by I realize that this is the hardware forum but believe my installation
problems may be due to a conflict, etc with some hardware component.
While trying to install the 64-bit version of Suse 10 (burned from the DVD
iso), my screen goes blank immediately after selecting installation during
the boot screen and hitting enter. I tried doing the install with ACPI
disabled and then the safe mode install and got the same result. The DVD
works fine on an HP AMD Athlon 64 X2 desktop, which has an ATI graphics
card.
I tried the 32-bit DVD and got to the installation setup only when I chose
the safe mode / text install. However, shortly after the installation
began, the system locked up. I tried again and got the same result. More
interesting, is that during the hardware scan of the setup, everything was
recognized (including the video card)
For the sake of trying another distro, I tried Fedora Core 4 only to have it
just totally bomb out
I've never encountered this many problems before with a Linux install so not
sure where exactly the problem would lie other than likely with some
hardware component
Other than the video card, I have no other cards installed at the moment
The hardware configuration for the system in question is
Mobo - Asus A8R-MVP
Chipset - ATI Express 200 Crossfire
Graphics - Asus EAX300 PCIe card (Essentially Asus branded ATI card)
CPU - AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Memory - 1 GB Kingston (2X512)
HDD - 1 Seagate 250 GB IDE and 3 WD 320 GB SATAII 16 MB cache
If any further specs are needed, I will post them.
Any insight or suggestions would be appreciated.