Has anyone made a successful Suse 9.0 installation on a presario 2100?

I've been trying for the last couple of days on a Presario 2140US. Haven't had any luck, hangs on the PCMCIA service. I'm not well versed in Linux and I've tried different things without success. What I really need to know is how to get into an interactive mode on the system, using either LILO or GRUB boot loaders, and shut the PCMCIA service off.

I only get a blue Suse screen that gives me an option to run Linux or Failsafe and give boot options on a command line. I need a step-by-step dummies version on how to fix this problem.

Did you try to install with acpi off ?

See page 16 User Guide.

cb

I did try installation with ACPI off but without success, the PCMCIA services still locked the machine.

I had some success by going under Rescue which gives you a login prompt. I logged in as root and created an /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia file with a single line that reads PCMCIA=no. After that, the boot blew past the problem PCMCIA area but I got stuck on what looks like the graphics environment load where it gave me a black screen.

I've since brought my laptop into service to have the battery charging looked at and won't get it back for at least a week (it was happening under WinXP). I'll keep following the thread, since I'll be back trying as soon as my machine is home.

Try to boot the system without pcmcia
NOPCMCIA=yes on boot and see if it is starting correct.

If you have the administration guide with 9.0 look at page 207. There is a lot of explanation but it is to bulky to type it all in.

After wards the drivers can be loaded manually.
Suse states there are an external and a kernel pcmcia, both modules are loaded at boot.

CB

Thank you, I will look it up now and try it when I get my laptop back.

I appreciate the information very much.