Downloaded Linux Suse 11.1 DVD image yesterday, thought id give linux another bash, bored of windows, so.... i burned the iso this morning, put the dvd in my machine which is running Windows XP, and the install wizard pops up.. go through the install instructions then it says it needs to reboot, so i do and then it continues to try and install, untill i get the message:

file:/var/adm/mount/boot/i386/branding: SHA1 sum wrong.

if you really trust your repositry, you may continue in an insecure mode

:huh: if i try to continue, it just gives me an error and doesnt carry on with the installation....any ideas? i know nothing about linux so any adivice in lamens terms please :D
tia

I have a Ubuntu disc if you want that Linux programme.

thanks for the offer but i think im a bit far away to be borrowing discs :D

You could order 1 online from Ubuntu free of charge plus free postage.If you go to the linux page you may be able to get a suse disc.

i already downloaded and burnt the Suse disc from their website, thats what im trying to install, but getting the above errors

Did you check the integrity of the download and of disc the burn.

Last week I spent about 6 hours getting loads of different errors when installing, at 1am I changed the HDD and DVD drive and hey presto, went straight on without issue.

Someone seems to have had the same error output here (http://news.opensuse.org/2008/12/18/opensuse-111-released/) (search for sha1 on the page), but as someone suggests, I never have many of the issues when using Fedora (if anything their getting too polished and have too much time on their hands to implement annoying noob features (which is why I moved away from win)).

Most other results with that error were in German, Russian or Japanese. Otherwise best place for help is http://www.linuxquestions.org/

i did burn the iso at higest speed, maybe re burning at a lower speed could do the trick, ill give that a go just to make sure

as a side note do you really wanna install it from within windows? - I'd boot from CD

mmm .

as a side note do you really wanna install it from within windows? - I'd boot from CD

the cd wont boot....so the only way was to install from windows, maybe a bad cd

Have you checked in the BIOS that the boot sequence checks the disk drive before the hard drive. Also some BIOS have an install protection thing that you can turn on or off...

Have you checked in the BIOS that the boot sequence checks the disk drive before the hard drive. Also some BIOS have an install protection thing that you can turn on or off...

yep checked all that, tried my xp cd before and that would boot from cd...but this one wouldnt so i was guessing that it wasnt bootable?

Try looking for a live cd version. That way you can boot from the CD and see if the linux distrub works with your hardware; if does you can then install it.

Try looking for a live cd version. That way you can boot from the CD and see if the linux distrub works with your hardware; if does you can then install it.

just got the live version, guna burn it and have a go see if it works

are you burning it as an image - by that i mean not buy extracting the iso then burning the contents as a data disk

I also prefer ubuntu over suse... better OS GUI in my mind, plus its much more documented on the web...

but thats another post ;)

I started linux with this (http://www.knoppix-std.org/), it fits on a cd and generally works with fine with laptops.

yes burning the iso , not extracting it and burning the contents of the iso

Sorry to sound pedantic...

'Burning the iso as an image, not as a file.'

Sorry to sound pedantic...

'Burning the iso as an image, not as a file.'

yes burnt the iso as an image using powerISO not as a file/data disc

:hihi: .

tried again, made a new copy of the dvd, no joy...burnt it at the slowest speed possible, so....any advicewhat to try now?

Did you check the file hash either md5 or sha1 against the iso you downloaded, before burning?

The hash can be downloaded from the same place you downloaded the iso image.

Did you check the file hash either md5 or sha1

in english? :hihi:

It's a bit like a signature for digital data, used for verification...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function
(or in reality it's probably more like a tally of contents)

i re downloaded the iso overnight (all 4.3gig :| ) and burnt a fresh copy and it seems to have done the job, the last iso i downloaded must have been corrupt somehow, anyway thanks for the help =)