I am in possession of a new HP HPE-570f PC which I bought this morning.
This has AMD Phenon 1090T and AMD Radeon HD 6770 graphics card.
The OEM Windows 7 works fine.
When I try to install Suse 11.4 using same DVD that works on my other (older) machine, I see the Suse Installation screen from which I select “installation”, then comes the “Loading Linux Kernel” progress bar. As soon as the progress bar gets to the end, the computer reboots!
Then of course I end up back at the Installation screen since the DVD is still in the drive.
Can anyone suggest a solution for this?
On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 22:06:04 +0000, helge59 wrote:
> I am in possession of a new HP HPE-570f PC which I bought this morning.
> This has AMD Phenon 1090T and AMD Radeon HD 6770 graphics card. The OEM
> Windows 7 works fine.
>
> When I try to install Suse 11.4 using same DVD that works on my other
> (older) machine, I see the Suse Installation screen from which I select
> “installation”, then comes the “Loading Linux Kernel” progress bar. As
> soon as the progress bar gets to the end, the computer reboots! Then of
> course I end up back at the Installation screen since the DVD is still
> in the drive.
>
> Can anyone suggest a solution for this?
Try doing a ‘check media’. It’s entirely possible you’ve got a drive
problem (it does happen even with new equipment).
Jim
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Jim Henderson
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Well it plays a blu-ray with no problems.
I also burnt a large DVD, including verification, with no problems either.
Thanks.
The problem was corrected by changing the RAID settings within bios.
System was setup for RAID, even though the basic windows install that came with the machine only had one (2TB) drive configured!
Changed bios setting to IDE and now the installation is progressing.
On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 00:36:03 +0000, helge59 wrote:
> The problem was corrected by changing the RAID settings within bios.
>
> System was setup for RAID, even though the basic windows install that
> came with the machine only had one (2TB) drive configured!
>
> Changed bios setting to IDE and now the installation is progressing.
Glad to hear you got it sorted out.
I suggested doing a media test because I have a couple of different
machines I tried upgrading - one worked fine with the disc, and one
wouldn’t read it at all. In my case, it was a combination of old DVD-RW
media and a slightly faulty drive.
Jim
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System was setup for RAID, even though the basic windows install that came with the machine only had one (2TB) drive configured!
I have seen this from HP (RAID set in BIOS) for no apparent reason, a number of times now, along with using their own version of EFI (instead of BIOS), and their insistence on using all 4 primary partitions for the windows install (in some cases).
Considering the effort I believed HP to be putting into Linux (their excellent printer drivers as an example) I’ve been a little disappointed lately, perhaps their effort is only for HP-UX?
On 2011-06-05 02:36, helge59 wrote:
>
> The problem was corrected by changing the RAID settings within bios.
Next time, when you see the progress bar, hit the ESC key. You will see
text instead, and hopefully you can get a clue when it stops or crashes.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
> The problem was corrected by changing the RAID settings within bios.
Next time, when you see the progress bar, hit the ESC key. You will see
text instead, and hopefully you can get a clue when it stops or crashes.
It’s almost a pointless question, but, if a vendor chooses to enable RAID (and fake RAID at that),when they install only one HD , and the EFI, and the ‘4 primary partition’ thing, and it is more of an issue with this vendor than it should be, should we perhaps question why? Or perhaps not? For example, Is it wrong for them to attempt to control which OS is installed on their hardware?
On 2011-06-05 16:06, dvhenry wrote:
> It’s almost a pointless question, but, if a vendor chooses to enable
> RAID (and fake RAID at that),when they install only one HD , and the
> EFI, and the ‘4 primary partition’ thing, and it is more of an issue
> with this vendor than it should be, should we perhaps question why? Or
> perhaps not? For example, Is it wrong for them to attempt to control
> which OS is installed on their hardware?
Maybe they simply don’t care how the bios is configured. It works for them,
windows installs. Why bother? If other system does not install, it is their
fault.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
Maybe they simply don’t care how the bios is configured. It works for them,
windows installs. Why bother? If other system does not install, it is their
fault.
It’s possible, I will leave it there.
I feel uncomfortable portraying HP as a company to avoid,
They have done a lot to help Linux to get where it is,
perhaps for those looking at buying a desktop or laptop from HP they should consider each carefully(there will be a variety to choose from),and the linux support of each, and choose accordingly.
On 2011-06-05 18:36, dvhenry wrote:
>
> I feel uncomfortable portraying HP as a company to avoid,
> They have done a lot to help Linux to get where it is,
> perhaps for those looking at buying a desktop or laptop from HP they
> should consider each carefully(there will be a variety to choose
> from),and the linux support of each, and choose accordingly.
My laptop is a Compaq, aka HP. It had windows and three partitions, and
before buying I had investigated a little and I knew Linux would be easy to
install. I considered buying an HP with linux installed, but didn’t find
any in the shops. In the end I bought this one because it was cheap,
special offer or bargain.
Their position related to Linux is ambiguous, but investigating a little
before shopping it is not a bad company to buy from.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 10:06:03 +0000, dvhenry wrote:
>> System was setup for RAID, even though the basic windows install that
>> came with the machine only had one (2TB) drive configured!
>
> I have seen this from HP (RAID set in BIOS) for no apparent reason, a
> number of times now, along with using their own version of EFI (instead
> of BIOS), and their insistence on using all 4 primary partitions for the
> windows install (in some cases).
>
> Considering the effort I believed HP to be putting into Linux (their
> excellent printer drivers as an example) I’ve been a little disappointed
> lately, perhaps their effort is only for HP-UX?
Doubt that, I know HP have been reselling SLE for a couple years now, and
they made a pretty good investment in training staff on SLE as well.
Jim
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Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
Forum Use Terms & Conditions at http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C
Doubt that, I know HP have been reselling SLE for a couple years now, and
they made a pretty good investment in training staff on SLE as well.
I run a liveCD on any computer I am looking at buying, and ignore the brand name, I had one store refuse to allow me to do so, I bought from Their opposition down the road. BIOS settings and partitioning are not an issue for me, EFI I would need to think about