Installation Sources (10.0)
I think I like the new YaST concept that will allow me to update everything from YaST. However, I'm not having much luck in adding installation sources. The only one I've been able to add so far is packman. Here's a typical error message. The error message itself is always the same: Unable to create installation source from URL 'ftp://ftp.oregonstate.edu/pub/suse/'. Details: ERROR(InstSrc:E_no_instsrc_on_media) Try again? Yes No I've installed installation sources on earlier versions so I'm pretty sure I know how to do that but, just in case, I went through the Novell Cool Solutions tutorial. Can anyone point me to a plain-English how-to or point out what I might be doing to get the error message? Any help appreciated. -- Donald D. Henson, Managing Director West El Paso Information Network The "Non-Initiation of Force Principle" Rules
On Monday 10 October 2005 4:33 pm, Donald D Henson wrote:
I think I like the new YaST concept that will allow me to update everything from YaST. However, I'm not having much luck in adding installation sources. The only one I've been able to add so far is packman. Here's a typical error message. The error message itself is always the same:
Unable to create installation source from URL 'ftp://ftp.oregonstate.edu/pub/suse/'. Details: ERROR(InstSrc:E_no_instsrc_on_media) Try again? Yes No
I've installed installation sources on earlier versions so I'm pretty sure I know how to do that but, just in case, I went through the Novell Cool Solutions tutorial.
Can anyone point me to a plain-English how-to or point out what I might be doing to get the error message? Any help appreciated.
-- Donald D. Henson
I've found that some of the paths on the servers are different than advertised. Surf to the actual site and verify the path is correct. For your example you need to drill down into /pub/suse/suse/ for a specific architecture such as i386, ppc or x86_64 and then the version you want (9.3, 10.0, 10.1, etc). Stan
Stan Glasoe wrote:
On Monday 10 October 2005 4:33 pm, Donald D Henson wrote:
I think I like the new YaST concept that will allow me to update everything from YaST. However, I'm not having much luck in adding installation sources. The only one I've been able to add so far is packman. Here's a typical error message. The error message itself is always the same:
Unable to create installation source from URL 'ftp://ftp.oregonstate.edu/pub/suse/'. Details: ERROR(InstSrc:E_no_instsrc_on_media) Try again? Yes No
I've installed installation sources on earlier versions so I'm pretty sure I know how to do that but, just in case, I went through the Novell Cool Solutions tutorial.
Can anyone point me to a plain-English how-to or point out what I might be doing to get the error message? Any help appreciated.
-- Donald D. Henson
I've found that some of the paths on the servers are different than advertised. Surf to the actual site and verify the path is correct. For your example you need to drill down into /pub/suse/suse/ for a specific architecture such as i386, ppc or x86_64 and then the version you want (9.3, 10.0, 10.1, etc).
Stan
I kinda figured that but the problem is that when I get to a directory named "10.0", there doesn't appear to be any rpm packages in that directory. (Except for Packman which is the only one I've gotten to install.) Usually, there are more directories with arcane names that appear to be meaningful to someone but not to me. To make matters worse, the Release Notes appear to deal with both OpenSUSE and the boxed set without clearly differentiating when dealing with one or the other. Any suggestions on how I should proceed? -- Donald D. Henson, Managing Director West El Paso Information Network The "Non-Initiation of Force Principle" Rules
On Wednesday 12 October 2005 1:15 pm, Donald D Henson wrote:
I kinda figured that but the problem is that when I get to a directory named "10.0", there doesn't appear to be any rpm packages in that directory. (Except for Packman which is the only one I've gotten to install.) Usually, there are more directories with arcane names that appear to be meaningful to someone but not to me. To make matters worse, the Release Notes appear to deal with both OpenSUSE and the boxed set without clearly differentiating when dealing with one or the other.
What Randall said in the previous post except its directory.yast that you are looking for. "GM-Extra" means "Gold Master Extra" stuff. Things that were not included in the OSS versions that are in the retail boxed set. Proprietary programs, codecs, etc that are not pure OSS but that are considered by many to be necessary for a real desktop operating system these days; Flash, Acroread, iscan for Epson scanners, etc.
Any suggestions on how I should proceed?
Just add that directory as a Yast source like Randall said and you'll be good to go.
-- Donald D. Henson, Managing Director
Stan
Stan Glasoe wrote:
On Wednesday 12 October 2005 1:15 pm, Donald D Henson wrote:
I kinda figured that but the problem is that when I get to a directory named "10.0", there doesn't appear to be any rpm packages in that directory. (Except for Packman which is the only one I've gotten to install.) Usually, there are more directories with arcane names that appear to be meaningful to someone but not to me. To make matters worse, the Release Notes appear to deal with both OpenSUSE and the boxed set without clearly differentiating when dealing with one or the other.
What Randall said in the previous post except its directory.yast that you are looking for. "GM-Extra" means "Gold Master Extra" stuff. Things that were not included in the OSS versions that are in the retail boxed set. Proprietary programs, codecs, etc that are not pure OSS but that are considered by many to be necessary for a real desktop operating system these days; Flash, Acroread, iscan for Epson scanners, etc.
Any suggestions on how I should proceed?
Just add that directory as a Yast source like Randall said and you'll be good to go.
Ah, so. Now I understand what you all mean by "directory.yast". That's the name of a file, not a directory. That gets me past the immediate problem, that of how to install yast repositories. Thanks for everyone's assistance. -- Donald D. Henson, Managing Director West El Paso Information Network The "Non-Initiation of Force Principle" Rules
Donald, On Monday 10 October 2005 14:33, Donald D Henson wrote:
I think I like the new YaST concept that will allow me to update everything from YaST.
I don't think it's YaST that's new, just a larger complement of repositories. YaST has allowed multiple repositories for several releases, now.
However, I'm not having much luck in adding installation sources. The only one I've been able to add so far is packman. Here's a typical error message. The error message itself is always the same:
Unable to create installation source from URL 'ftp://ftp.oregonstate.edu/pub/suse/'. Details: ERROR(InstSrc:E_no_instsrc_on_media) Try again? Yes No
I've installed installation sources on earlier versions so I'm pretty sure I know how to do that but, just in case, I went through the Novell Cool Solutions tutorial.
Can anyone point me to a plain-English how-to or point out what I might be doing to get the error message? Any help appreciated.
Well, here's a bottom-line kind of criterion. The directory you enter into the YaST "Installation Source" module should be one in which you find a "yast.directory" file. If you're working with SuSE 10.0 GM Eval, then you'd want this URL: ftp://ftp.oregonstate.edu/pub/suse/suse/i386/10.0/SUSE-Linux10.0-GM-Extra/ Randall Schulz
Randall R Schulz wrote:
Well, here's a bottom-line kind of criterion. The directory you enter into the YaST "Installation Source" module should be one in which you find a "yast.directory" file. If you're working with SuSE 10.0 GM Eval, then you'd want this URL: ftp://ftp.oregonstate.edu/pub/suse/suse/i386/10.0/SUSE-Linux10.0-GM-Extra/
Sorry if I'm being obtuse here but I don't even know what a GM-Extra even is, much less if I want it. Is there somewhere these abbreviations are decoded? You say I need to find a module with a "yast.directory" file but the example you give doesn't contain such a thing. ??? Just as a bit of explanation, I got into this mess because the WLAN software, supposedly on the DVD/CD in the boxed set, was not there or at least I am unable to access it. I tried to follow the instructions in the Release Notes but I guess I screwed that up as well. I'm starting to get a bit frustrated. (I know it's not your fault. I'm just venting a bit.) Any suggestions on how I should proceed? -- Donald D. Henson, Managing Director West El Paso Information Network The "Non-Initiation of Force Principle" Rules
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Donald D Henson
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Stan Glasoe