my guess is you have a new chip set (for IDE/SATA, etc) or a very rare one.
I know lately in about aug./2006 a new nvidia chip set came out, and i think you have to be REALLY recent in the kernel to get it to work. A chip set could very well work with PATA, but not a sata drive. Right now the server works HT1000 chip set (like on tyan mobo), doesn't work for me in sata, there is kernel source for a driver from the company (bcraid), but its not in the linus (or Suse) kernel as of yet. What live version are you using? I remastered the most recent live version of openSuse available then stuck the 2.6.18-2 in it, it helped me for device support, but broke app-armour (which isn't to big a deal for me right now). IF you are using a mobo that is a new model in last couple/few months and its Sata, what you are experiencing isn't all that surprising. also don't forget to try safe boot (nodma, etc), also some times mobo options can help to. A live DVD for 10.2 would probably solve your issues, but that is probably a little ways away. A usb DVD rom (or rom/writer) could also solve it perhaps. If you don;t want to access your harddrive, try the boot DVD, and disable your SATA interface (if mobo allows). -tl On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 19:02 -0800, Redefined Horizons wrote: > I want to try OpenSuSE, but I'm struggling with the Live DVD I > downloaded and burned. First I couldn't load the DVD because I didn't > have the required 512 MB of RAM. I got around that by using the shift > key trick. > > However, when I get the "can't find kernel image" message when I try > to run the DVD from the text mode by entering "linux" or "failsafe". I > read something about OpenSuSE not supporting certain types of disk > drives, or something like that. > > Is there a work-around simple enough for a noobie, or do I need to > look at another RPM based distro? > > Thanks for the help. I hope I'm not overlooking something obvious. I'd > really like to get OpenSuSE working. > > Scott Huey -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
