Tried all media types for installation, all fail

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So I was very excited to try OpenSUSE after being tired of Ubuntu 11.10’s shinanigans (DID NOT LIKE, liked older ones though). I downloaded the DVD installation iso, did my md5sum verification, came out great. Made my DVD, hooked up my external hard drive to my laptop, which is a Dell D420 with no cd drive, and went for the media installation check. It loads the kernel then the screen goes blank, for a reeeeally long time. I tried just running the installation by itself, same result. I figure that maybe the DVD was bad, so I tried another brand of blank DVD–same results.

Then I decided to try the NET installation. Downloaded the iso, made sure md5sum matched, put it on a cd, and once again, media installation check leads to a blank screen after the kernel loads. Tried another cd, same result.

After that, I was a little confused. I decided to just go for the GNOME live cd to see if it’s even worth the trouble. Once again, md5sum matches the iso. This time though, I used the “isoinfo” and “dd” commands to check to see if the cd burned matches the original md5 hash, and low and behold, it does not. I checked the DVDs and the NET cds, they also did not match. However, somehow the live cd with GNOME did boot and I decided I will fight for it.

Since burning the DVDs/CDs messed up the md5 hash, I thought maybe my cd burner is broken. I scrimmaged to find a USB flash drive as my last resort. I followed the instructions on this page: SDB:Live USB stick - openSUSE verbatim and everything went through fine UNTIL I got to the installation page… I did media installation check again, and the same thing happens! It loads the kernel and then the screen goes blank. The USB stick worked fine before all of this, so I know that’s not the problem.

Currently, the laptop has Ubuntu 11.10 on it, but I’m trying to get rid of it, so it will only have openSUSE.

If anyone can just give me a push in the right direction, perhaps a reason why media installation check NEVER makes it past the blank screen? I’d appreciate it.

PS: sorry for the essay, but I’ve been at this for 3 days.

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Did you burn at the slowest speed? That is always recommended.

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On 2012-03-19 00:16, kitschbot wrote:

> This time though, I used the “isoinfo” and “dd”
> commands to check to see if the cd burned matches the original md5 hash,
> and low and behold, it does not.

Comparing the ckecksum of the burned media is not that simple, you have to
take into account that the media can be completed to fill a record. It
works better if you ask k3b to check the media after burn, or the
equivalent in the software you use.

What I do is this:


cmp --bytes=$(wc -c <$1) /dev/dvd $1

where $1 is the iso image.

Re your problem, I think that your computer is not compatible with 12.1.
You can perhaps try to install 11.4 instead.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

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robin_listas, thank you, I don’t know why I didn’t think of that. I will try 11.4 tonight and see how it goes.

rafter22, yes indeed.

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What video card? Try nomodeset at the kernel parameters at the boot screen