One thing I forgot to mention, you should update your installation immediately
after completing it. I was surprised at the number of patches that had been
completed in just a few days of the product being released. That might make
a difference.
Dave
On Tuesday 07 May 2002 21:46, you wrote:
> After checking the alt.os.linux.suse newsgroup, it appears to me that SuSE
> 8.0 has some driver deficiencies. You are not the only fellow having
> install problems. As an aside, SuSE for some reason has not included
> locate and updatedb in the default installation of 8.0. Strange. I wish I
> could solve your install problem. (I am using SuSE 7.3)
> Smitty
>
> On Tuesday 07 May 2002 19:31, you wrote:
> > All -
> >
> > I yielded to the allure of running the KDE 3.0 desktop and got a copy
> > of Suse Linux 8.0 to install and check it out. Unfortunately I'm no
> > closer to realizing that goal than I was a week before buying the Suse
> > distro. Maybe I should have waited for RH7.3...
> >
> > When attempting to install my system crashes and nothing I've been
> > able to do has gotten around the problem. I called Suse Tech support and
> > ran a memory test and finally they suggested I trade in my copy and try a
> > second - same problem on the new copy. Was wondering if anyone else has
> > experienced this same problem and might have a suggestion on how to
> > overcome it?
> >
> > w/r Bill Calderwood
> >
> > Error message: (come up just as the kernal is finishing uncompressing)
> >
> > Uncompressing Linux . . .
> > crc error
> > - - System halted
> >
> > Trouble shooting attempted:
> >
> > Thinking I might have a memory problem, I disabled the L1 and L2 memory
> > caches (individually and both) from the BIOS. I Removed the system ram
> > and ran with each bank individually (32MB and 128MB). I ran the Suse
> > memory test for over eight complete passes with no errors. I turned plug
> > and play on and off. None of these changes made any difference in regards
> > to the problem.
> >
> > Observation: System installs and runs the following operating systems
> > without problem: Red Hat 7.2, eSmith (RH7.1), FreeBSD 4.4, Pico BSD,
> > Small Linux, Win 3.1/Dos 6.2, and Win 95.
> >
> > System: Acer Aspire Model 5200SR, Acer BIOS 2.1, P-55-200, 160MB
> > memory, ATI Mach 64 3D video (running 640x480), 16X CD-Rom, no audio, USR
> > Courier V.90 internal modem (com2), 101 key keyboard, PS/2 mouse, and it
> > has a PCI 100baseT eth0 card.
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