Hello,
I cannot install suse 9.1 on my machine. this is my configuration:
ABIT IC7MAX3 with P4 2.6Ghz
Maxtor 80Gb serial ATA on a SiliconImage RAid Controller (with windowsXP installed)
HD IBM 30Gb IDE, wicht should contain my Suse.

Tried to install, all went well until the very end of the process. I got an error saying "Error on smp-linux".
Then a FATAL ERROR: "no images have been defined or default image does not exist". pressing OK button, suse keeps going on with installing. After the first automatic reboot, the bootloader (lilo or grub, is the same) does not show any linux option, nor windows.
Someone told me that smp-linux stands for support for multiple processor. Does this have anything to do with my hyperthreaded P4?
what should I do?

thanks in advance.

ps: tried to install mandrake: it works very well with this machine.

You'll want to try installing the default kernel (not smp). While hyperthreading can be thought of as a multiprocessor, you really have only one processor. For most systems, it'll just ignore the smp and run fine, but I've found some P4s choke.

Actually I have heard elsewhere, that hyperthreading processors are treated like multiple processors and therefore should be run with smp kernels (if you would like to use this technology).

But maybe the smp kernel creates problems during installation...unfortunately I don't know how to select a specific kernel for installation.

It is a multiprocessor since the threads is split at the processor and run simultaneously. Technically, there's a debate as to its efficiency. If you have say a 3Ghz HT processor, you can run two threads at 1.5Ghz each or one thread at 3Ghz. So, both threads end at the same time or you get one thread to end twice as fast, then start the next. I've had mixed results on different hardware with SuSE and HT processors. Some work with the SMP kernel, others don't. It's a matter of your preference and the what you expect out of the hardware.

To choose the default kernel, change the packages before you complete the Yast screens during installation. Unselect the k_smp package and choose the k_deflt package instead. You may also try passing a combination of one or more of the following kernel parameters to the SMP kernel:

apm=off
acpi=off
noapic

thanks for your help. I will try again this week, hoping all goes well.