Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1156 mails)

[ezekielk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Ezekiel J. Krahlin)]

Hello. I purchased S.u.S.E. Linux 5.2, because I have been told it is
the most user friendly Linux version of all. And it just arrived this
morning. However, right at the beginning of install, to my dismay, my
CD-ROM was not on the list of CD-ROMs to select! They only have three
EIDE selections, with the rest all SCSI. What happened to my "sbpcd"
option I expected? Of course, when I select any EIDE option, Linux says
it can't find my CD-ROM.

I have test-installed both Slackware and Redhat, prior to S.u.S.E....so
I know very well that the "sbpcd" CD-ROM should be recognizable. In
fact, it is even listed as acceptable, in their own S.u.S.E. manual! But
nowhere is there an answer in the manual, as to how to install, using
the "sbpcd" option. (Likewise for their online help docs at www.suse.com.)

Did someone make a mistake here, by neglecting to include "sbpcd" on the
selection list of CD-ROMs? I can't believe they did this! After all,
knowing for sure that my type of CD-ROM is definitely acceptable in
Linux...I never dreamed their "user-friendly" S.u.S.E. installation would
leave this out!

I am stuck without knowing what to do about this...and rather
disappointed. Is anyone familiar with installing S.u.S.E. 5.2 from CD-ROM?
Thanks in advance.


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