Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1558 mails)

[Rikard Johnels <rikard.j@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 18 August 2009 12:49, Dave Howorth wrote:
> I'm trying to install 11.1 onto a machine without writing a disk and
> have got stuck. Apologies if this has been discussed before, a quick
> search didn't turn it up.
>
> I'm following the instructions on
> <http://en.opensuse.org/Installation_without_CD> and I've installed the
> new kernel, modified grub and am running the installation but am stuck
> at finding "the server" and "the directory" containing "the install
> files". I've assumed that refers to the place where I downloaded the
> boot iso.
>
> I've selected FTP network installation and DHCP config, which works, and
> then for the IP address of the FTP server I gave 195.135.221.130, which
> I got by pinging download.suse.org and for the directory on the server I
> gave /distribution/11.1/iso, which is the path to the boot iso. It said
> "no repository found" in both cases. I also said no username or password
> and no proxy.
>
> So what have I done wrong, and where could I have found the information?
>
> Thanks, Dave

You need to point it to the repos instead of the iso.
The installer cant find anything besides the iso image, as it sees as a file.
So redo the steps and exchange the /iso path to the /repo

Good luck!
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/Rikard Johnels