Re: [SLE] Fail to install from hard-disk

From: Danny Sauer (suse-linux-e.suselists_at_danny.teleologic.net)
Date: 08/18/04

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    Bahram wrote regarding '[SLE] Fail to install from hard-disk' on Wed, Aug 18 at 09:26:
    > Please send some answers to these questions:
    [...]
    > 3- Why is a chameleon as the logo of company?
    > 4- How does that reptile relate to the word "SuSE"?

    The logo was a Chamelon for a long time, and was named "Geeko" a few
    years back by some users who voted for the stupidest name possible.

    > 6- This is the main query: I want to install SuSE 9.1
    > without CD-DRIVE (only with iso images):
    >
    > 6-a- I made ISO images of 5 installation CDs by
    > "WinISO",
    >
    > 6-b- I made 3 boot floppies from inside the 1st CD,
    >
    > 6-c- I booted these floppies and selected "Manual
    > Installation" and "Hard Disk",
    >
    > 6-d- I selected the partition containing images,
    >
    > 6-e- The installation can not continue and returns me
    > to partition selection!
    >
    > >Must the ISO images have a special file-name?
    > >How can I verify that my images are valid?

    You can't do it (easily) with disk images. What you want to do is copy
    the first disk to a folder and then copy the contents of the "suse"
    folder from the other disks into that folder's "suse" folder.

    > Note1: The partition containing images has a FAT32
    > format.

    This is fine.

    > Note2: I have achieved this type of installation
    > easily in RedHat.

    Great. Redhat is dead, as far as personal users are concerned, and SuSE
    can also be installed from hard drive pretty easily.

    > Note3: In RedHat, you don't need to make floppy disks;
    > It has an installation utility able to run directly
    > from hard-disk under DOS.

    There's a bootable CD image in the boot/ folder if a floppy is a problem.
    Make a cd from boot.iso and have fun. There used to be a DOS install.exe
    program on the SuSE disks, too, but I guess maybe it's gone or something.

    --Danny 

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