On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 11:49:52AM +0100, Dave Howorth wrote:
I'm trying to install 11.1 onto a machine without writing a disk and have got stuck. Apologies if this has been discussed before, a quick search didn't turn it up.
I'm following the instructions on http://en.opensuse.org/Installation_without_CD and I've installed the new kernel, modified grub and am running the installation but am stuck at finding "the server" and "the directory" containing "the install files". I've assumed that refers to the place where I downloaded the boot iso.
I've selected FTP network installation and DHCP config, which works, and then for the IP address of the FTP server I gave 195.135.221.130, which I got by pinging download.suse.org and for the directory on the server I gave /distribution/11.1/iso, which is the path to the boot iso. It said "no repository found" in both cases. I also said no username or password and no proxy.
So what have I done wrong, and where could I have found the information?
http://en.opensuse.org/Network_Install might help. You need to use the location of the actual files of the openSUSE distribution and not the one with the CD/ DVD ISO image files in. http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/11.1/repo/oss/ is the location for 11.1 for example. The mirrorbrain mechanism ensures to redirect your client transparently to the best or closest known mirror seen from your particular network location (AS) if you use http as transport protocol. Please consider to update or enhance the wiki page if it wasn't clear enough regarding this point. Lars -- Lars Müller [ˈlaː(r)z ˈmʏlɐ] Samba Team SUSE Linux, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany