On 10/5/07, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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2007/10/5, Clint Tinsley :

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This is the problem. I have selected the http/ftp download under section 3 and currently I am getting a page error but earlier when it worked, I was only given a 153 MB (that number might be in error but close) .iso file for downloading, not a 4.1 GB DVD iso.

I just tried again, same error.

It could be just that the server is on overload but there should be more than one mirror holding the DVD iso for dl. I am seeing other messages that others are having problems with BT as well so that is not a solution either.

The site is working fine for me

http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.3/iso/dvd/openSUSE-10.3-GM-DVD-... http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.3/iso/dvd/openSUSE-10.3-GM-DVD-...

Regards

In the last couple of weeks, I have seen "GA" and "GM" as additions to the version number. CAn someone please translate these letters for me? (And are there others I should know?)

I think they mean much the same thing. I have assumed they meant: GA - General Availability (ie. Released) GM - Gold Master (The ISO that is going to be released. Still called GM after release.) So in most organizations, the GM is created and tested for a short while prior to it being made GA. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

I was seeing this problem yesterday. I tried it again today and it worked fine (For 32-bit DVD anyway) On Fri, 2007-10-05 at 18:51 -0400, Mike McMullin wrote:

On Fri, 2007-10-05 at 12:29 -0700, Clint Tinsley wrote:

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Clint Tinsley wrote:

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Maybe this question has already been asked but where is the real DVD? I went to the opensuse.org site and attempted to download the DVD via HTTP/FTP and it only downloaded a small .iso file. Now, when I try to download, it gives me a page error.

Anybody have a link to the real DVD for downloading. I don't/can't use bittorrent.

TIA

- Clint

on the opensuse download page, switch from bittorrent to http/ftp download, #3 this will download the iso not the bittorrent config file

This is the problem. I have selected the http/ftp download under section 3 and currently I am getting a page error but earlier when it worked, I was only given a 153 MB (that number might be in error but close) .iso file for downloading, not a 4.1 GB DVD iso.

I just tried again, same error.

It could be just that the server is on overload but there should be more than one mirror holding the DVD iso for dl. I am seeing other messages that others are having problems with BT as well so that is not a solution either.

For 10.2 the DVD iso was not immediately available, and there is a script available to take the cd iso's and create a DVD from them, it might work with the 10.3 images.

-- Kevin Dupuy Yo.media -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On 10/06/2007 10:15 PM David Bolt wrote:

On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, Mike McMullin wrote:-

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For 10.2 the DVD iso was not immediately available, and there is a script available to take the cd iso's and create a DVD from them, it might work with the 10.3 images.

If you mean makeSUSEdvd, it will work with 10.3 and will make a bootable DVD image[0]. The only problem is, 10.3 comes as either a single DVD install with either KDE or Gnome as the desktop environment, or a DVD. The 5-CD installation releases no longer exist.

[0] Or did the last time I checked it, which was with RC1.

Regards, David Bolt

What does "GM" signify? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Oct 7 2007 10:50, Randall R Schulz wrote:

On Sunday 07 October 2007 10:41, ken wrote:

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What does "GM" signify?

Typically, "golden master," the instance of a software package or

s/golden/gold/. Whether it's actually gold depends on the type of coating and pigment used in the disc layer. May as well be azo, cyanine or phthalocyanine. Really golden discs like in the old days (1995) are rare these days (most switched to azo around '98, and then to phthalocyanine during the inet boom) because cyanine is unstable over the years. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sunday 07 October 2007 20:12:22 Randall R Schulz wrote:

On Sunday 07 October 2007 10:55, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

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On Oct 7 2007 10:50, Randall R Schulz wrote:

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On Sunday 07 October 2007 10:41, ken wrote:

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What does "GM" signify?

Typically, "golden master," the instance of a software package or

s/golden/gold/. Whether it's actually gold depends on the type of coating and pigment used in the disc layer. May as well be azo, cyanine or phthalocyanine. Really golden discs like in the old days (1995) are rare these days (most switched to azo around '98, and then to phthalocyanine during the inet boom) because cyanine is unstable over the years.

Huh?

Of course it is not gold (a precious and expensive metal), but it is "golden" (of the highest quality).

"Gold master" is an industry phrase, not subject to debate. It's just what it's called The reason for it comes from how the original wax recordings were mastered, back at the turn of the previous century (google it)

It's all metaphor anyway, since said "masters" only exist a the pressing plant for stamped discs. (And I don't see why gold could ever have been used—it's too soft.

No one ever uses 24 carat gold for anything. Most things called "gold" is mixed up with about 1/4 of silver, to harden it, making 18 carat gold

Gold's only really useful properties are high electrical and thermal conductivity and resistance to corrosion.)

It's also by far and away the most malleable substance in relatively high availability, which means you can make much thinner sheets of it -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org