Hello Scott Is this a popular brand PC (ie: HP, Lenovo, Dell or something) or a white box? If it is branded you can always see if there are any known issue with that particular model on the web. Else do you know the motherboard model and graphics card model? If its a UEFI issue, as I suspect it may be, you need somehow to disable it. How? different bios and model use different terminology and set the various UEFI disabling configuration differently. So no point me giving you a step by step instructions. You will need to work it out by trial and error with anything that ressembles that it is related to UEFI in the bios. Thats not a good response from me, but you know who else to blame for that! But make sure you note the current setup so you can return to it to get to Windows. BTW when you say nothing, do you mean not even the bios message?? I have lost track of OpenSUSE release history. Is 13.1 UEFI enabled? If so it should boot. Else try Ubuntu 14.04. But you may still need to make some config changes to UEFI related options (other term use is "secure boot" instead of UEFI) If its a graphics card issue - also quite likely (if it is Nvidia) then we have to work out what model it is and lookup instructions on how to do that. BTW: Sat 18 is beginners workshop. You can always attempt to bring the box at the workshop, and someone will look at it. Cheers Daniel. On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 22:13:08 +1100 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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