Re: Newbe needs help on duel system install of suse
From: george (george_at_nospam.com)
Date: 11/17/04
- Next message: David Wright: "Re: 9.2: OpenOffice segfaults and dies"
- Previous message: Scott Vetter: "Re: Help needed in opening ports in SuSE Linux 9.0"
- In reply to: David Wright: "Re: Newbe needs help on duel system install of suse"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 16:38:30 -0500
Thanks everyone for your help.
Regards again,
George
On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 21:26:12 +0100, David Wright
<david_c_wright@hotmail.com> wrote:
>george wrote:
>
>> I downloaded it from alt.binaries.multimedia.utilities.
>>
>> Unfortunatly, I can only get dialup here in the boondocks of Ohio.
>> Where would I find the bootdisk? This sounds like my problem because
>> other cd's boot from cd. The linux language is greek for now, but I
>> am going to learn it.
>>
>> Terry
>> On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 19:00:50 +0100, David Wright
>> <david_c_wright@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Morten Sylte wrote:
>>>
>>>> george wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I took the plunge and downloaded suse 9.1 and burned it to a cd.
>>>>
>>>> What is it you downloaded from suse? the livecd-iso? the personal-iso?
>>>> the ftp file structure or what? You will not find a iso of suse
>>>> professional on the suse server or its mirrors! The livecd-iso and the
>>>> personal-iso are both bootable if burned to a cd correctly (please re.
>>>> posting of David Wright on how to burn a iso!) the file structure burned
>>>> to a cd on the other hand isn't bootable in itself! If you downloaded
>>>> and burned this you must have a bootcd/floppies to boot the pc from and
>>>> then point YaST to the cds you created of the file structure...
>>>>
>>>>> I inserted the cd and it doesn't boot.
>>>>> I get the message cd boot failure.
>>>> See above!
>>>
>>>Thanks Morten, hadn't thought about somebody downloading just the ftp
>>>tree, although from George's reply to my post, sounds like he has
>>>downloaded an ISO...
>>>
>>>Dave
>>
>
>The boot disk is available on the SuSE FTP site, but that allows you to do
>an FTP install. There is also the Personal ISO on the FTP site
>(ftp.suse.com). This is a complete distribution on 1 disk, but only
>includes the desktop. Development tools and server software (web server,
>mail servers etc.) are only available via an FTP upgrade from the personal
>version. You may not need them, but if you do, you will have to download
>them later.
>
>A better option would be to purchase the 9.2 Professional from your local
>computer store. This comes on 5 CD's and 2 DVD's, and includes the main
>Linux base, plus thousands of additional programs, for office, utilities,
>video editing, watching TV, multimedia, games, and much more. It also has
>the advantage of coming with two large manuals which will give you a
>grounding in how Linux works and how to configure your machine.
>
>Unfortunately, today, there are not many operating systems which can be
>effectively downloaded and maintained via a modem link :-( I would also
>never download a compiled program from a news group... Especially with
>Linux, there is no need, the packages, installation iso's and source code
>are available from reputable locations around the net, where they are
>digitally signed with keys which can be authenticated, so you can be sure
>that nobody has snuck in a back-door, trojan, worm or whatever.
>
>Dave
- Next message: David Wright: "Re: 9.2: OpenOffice segfaults and dies"
- Previous message: Scott Vetter: "Re: Help needed in opening ports in SuSE Linux 9.0"
- In reply to: David Wright: "Re: Newbe needs help on duel system install of suse"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]
Relevant Pages
|
