On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:18:53PM +0100, Tim Mohlmann wrote:
On Friday 14 January 2011 18:24:08 Josef Wolf wrote:
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 12:32:10PM +0100, Per Jessen wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
I'll have to start an installation to tell you exactly where, but I know I disable it every time. It's a tickbox called "Automatic configuration" (or something like that).
I've just started an installation of 11.4M5, and on the 2nd screen that is open to user input ("Installation Mode"), I see a tickbox with description = "Use automatic configuration". It is ticked by default.
I don't get this screen on 11.3. Maybe it depends on installation media? I use openSUSE-11.3-KDE4-LiveCD-i686.iso, since install-cd iso don't seem to exist any more and I have a lot of boxes without DVD drive.
The live environment is a running system, which contains all the files a normal install would have. It just copies the temporary file system to the disk.
I don't boot the live system for installation. Instead, I choose the Install option from the boot prompt. This works like the old (non-live) install-CD. It's just that the screen to deactivate automatic configuration is missing.
In the life environment user "Linux" is used. So, if you set your new user all settings for "Linux" are forgotten, including those for NetworkManager.
If you set your networking in yast, these settings should be copied along to the installed system. Also in yast, you can set your system-wide proxy configuration.
This is just too much manual intervention. It was soo easy with the old install-CD. Why is it not available anymore?
The NET-install CD would be a better alternative if you want more custom settings for your system. If you got a lot of systems to install, and you are worried about bandwidth, you can set up your own repository by copying the DVD to an FTP server in your own network and use that one as an installation source. (The installer will prompt you for the repository address if the connection fails, which it will do if your Internet has to go trough a proxy.)
Ugh, this is even more work just to do a simple install. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org