Hello, I've solved my problem of installing 7.3 from HD:
I've downloaded SuSE 7.3 to my hard disk and tried to install a new system from there.
No success.
I've gunzipped 7.3/suse/images/root to 7.3/suse/setup/inst-img (a necessary step I learned from the 7.1 reference mnual). After booting from the install boot diskette and specifying the install disk partition and directory, the setup program says 'Cannot find the image' and on vt3 I can see 'Trying to loopmount /var/.../inst-img' and then 'loopmount returns -1'.
What you have to do to overcome the above situation: 1./ Download (from an FTP site) or copy (from your CD-ROM) the necessary directories to your HD. I found the gunzipping of suse/images/root to suse/setup/inst-img not to be necessary, as in earlier releases. 2./ Make your boot diskette (.../suse/disks/bootdisk), and module diskettes, if needed. 3./ Boot the diskette. 4./ The very important step: After language etc. selection, go to 'Settings'/'Debug (expert)'/'Load rootimage into ramdisk' and choose 'yes'. 5./ Proceed with the installation. When asked, specify the partition and directory of your install directory. Now, the root image should be successfully loaded, and the installation should be continued as normal. I hope, it'll help others who faced or face the above problem. Regards, Tamas