Re: openS. 10.2: New installation: Blank Screen after Grub!


you can start up with the installation cd/dvd of openSUSE 10.2
choose --> install - repair - boot installed system
your installed openSUSE will boot.
then can you go into yast - system - bootloader
check there if the bootloader is correct installed.

errrr... this thing starts to become quite weird!

All at a sudden I could not start the DVD anymore correctly. When I tried to select something in the menu, nothing happened. After some keystrokes the computer makes some noise with each further keystroke...

So what I did:

I took another PC with a similar mainboard (ASUS P2B-F). I also took a different keyboard. I took a differnt VGA-card, different RAM, different CPU, different power supply, etc. EVERYTHING is different now, only the monitor remains the same ;-)

Result: When I connect the harddisk, after Grub I have the same blank screen.
When I disconnect the harddisk and boot from the DVD (with a different DVD-player!) I have again that effect with the frozen menu and the keystroke sounds.

Voilà! I thought "ok, here we are. We have 2 different errors: The harddisk won't boot because of some reason I don't know (e.g. kernel problem) AND the DVD seems to be broken".

So I made a cross check and booted a third PC with the DVD. And: The menu works just fine! AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

I have NO idea what could be the reason for this?! Welcome to the world of computers..

Has anyone got an idea on what could i check/ what could be the reason for that??

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