opensuse 11.3 problem after boot

[stratis20]

hi to all...
i am new to opensuse
Yesterday after installation i had a problem after booting opensuse.
even now the screen freezes while loading the white line.
please help!!!

if it helps when i press esc it gives me this:

"doing fast boot

fatal: module ata_piix not found

fatal:error running install command for ata_piix

.........................
........................
and at the end this:

starting udevd: loading drivers, configuring devices:_

[yancek]

Post information about the computer hardware you are using. RAM, graphics card, etc.
Were you ever able to boot successfully after installation?
Is Opensuse the only operating system on the computer? If not, what else do you have?

[stratis20]

intel celeron cpu 2.26GHz

mobile intelR 965 express chipset family

I have also win7 in my hard.
and i was never able to boot to boot after installation...

[stratis20]

intel celeron cpu 2.26GHz

mobile intelR 965 express chipset family

I have also win7 in my hard.
and i was never able to boot to boot after installation...

Also 1gb RAM

[mikesd]

What is the specs on your motherboard (name, model, etc)? Do you have a 6 Gb/S SATA drive in there by some chance? Looks like the controller of that board may not be compatible with Linux yet. Try putting the drive on a different controller. One that you know is 3G/S.

see Big Bang Xpower with openSUSE 11.2 from Marvell 6 Gb/s SATA port?

This is how I determined a driver issue.

[devils casper]

I have also win7 in my hard.
and i was never able to boot to boot after installation...

Post the output of fdisk -l command here.

su -
fdisk -l

* It's small L in fdisk -l.

[mikesd]

Post the output of fdisk -l command here.

su -
fdisk -l

* It's small L in fdisk -l.

you can also use sudo so you don't have to be root but you need specific path to command ie:

sudo /sbin/fdisk -l

[devils casper]

Are you sure that sudo is pre-configured for all Users in OpenSUSE?
I know that sudo isn't pre-configured in Fedora. I haven't used OpenSuSe for a long time.

[mikesd]

Are you sure that sudo is pre-configured for all Users in OpenSUSE?
I know that sudo isn't pre-configured in Fedora. I haven't used OpenSuSe for a long time.

well it is in opensuse. It's the one distro I've used for a few years now.

[stratis20]

well....my motherboard is Board: Hewlett-Packard 308A KBC Version 26.08...i dont know what sata drive i have....how can i check it?