On 8/29/05, Per Jessen wrote:

Adam Vazquez Kb2jpd Internet Mobile w/ Treo wrote:

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You might want to rephrase the question, since most installs are either from CD/DVD or from ftp. How are you going about installation from a HDD? I am confused.

You just point your installer to where your sources are - harddisk, network, CD, ftp etc. I always install from harddisk over NFS.

/Per Jessen, Zürich

Can you clarify that? I have a machine with no CD/DVD. (It does have a floppy). (No free drive bays.) I have YOU setup to download from a SuSE FTP mirror. It is still running SuSE 9.2 simply because I don't know of an easy way to upgrade it and for now it is not a major issue for me. (I know I can boot to floppy, then point to the FTP server. I've dont that befreo, but I'm lazy and am looking for an easier solution. I also assume I could buy a USB CD/DVD and boot the normal CDs from there.) Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer The Norcross Group Forensics for the 21st Century

Greg Freemyer wrote:

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You just point your installer to where your sources are - harddisk, network, CD, ftp etc. I always install from harddisk over NFS.

Can you clarify that?

To install a new box from my downloaded copy of SuSE Linux (whichever version), I boot either from CD or floppy. You can make both from the boot-images provided by SuSE. At installation-time, when I get the option, I select install from network, then NFS. And that's just about all there is to it. Of course, you'll need to run an nfs-server and allow NFS access to the directories where your copy of SuSE resides. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- http://www.spamchek.com/freetrial - managed anti-spam and anti-virus solution. Sign up for your free 30-day trial now!