Joseph Comfort composed on 2017-08-08 16:28 (UTC-0700): > Yeah, I am a bit old-fashioned, having been with SuSE since version 5. Were you buying boxed CDs, or did you do it how I did, via some form of net installation? There were no free DVD .isos back when I started, no free .isos of any kind that I knew about. Upgrades can be done without downloading anything in advance, by updating /etc/zypp/repos.d/*.repo contents to read 42.3 instead of 42.2 and using zypper dup. Network installations can be done in essentially same manner as before openSUSE was born: https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Network_installation and https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Linuxrc The former is a little out of date, but there should be enough there to get by on your own, we'll still be here for any questions you might have about what you find there. Its main shortcoming is it hasn't been updated to use Grub2[1] instead of Grub for media-free installation. Maybe your K3B burning problem wouldn't exist if you were trying to burn the net install CD .iso instead of a DVD .iso? Media-free is the installation type I've been using most of the time all the way back to 8.0 IIRC. It downloads only what's needed, and only once, meaning lastest updates are used rather than only what was on the DVD media. [1] I'd update the wiki page, except I don't use Grub2, and don't know what should be added to or displace the Grub instructions present there. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org