| SUSE Linux Documentation Chapter 4. Dealing with Boot and Installation Problems / 4.2. Problems Installing | ||||
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 | Chapter 4. Dealing with Boot and Installation Problems | 4.3. Redirecting the Boot Source to the Boot CD |  | |
| SUSE Linux Documentation Chapter 4. Dealing with Boot and Installation Problems / 4.2. Problems Installing | ||||
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| Chapter 4. Dealing with Boot and Installation Problems | 4.3. Redirecting the Boot Source to the Boot CD | | |
If an unexpected problem occurs during installation, information is needed to determine the cause of the problem. Use the following directions to find useful information:
Check the outputs on the various consoles. You can switch consoles with the key combination Ctrl+Alt+Fn. For example, obtain a shell in which to execute various commands by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F2.
Try launching the installation in failsafe mode. If the
installation works without problems in this case, there is an
incompatibility that causes either ACPI
or APIC to fail. In some cases, a BIOS
or firmware update fixes this problem.
Check the system messages on a console in the installation system by entering the command dmesg.
