Suse 10.3 64 bit version problem install

blackbeauty · 07-03-2008, 04:50 PM

Hi all,

I'm trying to install the 64 bit version of 10.3 onto my machine which has a FoxConn NF3 250 motherboard (http://www.foxconnchannel.com/produc...D=en-us0000052) with an AMD 64 3000 clawhammer CPU. The video card is an ASUS V9570LE with a GeForce FX5700LE chipset.

The problem I have is that when I boot off the 64 bit DVD of Suse 10.3, the kernel gets loaded OK and if I hit Escape on the splash screen I'm just in time to see the machine lock up on the line that says "loading basic drivers". The only way out of it is to hit the computer's reset button. There's no mention of what driver it's trying to load so I can't even tell the install process not to load it.

I seemed to have no problems booting Suse 10.2 32 bit version, but this is causing me grief.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

jdmcdaniel3 · 07-04-2008, 11:11 AM

The hardware support in SUSE 11.0 is much better and would be my suggestion over loading version 10.3. If you are set on loading SUSE 10.3 I suggest you start by pulling out any extra devices such as sound or network. If all devices are built-in, try disabling sound first and network second. Once you get the system to load, add back in the devices you removed or disabled.

Thank You,

blackbeauty · 07-06-2008, 03:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdmcdaniel3

The hardware support in SUSE 11.0 is much better and would be my suggestion over loading version 10.3. If you are set on loading SUSE 10.3 I suggest you start by pulling out any extra devices such as sound or network. If all devices are built-in, try disabling sound first and network second. Once you get the system to load, add back in the devices you removed or disabled.

Thanks very much for your reply!

I managed to figure it out eventually, I had to turn off ACPI and APIC in the BIOS to make things work. I also had to turn off something relating to IDE with the DVD drive otherwise the install procedure would revert to text mode. After that, everything installed OK, except sound isn't working.

I also tried Suse 11.0 and had the same result as 10.3. But I've tried 11.0 on a work computer and there were some problems with it that I didn't like. Yast2 kept dying when it came time to commit any changes, and, due to a bug (apparently in Samba), winbind kept having issues requiring a restart of winbind. Until, it died again in the near future.

Cheers,

jdmcdaniel3 · 07-06-2008, 02:43 PM

I have noticed an issue with Samba SWAT not configuring properly for some reason though if you do a manual edit of smd.conf Samba seems to work OK for me. I am sure many issues with openSUSE 11 will be fixed in the future. The main thing for me was the increased hardware support. SUSE will now load on my best Gigabyte motherboard where it would not do so under 10.3. Good luck with your issues!

Thank You,