Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3288 mails)

[Robert Cunningham <rcunning@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 28 December 2007 07:45:51 pm Bryen wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-12-28 at 18:25 -0500, william oakes wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > I have installed OpenSuse 10.3 (from a downloaded ISO and from the
retail
> > package) on two of my computers without a problem.
> >
> > The third computer is giving me fits.  It presently has v.10.2 loaded.
> > When I boot from the DVD to install v.10.3 from the retail package, Yast
> > comes up without any problems, but bombs out when it tries to load the
> > repositories from the DVD.  I have tried two separate DVD drives, the
> > newest was a double layer drive.  The double layer drive gives error
> > message that no repositories were found.  Running check media gives a
> > message stating that the media is broke.  The second DVD brings up Yast
> > but fails to install the repositories and keeps asking to retry.
> >
> > Is there some setting I can use to ensure that the repositories are
found
> > on the DVD.  This is the same DVD that I used to install 10.3 on the
> > other computers.
> >
> > Any advice would be appreciated.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Regards, Bill...
I just had the same problem upgrading my home server. The solution that
I found was to change the DVD reader to be the master from slave on the IDE
bus by changing the jumpers.  It then worked with no trouble.

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