[SLE] Installation of SuSE 9.2 stops

From: Mohr James (james.mohr_at_elaxy.com)
Date: 11/29/04

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    Hi All!

    This weekend I decided to re-install my machine with my recently
    purchased copy of SuSE 9.2. During boot, it would stop at the hardware
    check unless I started the the "safe" boot. The installation process
    goes so far as to format the partitions and when it gets to the point of
    actually installing the software it seems to stop. What I get appears to
    be the installation screens, but both panels are empty. All I have is
    the clock on the screen. I can move it around with the mouse and click
    the "details" button, which does "something", but I have nothing on the
    screen.

    I can switch virtual screens and get to a shell prompt. Here, I can run
    top or ps and it appears as if the processes exist, but they do not
    appear to be doing anything. For example, in top, the two top processes
    are always X and swapper. None of the installation processes (yast2)
    seem to be doing anything. Also, I run df regularly and the disk usage
    doesn't change. All this leads me to believe that the installation is
    doing nothing. Looking at the messages on other console screens, I do
    not see anything that indicate a problem (as far as I can tell).

    Since the installation didn't work, I pulled out my copy of SuSE 9.0 and
    re-installed that, without a problem. So, my assumption is that this
    isn't a hardware problem, per se. Maybe the media is defective????

    So, I was wondering if anyone had similar experiences or has an idea of
    how to increase the amount of information is displayed. I am grateful
    for any and all help.

    Regards,

    Jim Mohr 

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