Need help for directory install prblems with new hardware
I have the entire SuSe 7.0 ftp site on my hard drive, I had no problems doing a hard drive install making the boot/install disks. However, I have since upgraded my hardware to a Athalon 800 MHZ, ATI Xpert2000 , and Memorex 48 eide cdrom. When I try to do a hard drive install it says the directory is wrong. At first I thought it was the Maxtor ez-bios that was installed, so we removed that and reformated the 40 gig drive using the new hardware, copied the cdroms to the drive and tried the install. No go- it may be a problem with not finding a inst-img ? But I looked all over the suse ftp site but can not find one. My old version of suse 6.3 has no trouble installiong packages from the hard drive, I can upgrade everything, but if I try to do an entire install or upgrade, it complains that my version of YaST is too old and I need to use the boot disks - unfortunately the boot disks don't work. Desperation sets in, I try doing a complet install from SuSE 6.3 6 cdrom set and NO GO, it complains I don;t have enough memory for a ftp install ( need 32 megs I only have 128 megs, go figure) The install stops after the first disk complains about memory problems, the 128 megs just ain't enough according to sause 6.3. What's going on? It looks like I need to upgrade to 7.0 to use my new hardware, if I could only get the boot disk to work. My sus 7.0 ftp site is stored on /dev/hdb11/cdrom/suse Any help will be appreciated. thanks ina dvance joe ps: no time to edit, must go to work....
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