Re: Installing suse 9.1 DVD from HD possible?

From: houghi (houghi_at_houghi.org.invalid)
Date: 05/04/04 

Date: 04 May 2004 20:07:29 GMT

Fr@nk wrote:
>> The next question will be: I copied it to a floppy and it doesn't work.
>>
>> The answer is: read the README files or INSTALL files or anything that
>> looks like it.
>
> Trying to be funny houghi? Well, you're not, so if you cann't give
> any serious advice and be helpfull, don't!

The serious advise was: read the README and INSTALL files. You said
yourself:
<q>
> So I cannot copy them unto my 1.44 MB FD
> which is very frustrating
</q>

This means that you already tried to copy the files to a floppy wich did
not work. I do not have the 9.1 yet, so I can not verify if there is
indeed a README file.

I can point you to the 9.0 one, as that is available online.

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/9.0/boot/README

As you are probably even lazier then I am as you did not look at it, I
will give you the answer. You did not read the README, you did not even
stated that there was no REAME, so you did not bother to look it up.

For me this means you do not want to learn anything. You want all and
everything presented on a plate. Naturaly for free, as you were too
cheap to but the 9.1 where all is explained in the books.

If you do not have the money, pitty for you. Do a 9.0 install with FTP
wich has the books downloadable as well.

Again here is the solution. That is if you did not became bored and are
still interested in doing whatever you try to do:

Create a boot disk
------------------

All kernels are modularized. This means that almost all drivers are
loaded
as kernel modules.

You can create a new boot/install floppy if you have access to either a
running Linux box or a running DOS box.

Under DOS, write it to a formatted (i.e. error-free) 1.44MB-floppy using
CD1:/dosutils/rawrite/rawrite.exe. For Windows systems there is
CD1:/dosutils/rawwritewin/rawwritewin.exe.

Under Linux, use a command like

  cd /where_CD1_is_mounted/boot
  dd if=bootdisk of=/dev/fd0u1440

Now you have a new boot/install floppy which you can use to boot either
the
installed system or the rescue system from CD.

In addition to a boot disk you will also need modules disk 1!

Create a modules disk
---------------------

Only a few modules fit on the bootdisk. Therefore four modules floppies
exist. If you do not find the driver for your hardware on the normal
disk,
just insert the appropriate modules disk as soon as linuxrc starts.

Choose one of the modules disk images in this directory according to the
list below.

Under Windows/DOS, use rawrite as descibed in 'Create a boot disk'.
Under
Linux, use a command like

  cd /where_CD1_is_mounted/boot
  dd if=modules1 of=/dev/fd0u1440

Of course you would replace 'modules1' with the image name you want.

modules1: USB and FireWire (IEEE1394) modules.

modules2: IDE/RAID/SCSI modules.

modules3: Network modules.

modules4: PCMCIA and file system modules and old (non-ATAPI) CDROM
drivers.

modules5: More IDE/RAID/SCSI modules.

See modules[12345].txt for a detailed listing.

Create a rescue floppy
----------------------

There is already a rescue system on CD. But in case you cannot access
the CD
or you just want a smaller rescue system, you can create a rescue
floppy.

Under Windows/DOS, use rawrite as descibed in 'Create a boot disk'.
Under
Linux, use a command like

  cd /where_CD1_is_mounted/boot
  dd if=rescuefloppy of=/dev/fd0u1440

What are the other files in this directory?
-------------------------------------------

rescue: (Large) rescue system.

root: Installation system.

loader: Boot loader and files it needs. 

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