On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:23:01 -0400, Larry Stotler wrote:
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 2:07 AM, Jim Henderson
wrote: Got a USB or Firewire port? An external enclosure runs about 10 bucks.
Not on my Powerbook. It didn't come with either. And it's the same problem:
WHY can't I use the existing drive to do the install. Why is it neccessary to do a Work around??
Because relative to the number of users, your situation represents a fraction (or is perceived to) of the people who have that issue. Sure, anyone here could come up with some odd/old hardware combination where the current options can't work for installation. openSUSE is a *community* effort, not a corporate effort. So rather than "blame" Novell for "not providing CDs", why not work with the community to see *how* a CD set could be built as a community contribution to the project? Or why not just use the Live CDs (which CAN be used for install) and then install any missing packages from a local repo? That is a perfectly reasonable compromise. What's more, it ain't rocket science to actually *do* that. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org