Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-gnome (31 mails)

[Magnus Boman <captain.magnus@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

As promised in the last GNOME meeting, here's how to do a clean Factory
Install;

1. Download
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source/boot/boot.iso
 (for x86 and x86_64)
2. Burn it to a CD
3. Boot from CD, select Install, Hit Enter

By default, it will go out and grab everything it needs from
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source


Be aware of the following;

1. download.opensuse.org should redirect you to your closest mirror
server. Depending on the bandwidth and utilization of that mirror, the
install can be very slow
2. There is no guarantees that the repository is fully synced, which
means that you might get errors half way through an install.
3. Factory is experimental. At any point in time, it might break in any
of the following ways; a) Machine wont boot anymore, b) X wont start, c)
GNOME wont start etc, so unless you know what you are doing, never
install on anything but a lab machine.


Personally, I mirror the repo to my local network every so often to
minimize the time it takes to install.

Cheers,
Magnus

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