[opensuse] 11.2 Internet Installation
Something is wrong with the docs for 11.2 Internet Installation. Starting from <http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org> I click on Download openSUSE 11.2 and am taken to <http://software.opensuse.org/112/en> where I click on the How to Proceed/Network Installation/Internet Installation link and am taken to <http://en.opensuse.org/INSTALL_Internet> which has some information but says "This article is transferred to the http://wiki.opensuse.org/SDB:Internet_installation . Please use new location for your contributions.". I click on that link and am taken to <http://wiki.opensuse.org/SDB:Internet_installation> which says "This page has been deleted. The deletion log for the page is provided below for reference. * 22:00, 5 May 2010 Spyhawk (Talk | contribs) deleted "SDB:Internet installation" (content was: '#REDIRECT SDB:Network installation' (and the only contributor was 'Spyhawk'))" So the only information available is marked with text to say not to use it, and the destination is a dead end. I'm not sure where the correct information is but clearly some links at least are broken. Cheers, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Dave Howorth wrote:
Something is wrong with the docs for 11.2 Internet Installation.
* 22:00, 5 May 2010 Spyhawk (Talk | contribs) deleted "SDB:Internet installation" (content was: '#REDIRECT SDB:Network installation' (and the only contributor was 'Spyhawk'))"
Folowing that redirect takes me to <http://wiki.opensuse.org/SDB:Network_installation> which seems to contain much the same information as the original <http://en.opensuse.org/INSTALL_Internet> though formatted differently Neither of them contain the advice I'm looking for, though. They both start out by making a big assumption [I think - since I can't understand them otherwise]. They assume I'm sitting in front of a screen and that when I boot the system, whatever appears on the screen will behave in some way they can predict. So I'm guessing that they both assume I have created some kind of DVD or CD or something that I have caused the machine to boot from. But neither of them state that or provide a link to tell me how to create whatever it is. I think they should. BUT .. that's not actually what I want. I have a running linux system and starting from that, I want to install 11.2 from scratch into a new partition. I don't want to (can't) write some removable media to start the process. I want to do th installation from a running system (not opensuse) using an internet connection and local disks if necessary. Where are those instructions nowadays? Cheers, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 2010/05/19 12:06 (GMT+0100) Dave Howorth composed:
I have a running linux system and starting from that, I want to install 11.2 from scratch into a new partition. I don't want to (can't) write some removable media to start the process. I want to do th installation from a running system (not opensuse) using an internet connection and local disks if necessary. Where are those instructions nowadays?
I don't know, but it's pretty easy. Just fetch linux and initrd from http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.2/repo/oss/boot/i386/loader/ or its 64 bit companion and use Grub to boot them. One of the Grub stanzas I used for 11.2 is: title Install SuSE 11.2 opensuse.org http kernel (hd0,0)/suse112/linux install=http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.2/repo/oss hostip=192.168.1.250 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.1.1 nameserver=192.168.1.1 splash=off vga=791 kexec_reboot=0 initrd (hd0,0)/suse112/initrd All that isn't necessary. Simply: title Install SuSE 11.2 opensuse.org http kernel (hd0,0)/suse112/linux initrd (hd0,0)/suse112/initrd would be enough. Startup options are on: http://en.opensuse.org/Linuxrc http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.2/repo/oss/boot/i386/loader/iso... contains the actual startup options provided on installation media for use by the isolinux loader. -- "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 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 19 May 2010 06:06:38 Dave Howorth wrote:
Dave Howorth wrote:
Something is wrong with the docs for 11.2 Internet Installation.
Work in progress :( Link in old page is now corrected.
which seems to contain much the same information as the original <http://en.opensuse.org/INSTALL_Internet>
It should be that way, but it is missing
Neither of them contain the advice I'm looking for, though. ... They assume I'm sitting in front of a screen and that when I boot the system, whatever appears on the screen will behave in some way they can predict.
The medium is NET iso image that you can find in: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.2/iso/ and it should be created in the same way as any other CD image. ...
BUT .. that's not actually what I want. I have a running linux system and starting from that, I want to install 11.2 from scratch into a new partition. I don't want to (can't) write some removable media to start the process. I want to do th installation from a running system (not opensuse) using an internet connection and local disks if necessary. Where are those instructions nowadays?
Still on the old wiki that will be switched on Jun 1st with wiki.o.o, so there is time now and after to save exotic installation ways. There is page: http://en.opensuse.org/Portal/OpenSUSE_Installation that doesn't contain newest changes (article mergers etc), but for the long time was dependable collection of information. I guess that: http://en.opensuse.org/Installation_without_CD can help, but I can't say much bout its correctness. It is talking about makeSUSEdvd that was used long ago when SUSE was on 6 CDs, also about lilo that is dropped few years ago. That is probably the reason that Spyhawk dropped it completely from current instructions.
Cheers, Dave
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