Problems installing linux on IBM IntelliStation M Pro (PLZ help)

[skunkythemonkey 0]

Hi All,

I am trying to install SUSE8 on 'IBM IntelliStation M Pro' after the CDs get detected by the system i get the blue screen asking to put the installation CD in the drive. i have installed using the same CDs just a couple of days ago on a different machine. it seems to be a CDROM issue???

any help is appreciated...

[danleff 0]

What type of SUSE installation is this and what is the source of the cds that you are using?

 

Do you have the ftp install cd, commercial cd package or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Edition?

[martouf 0]

Umm, "blue screen"?

 

You mean a screen with light grey text and deep blue background

and lots of hex digits in the middle and words at the top like

"Exception #XX in XMFXMX.DLL"? and no little funny ascii bug

drawing on the screen and the word "Oops"?

 

If that's the case, then the problem is unlikely to be related

to the CD at all...

 

Please confirm the above and answer danleff's questions before

we can proceed on this.

 

[skunkythemonkey 0]

Hi,

thanks guys for the replies,

i am using suse8 server original CDs. the blue screen that i got is the manual setup screen. i managed somehow to install Redhat 2.1AS and it went smooth but got no graphical interface. i am thinking the problem could be solved by installing the right drivers.

thnx again...

[danleff 0]

Sounds like a video/hardware issue to me. I get conflicting hardware specs. about this system. Does this system have nForce onboard, including oboard graphics?

 

My initial guess is that you are using distro versions that do not have support for the newer hardware that you have.