Hi there, there are a few tricks here. I have access to several optical drives and there can be some 'funnies' with combination of BIOS and settings and abilities of drives even so called new stuff. 
Can the destination laptop read the DVD ? Check by booting to windows and inserting the DVD - I have seen good burns not be readable. 
Mike

On Monday, 13 October 2014, Scott Junner <scott.junner@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey luv.

I've recently installed linux (openSUSE) on my laptop, Yay. It works, Yay.

And now I'm trying to install linux on my brand spanking new, you beaut, ridgy didge desktop computer and I get nothing. I mean nothing. Zero feedback, except for nothing which in some philosophical circles is still considered something. But frankly philosophers are not going to help me here.

What I did:
  1. while in windows, download 'openSUSE-13.1-DVD-x86_64.iso' from the openSUSE website.
  2. Insert blank DVD into DVD drive.
  3. double left click on file which opens Nero dialogue box all ready to burn .iso file onto a DVD.
  4. click the burn button, wait, done, success.
  5. restart computer
What happens same each time:
  1. computer starts up
  2. DVD drive engages
  3. DVD drive winds up
  4. nothing.
  5. blank screens (x2)
I've walked a way from the computer and left it some room to think about what it's doing. Time did not seem to improve the state of nothingness.

Thanks for your help if you can.

Scott.


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