bit windows. So my only option is to install in on my slave HD.
This should not be an issue as long as the machine itself supports 64
bits and the drive.
I did run the media check and all is well. My video card is 64mb Nvidia GeForce. I didn’t try to run it from windows, just installed it on a separate hard drive.
If your graphic card is really old, its possible support from the open source nouveau driver may not work, and you may wish to specify the boot code ‘nomodeset’ in the 1st boot splash menu (so that ‘nomodeset’ (no quotes) appears in the options line of that boot menu). nomodeset will cause the ‘nv’ driver to load instead of the ‘nouveau’ driver.
In addition (or as an alternative) to ‘nomodeset’ another boot code to try is ‘x11failsafe’ does that work ? [x11failsafe may force loading of fbdev graphic driver]
If the install completed, then you would nominally have some options presented to you in the first boot splash menu that appears. One of them is ‘fail safe’. Does that work ?