Loading Suse Linux

Jolly_Roger

I have just ordered a new computer and also the official version of Suse Linux. Out of curiousity, how easy (or difficult) is it to load Suse onto a computer? Am I likely to encounter any major problems? What, for example, are SATA 2 incompatibilities that some people have mentioned?

Memetic

I have not loaded SuSE for about a year, but even then it was very straight forward. The only potential issue I would expect is if you have any really bleeding edge components in the PC, in which case drivers could be an issue.

Perhaps you should try running SuSE off of a live CD first to check for "gotchas".

Jolly_Roger

This is the system I am about to receive. Do you see any potential problems?
Article Name: System: AMD Athlon X2 3800 <br>Dual Core 64Bit
Equipment:
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+:
- So.939 ASRock 939DUAL-SATA2 (PCI-e/AGP8x/SATA-II):
- PCI-e 256MB NVidia GeForce 6200 TV-out & DVI:
- IDE 80 GB -7200rpm-2 MB Cache inside the System:
- 1024MB SAMSUNG PC3200 DDR RAM 400MHz
- LG H 10A 16x Multiformat +&- DVD-RW (black)
- DVD-Drive IDE Samsung 16x/52x SH-D162C/BEWE (CaseColor):
- Black/Blue Case 07A:
- So.939 Cooling
- PFC Switching power supply
- 8 Channel AC 97 Audio Codec Sound
- 10/100 MBit Ethernet LAN DSL ready