[olug] Suse 9.1 Pro install stalls (fwd)

[Terry]

If you purchased it, don't you have install support from Suse?

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 08:49:15 -0500 (CDT), Jon Larsen <relayer at olug.org> wrote:
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> Subject: Suse 9.1 Pro install stalls
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> I have tried repeatedly to install a Suse 9.1 Pro and it does not get very far on disc 1 without stalling. I am resurrecting and old case, new 350W power supply, mobo with integral AMD cpu, 512 RAM, 120 Gb Seagate HD and a cd52i CD-RW from HP.
> 
> The install goes along just fine at the start as I select my options:
>  initial install
>  partitions - 1 Gb swap, 8 Gb /, 10 Gb /var, 35 Gb /home, 65
>               Gb /usr
>  timezone - central USA , hardware localtime
>  software - KDE, experienced, multimedia, compiler, games, etc.
> 
> So it proceeds formatting partitions and then begins loading software. The graphical display learns me about Konqueror and KDE and then around 34% or 47% or 28% on subsequent installs it just stalls.
> 
> The harddrive is prinary master. The CD-RW is secondary master. BIOS is set manually for these devices as opposed to auto, but I have tried both ways.
> 
> Any advice would be appreciated...
> 
> Gregory W Zill, MBA
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