> I installed open suse 10.1 on one of my computers the other day without a > hitch, I did this by downloading one iso image, burning to cd and then > booting from that cd and away it all went once I selected install and gave > it the right ip number etc.
> Only problem was that somehow windows xp got > trashed in the process. No loss, but shouldn't happen. You didn't check the partition proposal carefully enough before hitting go? > this :-) Because when I use that exact same cd install disk to reinstall > linux it boots to cd, opens the pretty blue screen and gives me options to > install with various options. Sadly when I do that all I get is a black > screen, constantly red hard drive light and no action or pretty blue screens > :-(. Be more specific. You used to be able to get the CD's boot menu when booting from CD, but no longer? That is a faulty boot CD (it should do something then though, and then crash), or a hardware failure with the CD drive, and/or hard disk if it's on the same cable, or mobo failure. Hardware error in any case. Or do you get the CD's boot menu, and when you select "boot from hard disk", you get a black nothing? I had that too, of course caused by a failure to install a boot loader properly. In any case you should be able to start "installation" from the CD's boot menu, and it installs until the first reboot and then hangs, unless you're careful to ensure yast is putting grub right this time round. (Well you can go in and fix the loader of course, but it's not beginner's material.) Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
