[NTLUG:Discuss] opensuse 11.2 install issues

[Gilbert Morrow]

On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Leroy Tennison
<leroy_tennison at prodigy.net>wrote:

> Gilbert Morrow wrote:
> > Can you pass a command at boot to the kernel like say acpi=no ?   I don't
> > remember them all but there should be a list somewhere and what they do ,
> > been a few years since I have used them .
> >
> > On Dec 9, 2009 1:37 PM, "Monty Shinn" <montys at videopost.com> wrote:
> >
> > Greetings.
> >
> > I am trying to install opensuse 11.2 32bit on a box that has a 3ware
> > 9550SX raid card.  The install hangs up while starting udev.  Upon more
> > snooping, it looks like the installer is trying to reset the 3ware card,
> > but isn't able to.
> >
> > I have tried another 3ware card (9500) with no difference.  I have also
> > unloaded the pci buss.
> >
> > The error is "command timed out, resetting card".  It will do this 3
> > times, then say "device offline", and proceed to start the installer.
> > It does seem to recognize the card and the firmware installed.
> >
> > I am able to see the hard drives in the 3ware utility at startup.  The
> > system boots fine into Fedora 4, which was installed on the box before
> > attempting to install opensuse.
> >
> > I have google'd, searched 3ware, and looked at the release notes on
> > opensuse's website to no avail.
> >
> >>> begin rant<<
> >
> > Is it me, or is it increasingly difficult to find a solid, usable linux
> > desktop these days?  I've run Fedora/Redhat for years now, but was tired
> > of the rapid update process involved in Fedora.  I've heard good things
> > about opensuse, but here I am.  It's not like I am using cutting edge
> > hardware here.  Shouldn't this just work?  It's not like I am trying to
> > do anything esoteric here.
> >
> > I downloaded the 11.2 RC2 distro, and installed it with no problems,
> > although that was on a test box that didn't have a 3ware card.
> >
> > Perhaps I should just install CentOS and be done.  Lord help me getting
> > mp3's and quicktimes to play out...
> >
> > I'm downloading Kubuntu now.  We'll see...
> >
> >>> end rant<<
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Thanks as always.
> >
> > Monty
> >
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> OpenSuse has at least three "back off for compatibility" modes at
> install time - just press the right function key (don't remember what it
> was).
>
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