Try the DVD again, now that you have reset the BIOS.
On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 10:36 PM John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 18:37:29 -0800
> Tomas <tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com> dijo:
>
> >If this is still relevant, unresolved, understanding you Ubuntu or
> >whatever the distro you want as requirement.
>
> Still unresolved. Ultimately I want Xubuntu 18.04, but since it is not
> released yet my current plan is to install 17.10 and then do a
> dist-upgrade in a couple months. But right now I just want to get
> *something* that will boot.
>
> The OpenSUSE that you installed will not boot. It starts, and then
> hangs. I burned the ISO to a DVD and tried to use it to reinstall. It
> got as far as
> >>>OpenSUSE Leap 42.2 installation programv5.0.87
> starting udev...
> And then it hangs.
> For the version you installed there are other options, including a
> recovery mode. I tried it but it hung on:
> 32.9125001 ata10.00: status: { DRDY }
> 32.9125091 ata10: hard resetting link
>
> I have also tried Xubuntu 17.10, 17.04, 16.04, and they all hang.
>
> I tried Knoppix 7.7 and it starts, but then hangs on 'Starting dbus...'
>
> >Try to walk through this list in order:
> >1. Is your bios up to date? If not, update it first.
> > That often helps with new shiny things PC.
>
> The BIOS has a flash utility that will go out to the internet and flash
> the BIOS. I used it and t finished saying '"The BIOS is up to date."
> But it made no difference, still can't get anything to boot.
>
> >2. Unless you have done something to the bios settings, boot
> > priorities or started another installation, you should be
> > able to get the openSuse installation going.
>
> It hangs. See above comment.
>
> > - I would walk back the bios changes you might have made
> > and get that going for piece of mind and to become familiar
> > with the bios settings - particularly related to UEFI and
> > various legacy settings.
> > It is not given that disabling UEFI makes magically things work.
> > These days UEFI is more reliable than disabling it because
> > MS Win needs it, and needs it in locked down state.
> > - UEFI typically depends on number of bios settings - and often
> > the PC does not boot until the only combination is right.
> > - You can always use the "Reset CMOS" jumper to set BIOS to
> > defaults, if there is no Bios way resetting it to defaults.
>
> This computer will never boot any version of Windows, so that is
> irrelevant.
> Your comment about resetting the BIOS is something I had not yet tried,
> so just now I did it. And I know it was successful because I got a
> different start screen. But I still can't get anything to boot.
>
> >3. Another thing is to try, after you are back to default bios
> > settings would be to choose the SSD as boot in the boot menu (F11).
> > Bios sometimes sets the last used boot device as default for
> > the next boot.
>
> This BIOS has an option to get the list of drives and what is on them
> by pressing F11 when it boots. I can select either optical drive or the
> SSD, and the SSD shows OpenSUSE twice - once as 'secure boot' and the
> other blank. No matter, neither will boot. If there is a bootable USB
> stick that will also appear in the list.
>
> >4. Failing all the above, try to make yourself opensuse 42.3 usb boot
> > stick. It just worked, so the chances are that it will just work
> > again. It would not achieve your favorite distro setup, but it
> > could take you to the right track and turn the brick to useful
> > device until you have new Ubuntu in a few months.
>
> I already tried that, except I burned it to a DVD because I'm running
> out of USB sticks. And I used 42.2 because I already had it downloaded.
> It hangs like everything else.
>
> There is a glimmer of hope: You installed Leap 42.3, so it must have
> booted from your USB stick. As far as I know that is the only time when
> any distro has actually booted. Somehow I need to get back to the state
> it was in when you did that, but clearing the CMOS didn't do it.
>
> It's my bedtime. Maybe in the morning I'll think of something else. In
> the meantime, thanks for the suggestions.
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