Mike

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

MS-Window 8.1

Yeah I can restart the computer into Windows again by hitting the reset button and opening the DVD drive just before it tries to read.

Which hardware specs would you like in particular?

On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 11:10 PM, Lev Lafayette <lev@levlafayette.com> wrote:

On Mon, October 13, 2014 10:13 pm, Scott Junner wrote:
> 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.
>

Don't be too sure of that :)

> 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

OK, which version of MS-Windows is this?

This question is really quite important because if you're trying to set up
dual-boot on one of the 8.x UEFI versions of MS-Windows there is a new
range of hoops you have to jump through. For "security purposes", of
course.

> 1. computer starts up
> 2. DVD drive engages
> 3. DVD drive winds up
> 4. nothing.
> 5. blank screens (x2)

One thing I do wish to make sure of is that you can still boot into
MS-Windows, without the blank screen right?

It may be just a case that the video hardware is "too new" (aside from
UEFI gymnastics). I had a similar situation with a new laptop wanting to
install Debian Mint and discovering that the drivers weren't available for
that distribution. Fortunately they were available for Ubuntu. We may need
to know more about the hardware specs of your machine.

And yes, my honours degree is in Politics, Philosophy, and Sociology.. and
you're fortunately very far from the philosophical concept of nothing. :)

All the best,

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