Subject: ftp version of 8.0 is available (fwd)
From: W.D. McKinney (deem@wdm.com)
Date: Fri Jun 07 2002 - 12:50:06 AKDT
>>>>> Forwarded message from Christopher Mahmood <ckm@suse.com>
I know someone already announced it but I wanted to make sure that
people saw the README before trying to install as the memory
requirements are a little, uhm, extreme. All of the main mirrors
should have it already, please use them:
http://www.suse.com/us/support/download/ftp/germ_mirrors.html (German)
http://www.suse.com/us/support/download/ftp/int_mirrors.html (Other)
Thanks,
README.FTP
This SuSE Linux 8.0 installation tree is suitable for installation via ftp,
http, nfs, smb or hard disk.
System requirements
You need at least 96MB main memory. To install on a machine with less
memory a (linux) swap partition is necessary.
Preparation
o booting from floppy
Download the floppy disk image disks/bootdisk as well as the module disk
image files you need (at least disks/modules1 and likely the network
modules from disks/modules3).
Write the images to floppy disks using the 'dd' command:
dd if=[path_to_image] of=/dev/fd0 bs=36b
On non-linux systems, use the rawrite utility from the dosutils/rawrite
directory (rawrite.exe).
o booting from CD
Download the iso image disks/boot.iso and burn a CD with it.
Installation
Boot from CD/floppy and at the bootpromt enter the installation source:
linux install=ftp://ftp_server/directory
Remember to substitute 'ftp_server' and 'directory' with the appropriate
values (e.g. install=ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/8.0 if you're
installing from the SuSE ftp server).
Alternatively, choose 'manual installation' and configure the network in
the installation program.
Preparing your own installation server
Just copy the whole installation tree to your local disk and make it
available via network.
---ckm
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