James Knott wrote:

David Bolt wrote:

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On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Verner Kjærsgaard wrote:-

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Hi list,

- I need to install SuSE11 on some SUN (Intel) hardware. Alas, the box has only got a CD, not a DVD. And it stubbornly refuses to boot from a USB DVD drive.

- If I elect the live-CD as a basis for the installation, it appears

from the opensuse web that it will force (?) me to go for KDE4. I want

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KDE3.

Have you tried using the net-install CD? If not, and you have a good/fast connection or can share the contents of the DVD across a network, you can install that way.

Regards, David Bolt

Actually, it will also work from a hard drive, though I haven't tried that method. With this method, you simply copy the ISO to the hard drive (possibly USB drive?) and install from it. Of course, you don't want to format the partition holding the ISO.

Correction, that should be contents of the ISO, not just the ISO. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Dave Plater skrev:

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Hi list,

- I need to install SuSE11 on some SUN (Intel) hardware. Alas, the box has only got a CD, not a DVD. And it stubbornly refuses to boot from a USB DVD drive.

- If I elect the live-CD as a basis for the installation, it appears from the opensuse web that it will force (?) me to go for KDE4. I want KDE3.

Any ideas?

You can copy the files off the dvd into a directory, possibly via usb storage and use the mini cd to boot and start the installation system. Regards Dave P

Thanks for the answers. - the mini-CD seems the easy way. But wait...I can't copy the DVD onto the disk where I'm eventually going to install S11...it's a catch 22. - but can one access the USB storage (The DVD) when booting using the mini-CD? -- -------------------------------------------- Med venlig hilsen/best regards Verner Kjærsgaard Novell Certified Linux Professional 10035701 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Verner Kjærsgaard wrote:-

Dave Plater skrev:

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You can copy the files off the dvd into a directory, possibly via usb storage and use the mini cd to boot and start the installation system. Regards Dave P

Thanks for the answers. - the mini-CD seems the easy way. But wait...I can't copy the DVD onto the disk where I'm eventually going to install S11...it's a catch 22.

If you have a partition that you're not going to wipe, you can copy the contents to that partition and the installer with use that as a source. Pressing F4 at the initial boot screen, select "Disk" and don't enter anything in the dialog box. The installation system will check each partition on any detected drives to find the installation source.

- but can one access the USB storage (The DVD) when booting using the mini-CD?

Try it. Press F4 at the initial boot screen and select CDROM. If it finds the DVD, it should work from there. If not, and you have enough spare space, you can copy the DVD to hard drive and install it directly from there. Regards, David Bolt -- Team Acorn: http://www.distributed.net/ OGR-P2 @ ~100Mnodes RC5-72 @ ~15Mkeys SUSE 10.1 32 | | openSUSE 10.3 32bit | openSUSE 11.0 32bit | openSUSE 10.2 64bit | openSUSE 10.3 64bit | openSUSE 11.0 64bit RISC OS 3.6 | TOS 4.02 | openSUSE 10.3 PPC | RISC OS 3.11 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org