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9.2.3 Installation Fails and Machine Fails to<br />

Boot<br />

Some hardware types, mainly fairly old or very recent ones, fail to install. In many<br />

cases, this might happen because missing support for this type <strong>of</strong> hardware in the installation<br />

kernel or due to certain functionalities included in this kernel, such as ACPI, that<br />

still cause problems on some hardware.<br />

If your system fails to install using the standard Installation mode from the first installation<br />

boot screen, try the following:<br />

1 With the first CD or DVD still in the CD-ROM drive, reboot the machine with<br />

Ctrl + Alt + Del or using the hardware reset button.<br />

2 When the boot screen appears, use the arrow keys <strong>of</strong> your keyboard to navigate<br />

to Installation--ACPI Disabled and press Enter to launch the boot and installation<br />

process. This option disables the support for ACPI power management techniques.<br />

3 Proceed with the installation as described in Chapter 1, Installation with YaST<br />

(page 3).<br />

If this fails, proceed as above, but choose Installation--Safe Settings instead. This option<br />

disables ACPI and DMA support. Most hardware should boot with this option.<br />

If both <strong>of</strong> these options fail, use the boot options prompt to pass any additional parameters<br />

needed to support this type <strong>of</strong> hardware on to the installation kernel. For more<br />

information about the parameters available as boot options, refer to the kernel documentation<br />

located in /usr/src/linux/<strong>Documentation</strong>/kernel-parameters<br />

.txt.<br />

TIP: Obtaining Kernel <strong>Documentation</strong><br />

Install the kernel-source package to check out the kernel documentation.<br />

There are various other ACPI-related kernel parameters that can be entered at the boot<br />

prompt prior to booting for installation:<br />

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