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openSUSE installation
This topic describes the steps for installation of openSUSE 11.0
Prelaminaries
Rock'n Roll
Boot the CD ROM
Set the USB CDROM as the top boot sequence entry in the BIOS (F2 during startup)
Switch off the D2D Recovery
DON'T plug your drive in the left side USB port. The system (at least my one) can boot only from the right side ones.
Installation
The SUSE installation is a normal one. No need for huge explanations. I just installed KDE3. First of all so it's available when needed. Second of all the KDE4 package on the install medium are outdated.
I prefer not to activate the automatic configuration. So I get a first idea even during the install process what components are available and for which I need a separate module…
First Startup
After the installation it was not possible to boot the system. I got everytime the message
Error 2 before the Grub menu would displayed. I played a little around by checking the installation and all partitions and the Grub menu.lst file with an external Linux booted from the DVD. Even renaming of the partition names in the menu.lst didn`t help. Finally I tested the Super Grub Disk (see
here); quite quickly it repaired my MBR and the system could boot the first time
Screen Resulution
Boot the system in runlevel 3 (just type a 3 in the options field of the Grub menu)
Edit /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager and change there the setting
DISPLAYMANAGER_RANDR_MODE_auto="1024x600"
. Thanks, Linux-Magazin, GER for this tip.
Save the file and reboot the system. It should run now with correct resolution (you'll see the KDE bar at the bottom screenborder.
Update the system
Switch back to search mode and pickup all packages you want to have on your device, like KDE4 or xine or whats-o-ever. It's up to you. I got a bunch of 1,7GB to download and install. Quite enough time to write this guide
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Andreas Hartmann, 27.08.2008 20:53:
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