Subject: Re: ftp version of 8.0 is available (fwd)
From: Richard Mckinney (mckinney@gci.net)
Date: Sat Jun 08 2002 - 08:00:23 AKDT
I thought SUSE was a commercial product and not available unless
purchased. Can we install it from ftp without buying it ???
Rich
"W.D. McKinney" wrote:
>
> >>>>> 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
>
> << End forwarded message
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