On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 11:28 -0600, David C. Rankin wrote: > Dave Howorth wrote: > > I'm trying to install 10.3 on a 4-year old 32-bit machine. I don't do > > enough installs to remember all the gotchas, so it's always a fraught > > process if anything goes wrong :( > > > > I blew a 10.3 DVD, verified it and ran the installer. It all went > > happily and eventually started installing the packages so I went home > > and left it to it. This morning I came in to find > > > > Missing operating system > > > > on the screen. Which means it's messed up the MBR? I had a poke in the > > BIOS but don't see anything that looks odd.
I've now found a page that I hope tells me the steps to fix this (I'll post a link if it works). But (a) why is it broken and (b) why is there no install troubleshooting how-to (or at least nobody's told me of one)? > > So I put the DVD back in and selected Repair Installed System > > > > Now it says: > > > > An error occurred during the installation > > > > What an incredibly irritating message! I know an error occurred, that's > > why I asked it to repair the system! > > > > I went to the opensuse site but haven't found any useful installation > > troubleshooting guides. Can anybody point me to one, please? Or any > > relevant threads on the list. > > > > Oh yes, the video. When it starts booting, and up until the point where > > you choose install or repair or rescue etc, the video is fine. After > > that point it switches into some mode that isn't handled properly with > > flickering characters etc. It's a rage 128 pro graphics card, nothing > > fancy and old enough that there shouldn't be any bugs left. So what's > > going on there? I worked around this issue by selecting VESA resolution before starting the install but why do I have to? This isn't rocket science. > > So I'm not impressed by the 10.3 installation process so far. > > > > Cheers, Dave > > Repair install is broken on the 10.3 DVD :-( See the ton of earlier > list complaints. I had 2 borked installs with 10.3, but was always able > to boot back to the install DVD and the installer would either (1) > reinstall everything or (2) pick up a little before the install crash > and complete. Thanks for that. Hopefully I'll be able to find those threads. > This is very very frustrating. Agreed. These releases increasingly look like betas. I've got better things to do than fight broken install & management systems. Cheers, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
