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Hi! I am trying to install SUSE 10.3 using live-CD. There is nothing wrong with the CD as I can install it on an empty hard drive or with a ...
  1. 03-19-2008 #1
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    SUSE 10.3 freezes

    Hi!
    I am trying to install SUSE 10.3 using live-CD. There is nothing wrong with the CD as I can install it on an empty hard drive or with a hard drive where windows is already installed.
    On this hard drive Ubuntu is already installed on first 10G. After this I have a formatted 10G empty.
    Problem is: After the welcome screen the kernel is loaded and the install process FREEZES.
    i have tried gparted and super grub still no luck.
    I have been searching for days for a solution without success
    Thanks for any input
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    On this hard drive Ubuntu is already installed on first 10G. After this I have a formatted 10G empty.
    Boot up Ubuntu, open Terminal and execute this
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    sudo fdisk -l 
df -h
    Post output here. fdisk command will list partitions and df command will display space usage.
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    Quote Originally Posted by szepkismadar View Post
    Problem is: After the welcome screen the kernel is loaded and the install process FREEZES.
    Where it freezes exactly ! what is the last output on the screen
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    Quote Originally Posted by devils casper View Post
    Boot up Ubuntu, open Terminal and execute this
    Code:
    sudo fdisk -l 
df -h
    Post output here. fdisk command will list partitions and df command will display space usage.
    jani@jani-desktopLINUX:~$ sudo fdisk -l
    [sudo] password for jani:

    Disk /dev/hdb: 160 GB, 160039272960 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/hdb1 * 1 1275 10241406 83 Linux
    /dev/hdb2 1276 2550 10233405 83 Linux
    /dev/hdb3 19335 19457 979965 5 Extended
    /dev/hdb5 19336 19457 971932 82 Linux swap
    jani@jani-desktopLINUX:~$ df -h
    Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/hdb1 9.7G 4.6G 4.6G 51% /
    varrun 506M 108K 506M 1% /var/run
    varlock 506M 0 506M 0% /var/lock
    udev 506M 72K 506M 1% /dev
    devshm 506M 0 506M 0% /dev/shm
    /dev/hdb2 9.7G 151M 9.0G 2% /media/hdb2
    tmpfs 506M 34M 472M 7% /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/volatile
    jani@jani-desktopLINUX:~$
    thanks for replying here is the output
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    Quote Originally Posted by aliov View Post
    Where it freezes exactly ! what is the last output on the screen
    the last output screen is the kernel loading and all goes blank black screen no more action
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    Quote Originally Posted by szepkismadar View Post
    the last output screen is the kernel loading and all goes blank black screen no more action
    Does the screen go blank when you are trying to boot from the hard drive or from the live CD?

    If it is the live CD have you tried adding parameters to the initial boot such as nopcmcia?
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    yes the screen goes blank after the loading kernel

    yes i have tried the boot option: nopcmcia
    hwprobe=modules.pata
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    Quote Originally Posted by szepkismadar View Post
    yes the screen goes blank after the loading kernel

    yes i have tried the boot option: nopcmcia
    hwprobe=modules.pata
    Just so I am clear ...

    Q1. Does the machine boot from the live CD?

    Q2. What other boot options have you already tried?
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