Hi, i had a similar problem with Suse 9.3 and installation via http. For a minimum installation via http i needed 2 GB of swap space so depending on your software selection it might be much more. For testing i would do one of the following - increase swap to 8GB - use an NFS installation I think in the docu is also something mentioned about copy the software first to the disk before installing it. hth Hajo

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Hi everyone, I've been having one of those days, and I would like to know if anyone else has seen the same problems I have been experiencing... I have a Linux server running 9.2, serving installation sources via http for SuSE 9.2, 9.3, and 10. Using a 9.2 DVD, I can quite happily install a new system over the network using the following (IPs changed to protect the not-so-innocent, 10.20.30.59 is serving the sources via Apache): initrd netdevice=eth0 hostip=10.20.30.40 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=10.20.30.1 install=http://10.20.30.59:/9.2 autoyast=http://10.20.30.59:/conf/infra.xml However, if I use *EXACTLY* the same xml configuration file but this time using a 9.3 DVD... initrd netdevice=eth0 hostip=10.20.30.40 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=10.20.30.1 install=http://10.20.30.59:/9.3 autoyast=http://10.20.30.59:/conf/infra.xml it fails (as far as I can make out) with an "out of swap space" error. I of course then tried increasing swap, but received the same error, albeit I think a bit further along than before. Its hard to say for sure because it still fails installing the kernel source rpm, just not at the exact same point. Swap is now twice the size of core memory. I then tried (again using *EXACTLY* the same xml file) to install 10: initrd netdevice=eth0 hostip=10.20.30.40 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=10.20.30.1 install=http://10.20.30.59:/10.0 autoyast=http://10.20.30.59:/conf/infra.xml It got further, but the system appeared to completely hang about 25 seconds from completing the package install. I was unable to get any response at all. The hardware is a brand-new DL380-G4 with 2Gb RAM. The 9.2 installation source server has not been patched to the absolute latest (but why would this matter - I'm only using it to share the installation media, right?). I should also point out I suffer from the old problem with the network timeout due to spanning tree on the switches (don't think it has any bearing on the issue though). The DVDs are straight out of the box, and are the professional versions. The xml config file is nothing fancy - just sets up the partitioning, defines package selection, and runs a post-install script. I searched the net, and trawled through the archives (oh for a search facility ;-) ), but I couldn't find anything. Could someone please point me in the right direction? Thanks! Colin. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help@suse.com