I am trying to install openSuse 11.2 (and have attempted an install many times now) but have encountered pretty much the same issue each time and am unable to install 11.2 at all.
I am installing openSuse 11.2 onto a single SATA drive connected to the Promise chipset on my Motherboard. I’ve disabled the VIA SATA chipset in the motherboard’s BIOS (Windows XP 64-bit is installed on drives connected to the VIA chipset).
The installation appears to run smoothly enough - please bear in mind that I am a relative Linux newbie - and I haven’t amended / changed any settings during the installation process, in particular I’m choosing the default partition settings.
However, once 11.2 is installed, it attempts to ‘re-boot for the first time’ but crashes.
If I switch my PC off and re-boot it loads the openSuse 11.2 DVD again, refuses to boot from the Hard Disk (usually due to a partition error) so I’m essentially back to square one.
My only thought is that there is potentially a compatibility issue either with the Promise chipset on my Motherboard (although it’s a single drive and no RAID configuration is obviously in place) and/or my Graphics Card. The reason I mention the latter, is when it crashes on attempting to make the ‘boot for the first time’ I encounter a blank screen, a very slow response to mouse movements but a lot of rogue pixels at the bottom of the screen itself.
My PC’s specs are as follows :-
K8T Neo-FSR/ FIS2R Motherboard
Promise 20378 SATA Chipset
Relayer wrote:
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
what you describe is not typical if you have over 500MB RAM, a
recognized graphics card and are not trying to install from inside a
running copy of Linux (that is: boot from the CD/DVD and select
install…NOT boot CD to a live session and then click the install icon)…
AND, one last if: if you have a 100% perfect install image on disk
to install from, so:
HOWEVER: i do not understand the part about “I’ve disabled the VIA
SATA chipset in the motherboard’s BIOS (Windows XP 64-bit is installed
on drives connected to the VIA chipset)” unless it means you want to
install Linux on one drive and not allow it to ‘see’ the Win
partitions, during install…is that your plan? i guess it should
work…but, i think you will run into trouble when come to the point
you want to be able to select which OS to boot from a screen…hmmmm,
i guess you can use the bios to switch out which is in use…don’t
know…but, then you will forever be unable to ‘share’ info back and
forth…i think…WAIT for others to pile on this…
I agree with DenverD’s suggestions here, and would also find it useful to see if choosing the failsafe option at boot gets you any further, and what the result is.
I downloaded the image from the link that you’ve posted above, however, I don’t recall making a md5sum check of the downloaded ISO. Something that I shall do.
HOWEVER: i do not understand the part about “I’ve disabled the VIA
SATA chipset in the motherboard’s BIOS (Windows XP 64-bit is installed
on drives connected to the VIA chipset)” unless it means you want to
install Linux on one drive and not allow it to ‘see’ the Win
partitions, during install…is that your plan? i guess it should
work…but, i think you will run into trouble when come to the point
you want to be able to select which OS to boot from a screen…hmmmm,
i guess you can use the bios to switch out which is in use…don’t
know…but, then you will forever be unable to ‘share’ info back and
forth…i think…WAIT for others to pile on this…
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My Motherboard has four SATA slots working under two different Chipsets. Two SATA slots for the VIA Chipset and two for the Promise Chipset.
I already have two SATA hard drives (RAID configured) installed on the VIA slots with Windows XP-64 bit installed on these two drives.
I therefore installed a third SATA hard drive (purely for this openSuse install), connecting it to one of the free Promise connectors on the board.
The idea being that it is a totally indepenedent OS and I can switch between the two Chipsets in the BIOS depending on whether I’d like to use XP-64 bit or openSuse.
I have been meaning to try out Linux for sometime and have read some very positive online reviews about the openSuse flavour. If all goes well, I will be switching to openSuse as opposed to upgrading to Windows 7.
ok…bring lots of patience…there is LOTS to learn…and,
unfortunately much of your past knowledge will just hold you back
here…things as simple as double clicking for example…depending on
which DE (desktop environment) you choose if you double click an icon
you will soon have TWO of those running…
you plan to use the bios to keep the two from talking should
work…until you decide you wanna have all disk turning at one
time–like to move you good stuff from the Redmond side to the good
side
but, hmmmmm…let cross that bridge when we get there (can use a live
CD to murder the boot part of the bad side…hmmmmm…raid might be a
problem…don’t know…
do this http://tinyurl.com/yajm2aq …i really hope it is corrupt,
otherwise it gonna be harder to find the prob…
I checked my DVD (which was burnt to a decent quality TDK) and it passed. Having re-installed openSuse several times today, the same issue occurs. It refuses to complete the ‘boot for the first time’. I tried the ‘failsafe boot’ option and that just hung having completed what appeared to be a trace.
Again, the issue when attempting to boot for the first time is that the screen is blank other than several white lines / rogue pixels at the bottom of the screen.
Relayer wrote:
> the issue when attempting to boot for the first time is that the
> screen is blank other than several white lines / rogue pixels at the
> bottom of the screen.
now that we know you didn’t have a garbled install disk it is most
likely that you have a mismatch with your graphics (driver vs hardware)…
(note disregard any posts in that search which are not 11.2–because
video stuff works differently in the latest)
i expect if you read through several you will see a pattern of how to
fix it (do not jump on the first thread as the only way) and if you
can’t work it out from those threads then post again, with a subject
line something like: 11.2 first boot to black screen, ATI graphics
and, you probably will find a lot of usable info here (among which is
ATI changed their support of Linux lately, and you are probably
suffering from that, but there are ways to find happiness):
openSUSE Graphic Card Practical Theory Guide for Users http://tinyurl.com/ydggvdw
What you could do is a text install (which will still setup X with graphics when complete).
Essential Theory. First read up on some rather basic graphic theory here: openSUSE Graphic Card Practical Theory Guide for Users - openSUSE Forums … in your case focus on the ATI information. Note in particular after an install is complete, it is possible to boot to a full screen text mode by pressing ‘3’ (no quotes) in the boot splash menu that comes after an install. You may need that information later.
Instructions. OK, so now that you have “some theory”, boot to the installation DVD. When you first start the installation DVD, at the very 1st boot/splash screen, where you select the installation, press the F3 and select the TEXT install. That will then give you TEXT menu’s to do the installation. Use the TAB, Space-Bar, and Arrow Keys to navigate. This should make your install immune to any graphics problems during the installation.
Once complete, it will still likely fail the final boot to graphics. But no worries.
Now apply the knowledge you learned from reading the practical graphic theory guide and reboot, and in the reboot proceed to “run level 3” by pressing 3 at the very first boot splash menu. After pressing 3, when you then boot the pc (for this time only) it will take you to a full text login. Login as a regular user. Once logged in type “su” (no quotes, and enter root password) to get root permissions.
That is “zero equals radeon” (or vesa, or fbdev). I am assuming your PC has only 1 graphic device. If it has more than one, that command will be different. If any of those commands complete successfully, restart with “shutdown -r now” and test .
dvhenry wrote:
> @ DenverD, I did not intend to post a link you had already posted, I
> miscued there.
NO problem…
i would much rather the OP (or any who follow) see it twice (or four
times) than none…in fact, if seen six times and then it is
considered worthy of a really close look, that is perfect!!
i would much rather the OP (or any who follow) see it twice (or four
times) than none…in fact, if seen six times and then it is
considered worthy of a really close look, that is perfect!!
You make a good point here, too often links that are offered go unread, but they are seldom given without good reason.
Many thanks for the replies to my post, it’s really appreciated.
With regards to my Graphics Card, I do know that it is a little quirky in so much as it is essentially intended for a PCI-Express but is actually AGP. I haven’t experienced any problems at all with the card under Windows XP 64-Bit, however, the manufacturer (Sapphire) don’t provide any *nix drivers at all. Anyway, I shall follow the advice given here.
Another potential issue that I have come across is the hard drive that I’m using. It was originally running on a different box (running Windows XP Pro) and it was one of two hard disk drivers in a RAID Stripe configuration.
Since I’ve installed this drive on my own, main PC and have been trying to install openSuse I notice “nVidia …” being quoted in some of the text lines during initial configuration / partition settings. The reason why I mention this is that the chipset on my own, personal PC is Promise whereas the chipset on the original Windows XP box it was running on had a nVidia SATA chipset.
Could there be some RAID metadata lurking on my hard drive from the previous config that openSuse is picking-up ?
If anybody believes this to be the issue, does anybody know how to delete any old RAID data that might be lurking on the drive and confusing openSuse ?
Again, sincere thanks for the replies here, folks. Appreciated.
