I am having trouble booting the 13.1 DVD as well as a live gnome image. In all instances I get the same results: boots to the bootloader screen, where I have the choice of: installation, rescue media, check install media. All of these options, when selected, flash up loading kernel, and then loading initial ramdisk. After a few seconds the USB flash drive stops flashing and the system hangs - the two messages are left on the screen. I have tried this with an external DVD drive with a burned DVD of the image with the same result.
I am attempting to install on a Lenovo Thinkpad Twist (s230u) via uefi with secure boot off.
I have attempted to boot with the “nomodeset” option.
after pressing e (at bootloader)I get a file that looks like this:
I have tried the nomodeset option on the linuxefi line after the path with quotes and without quotes.
to no avail. I can’t even find any info on how I might troubleshoot this. I really like 12.3 (which worked fine) and I am eager to try this release. I was so disappointed this didn’t boot.
Please help!
Mike
This is the 13.1 GM and not the 13.1 RC1 ? I recall the 13.1 RC1 had such a problem.
You did not mention if you checked the md5sum of the downloaded .iso file (as downloaded) against the md5sum posted on the download website. Have you done so and the file ok ?
I know installation of 13.1 GM via USB works as I have done so on separate PCs (using installation .iso and not live KDE/Gnome .iso s ) for both 32-bit and 64-bit. One of those PCs was a Windows8 dual boot with UEFI and secure boot enabled. So this should work for you. < its puzzling >
I had not previously checked the MD5 sum, but I checked it now and it is ok. I am going to dd an iso from another location to my usb stick and try again. The iso I am using is opensuse-13.1-DVD-x86_64.iso
Also, on the previous screen, <only if necessary>
note at the bottom of the screen you can click “F3” to change to “No KMS” or “Text” mode to continue your install if the default display driver causes any problems.
The things you speak of only seem to apply to the legacy bios boot, not the uefi boot. When booting uefi I don’t see the F key options and pressing escape has no effect. I tried booting on another machine (using BIOS) and it was as you describe. I believe my problem is unique to a uefi boot system.
Therein lies the issue - there is no linux line. There is a linuxefi line, but putting ‘nomodeset’ there has no effect. I also tried appending the ‘nomodeset’ option at the end, but that didn’t work either. I wrote the whole contents of the file you are referring to in an earlier post in this thread.
I am really disappointed. I thought Opensuse was supposed to have this great support community. All I have gotten is cookie-cutter answers, many without even reading my entire post. I thought Opensuse seemed like a viable OS option for me, and was planning on deploying it on all my PC’s. After having the new version unable to boot on my (common) hardware, and being borderline insulted on the forums, I feel I am going to look for another OS. An OS that cares about its users, and an OS that strives to function correctly.
That was a little harsh, I am just very frustrated and feel like there
is no help to be had…
Hi
It happens
Can you check the iso image is efi ready?
fdisk -l opensuse-13.1-DVD-x86_64.iso
There should be two partitions the efi and the os.
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