SuSE Linux: Version 7.3
Kernel: Version 2.4.10
Select the option Installation - Safe Settings from the YaST2 installation menu or add the option noapic to menu item Installation. The following entries should be displayed in the prompt line:
linux noapic or linux disableapic
The installation process should be carried on as usual.
You have successfully installed the system, but it shows some of the above mentioned symptoms.
Edit the file /etc/lilo.conf as root. Open the file through an editor of your choice (e.g. vi, emacs, pico...) and search for the following line:
append="enableapic vga=0x0317"
and change it into
append="noapic vga=0x0317"
Then execute the command
lilo
It is possible that the option noapic does not solve the problem on some boards. Please insert in this case disableapic instead of noapic in the respective lines and restart (CTRL+ALT+DEL) the system after this. If you use a boot floppy disk, please make sure that
your floppy disk drive is specified:
boot=/dev/fd0
in line
boot=/dev/xxxx
and that a diskette is in the floppy disk drive when invoking the command lilo.
Installation - Safe Settings
YaST2 is started for the installation. Please select language, time zone, and keyboard layout in the respective dialogs. In the mask Install SuSE Linux select:
Boot installed system
YaST2 recognizes that the installation is uncomplete and continues from the point where the installation was interrupted. Finish now the installation.
After the installation has been successfully completed, login as a normal user in the graphical login mask. Once your desktop is displayed, start YaST2 and open the following dialog:
Now you can leave YaST2 and should not encounter any further difficulties when booting your Linux system.