Installing SuSE Linux 8.1: No Package Selection Available

Support knowledgebase (mlasars_8.1_dvdinstall)
Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 8.1

Symptom

When trying to install SuSE Linux 8.1 Professional, the item "Software" under "Installation Settings" returns the following error message:

No base Selection available
ERROR: No proposal

Solution

Before starting with the installation, enter, at the boot prompt, cdromdevice=hdc. Replace hdc (first drive on the second IDE controller) with the CD or DVD drive required in your case.

Alternatively, select "Abort Installation" both in the current menu and in the subsequent window to access linuxrc. Once in linuxrc, press Enter three times to restart the installation process.

In addition, you might need to add a kernel parameter at the boot prompt:

pci=acpi

Now you should be able to install.

Special Features in Connection with VMware

To install SuSE Linux 8.1 on VMware from the DVD, the DVD drive must be set to "raw access". To do this, the drive type under VMware's "Settings/Configuration Editor" must be changed while the virtual machine is not running. Select your drive, for example, under IDE, S-M (slave master, i.e., /dev/hdc) and change the "Device Type" to "CD-ROM (raw access)". Exit the configuration with "OK" and start the virtual machine. The installation must be aborted just the same or

linux cdromdevice=hdc

must be entered at the boot prompt as described above.


See also:
o Kernel Parameters for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)

Keywords: DVD, INSTALLATION, 8.1, INSTALLING, PROPOSAL

Categories: Installation

SDB-mlasars_8.1_dvdinstall, Copyright SuSE Linux AG, Nürnberg, Germany - Version: 04. Oct 2002
SuSE Linux AG - Last generated: 28. Jul 2003 by ip (sdb_gen 1.40.0)