Kernel version is irrelevant (unneeded). Those commands boot the kernel and initrd symlinks in /.

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I initially tried several times to install open suse but failed, due now I realize to faulty USB's. I will try again now.

This is what I am getting.

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Getting doing what, "adjusted for the new partitioning"? The image in the #86 images shows no sda2, only sda1 (,msdos1) and sda5 (,msdos5) The root partition could be on either of those, but not on a no longer existent sda2.

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As I said in #85, when presented with the option for manual partitioning, I initially went for that as I wanted to rescue my files, but then noticed that sda1 could not be allocated more than 1 MB, due possibly to the fact that files in sda3 completely took up the full 1TB of space, I don't remember what they were designated by, I wish I had taken a snapshot so that you could see for yourself the bizarre situation.
Then I went back and chose the default option which landed me here.

Or it could have been that that amount of memory was allocated to fda3, but as far as I remember the options for changing the memories were not enabled but I might have not have explored everything.

I have the open suse installation usb on the ready.

The default filesystem for openSUSE is BTRFS. Most other distros do not support BTRFS, so you may wish to switch from the BTRFS default to EXT4 as most distros do, and I do always. BTRFS presents advantages, especially for snapshotting and reverting errors, but also has disadvantages, e.g. more space required, and less competent help available online if and when trouble arises. Other than this possible filesystem type exception, choose all the defaults regarding partitioning and erasing the entire disk for a fresh start. It's important here to not try to save the current partitioning that has been causing so much trouble. Also I recommend booting the installation system in UEFI mode. You should be able to do that by disabling CSM in the BIOS if it is enabled. Looking at your last BIOS image, I believe CSM is not already enabled, but can only be sure by seeing the applicable advanced setup screen. I recommend selecting KDE/Plasma on the system role screen.

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Doing this and getting this (in the next post).

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This.

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OK going to bed.

That happens when the installation repo cannot be found, typically because automatic network configuration failed. Were you trying to install without an ethernet cable plugged into a working network? If yes, are you able to do so? Were you booting the NET media, or the full DVD? If the full DVD, this should not block proceeding. If you cannot use ethernet, you may be forced to use the full DVD as installation media.

If these errors are repeatable, to proceed with this installation probably requires a new thread elsewhere, either in the linuxquestions networking forum, or the openSUSE networking forum. As an openSUSE-specific problem, the latter will likely generate better help. I don't use wireless at all, or have much experience with network not working for installation. I normally use ethernet with a static IP that I configure manually at the installation prompt by following the instructions here.

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Installation in progress, but the connection is slow about 100 kb/s so it's taking forever. I will let you know as soon as I am done. Thanks so much for everything, you guys really are something.

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There seem to be repo problems with openSUSE currently.

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my respect and thanks to mrmazda as well for doing the bulk of the heavy lifting and guiding here

i also took the occasion to install opensuse in a vm since i hadn't worked with it in quite some time. nice installer and look overall.