On Sat, 2007-12-08 at 16:00 +1100, Magnus Boman wrote:
Hello,
As promised in the last GNOME meeting, here's how to do a clean Factory Install;
1. Download http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source/boot/bo... (for x86 and x86_64) 2. Burn it to a CD 3. Boot from CD, select Install, Hit Enter
By default, it will go out and grab everything it needs from http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source
Be aware of the following;
1. download.opensuse.org should redirect you to your closest mirror server. Depending on the bandwidth and utilization of that mirror, the install can be very slow 2. There is no guarantees that the repository is fully synced, which means that you might get errors half way through an install. 3. Factory is experimental. At any point in time, it might break in any of the following ways; a) Machine wont boot anymore, b) X wont start, c) GNOME wont start etc, so unless you know what you are doing, never install on anything but a lab machine.
Personally, I mirror the repo to my local network every so often to minimize the time it takes to install.
Cheers, Magnus
Hey Cappy... Not long after our meeting yesterday, Coolo posted to opensuse-announcement that Alpha version of 11.0 was available in iso's. Not sure if you saw this one. I had trouble getting the bittorrent to work on Alpha, but I did manage to download the 10.3-11.0 Alpha iso. So which is the better one to work with? The iso's Coolo mentioned, or the factory install instructions you mention? I'm hoping to start this project this weekend on a clean machine that I just finished hardware-upgrading. Thanks, -- ---Bryen--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help@opensuse.org