On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Andreas Jaeger
"Sbs Bofh"
writes: Hello-
I'm going to help a friend upgrade their system from SuSE 10.0 to OpenSUSE 10.3 at the weekend and I'm strugging to get my head round the difference between the download and boxed (retail) version.
He's given me the latest boxed version of SuSE, seems to be two install DVDs.
I also have a download version, openSUSE-10.3-GM-KDE-i386.iso. This appeals because it's a CD image, the server doesn't have a DVD drive, only a CD drive, so installing from the boxed DVDs would appear to be slightly tricky :-)
If I install from the download version, presumably there are packages which won't be available? Exim is one that springs to mind - the machine currently runs exim and my friend prefers it to postfix.
Can I install from the download version and then copy the retail DVDs on to the server's hard drive and make all the packages available simply by changing the install source?
Yes, you can add our full ftp trees - either directly before installation if you are behind a router or in the installed system.
If you install from CD only (without network installation sources directly) it will remove those packages - like exim - that are not on the media. You have to install those again after the install.
Just to follow up on this point, do the public FTP trees contain ALL the content from the two retail DVDs? Thanks Jim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org