Re: SUSE/LINUX newbie completely stuck on install -- NIC not recognized
From: Diana Diehl (dianadiehl_at_cox.net)
Date: 09/09/03
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Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:58:58 -0700
To all who offered possible solutions, many thanks. I've addressed each of
your suggestions below at an asterisk--many pardons for not crediting each
by quote and by name.
* As to rawrite and a boot disk, been there, done that. I created the boot
disk which worked fine. But once I got to the section where you FTP, I
couldn't find my network card on the network module and SUSE didn't
recognize it. I could try random selections of NIC cards to see if one is
compatible, but I could waste a lot of time guessing which driver might work
with mine. Driver roulette, as it were.
* I was not able to find the ISO disk at suse.com. Correction: actually,
they do have an ISO image available, but for a CD version only--it does not
install to HD; runs directly from CD. Quote from their site:
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"SuSE makes the live-eval version of SuSE Linux available for download as an
ISO image. This version runs entirely from the bootable CD and is not
installed on the hard disk. If you want to get to know SuSE Linux or test if
your hardware is fully supported, the live-eval version is the right choice
for you. The ISO image is located in the respective directory under
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/ "
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If anyone has a more specific location to find this, let me know. I've
visited the SUSE site and only found the FTP file structure (plus boot
image). I don't hold out great hope on the ISO idea, though, because I did
try with RedHat and ArkLinux ISO images and had problems. I'd get partially
through the install, and it would fail. I suspect corrupted ISO downloads
or CD burns, not sure why. (haven't checked the exact size of the files yet
on either distro)
*As to downloading the whole directory tree from SUSE.com, SUSE says:
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"It is not possible to generate installation CDs from a complete download. "
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The hard disk install idea is a good one, but I've wiped out my Win install
on the last attempt to install ArkLinux from ISO. This means installing Win
95 again, then 98 upgrade, then the download of the FTP directory, then
install. Considerably more grey hairs will have appeared by that time!
*The suggestion of buying a copy seems to be the way to go. At least as fast
as the burning more ISOs or downloading 4GB of directory tree. I hate to
give in (bulldog mentality), but I have spent a BUNCH of time downloading
images and burning CDs and repeatedly trying to install. Am I a traitor to
geekdom? Perhaps. But my task list grows, and this is definitely a
background item. Thanks to all for your assistance and suggestions. (Mike,
Eddy, arc, Steve, and all else who answered)
Regards,
Diana
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