I had problems installing 9.0 on a laptop. the problem was no packages found during the install, due to a 'known issue' with CDRW/DVD combo drives. I can't remember what the workaround was but it took me a couple of days to sort it out.
Cheers Kenny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Fraser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "SLUG-list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 12:55 PM Subject: [Scottish] New PC and SUSE woes > Hi all, > > Recently got a new 'multimedia' PC - 3.6 Ghz Pentium 4 (hyperthreaded), > 512 Mb RAM, 230-ish Gb SATA disk, wireless USB keyboard and mouse, > DVD-RW and DVD ROM, bluetooth, 2 x ethernet, Firewire, wireless, > TV/radio, Nvidia Geforce. and thought this would be a great Linux box > (if I could get it working) and that's where my troubles began! > > I've used SUSE for some years and want to stay with that if I can. First > I tried 9.1 Personal (magazine DVD) and no-way would it recognise the > keyboard and mouse. After googling about I found the best option was to > replace them with the corded variety and set up the wireless ones later. > But I also read lots and lots of tales of many problems with 9.1 so > decided to go back to 9.0 Professional, the official SUSE distribution > I've used on other machines since it was released. > > Now YAST won't recognise the disk at all so the install is a no go. > > Has anyone any idea how I might get around this one? Might it be BIOS > settings that are causing the problem? If ned be I'll dust off the > wallet and spring for 9.2. > > Any suggestions gratefully received and a happy Christmas to all, > > Colin > > > _______________________________________________ > Scottish mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
