Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (396 mails)

[Roman Bysh <rbtc1@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 01/27/2011 06:01 PM, Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 27 Jan 2011, Roman Bysh wrote:
> > On 01/27/2011 05:24 PM, Jeff Mahoney wrote:
> > > On 01/27/2011 05:03 PM, Roman Bysh wrote:
> > > > On 01/27/2011 04:26 PM, Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, 27 Jan 2011, Roman Bysh wrote:
> > > > > > On 01/27/2011 05:57 AM, Stephan Kulow wrote:
>
> > > > > > The M6 x86_64 DVD download is 4.8 GB. It's too big to burn on my
> > > > > > Verbatim 4.7 GB DVD's!!
> > > > > > Milestone 5 and all previous milestones were 4.4 GB.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Can you please upload the correct size forus to burn and test?
> > > > > This is why double layer DVDs got invented.
> > > > >
> > > > > But you do not need to waste media if you have a network connection.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just "mount -o loop" the ISO file and export the tree via FTP, HTTP
> > > > > and/or NFS, then install the files boot/x86_64/loader/{initrd,linux}
> > > > > as a boot target and boot from it.
>
> > > > Not everyone has double-layer DVDs. I have always made it my goal to
> > > > test the 64-bit DVD's and logging errors with Bugzilla.
> > > >
> > > > All milestones have been around 4.4 GB and have always fit in 4.7 GB
> > > > Verbatim DVDs.
> > > > Why are they deviating from this unless it was an oversight?
> > > >
> > > > I prefer testing on real hardware rather than a virtual environment.
> > > FWIW, I test on real hardware and I use the loopback ISO and NFS
> > > approach. Most semi-modern network hardware comes with PXE-capable
> > > BIOSes. I can't be bothered to keep DVDs around and waste one every
> > > time
> > > I want to install a system with a new snapshot.
>
> > If I were to install M6 on another partition. What are the exact
> > commands to install it using:
> >
> > mount -o loop openSUSE-DVD-Build1034-x86_64.iso ?
>
> You have to distribute it as a file service (http, ftp, nfs) via network.
>
> So it will not work using the same machine - you need a second.
>
> Maybe some day the install routines can get enhanced to use a local
> ISO image - the updater routines already can.
>
>
> Viele Gruesse
> Eberhard Moenkeberg (emoenke@xxxxxxx, em@xxxxxxx)
I have one workstation so I'm stuck. I guess I'll wait till next week
for RC1.


Cheers!

Roman
openSUSE 11.3 2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop
"http://counter.li.org"; #179293

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