On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:27:19 +1200 Reg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. Ok thinks me, no dual booting, who cares lets dump > the horrible M$ xp and become a born again linux fan for real on at least > that machine. (Good thing I still have this one or I would not be writing > 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 > :-(. > > I have tried re fdisking the drive and formatting it etc. with a windows > floppy, all to no avail, just the same result. Any ideas how to fix this and > get suse installed again appreciated. > > >
Has the CD got dirty? Children's jammy fingers?
