"Christopher D. Reimer" wrote:
Hi!
How many CDs do I need to install on a hard drive for a minimum network-based installation (i.e., all the software for a router box)? Installing all the CDs (3GB) is a tad bit too much for my file server, even on a temporary basis.
Thanks!
Christopher Reimer
Well, I never really bothered to find out. I have an old machine here with an 4.5 Gb drive. It's only use is distributing SuSE on our local net for workstation installation and updating and this works great. Installing or updating a workstation just involves a single boot floppy and a few keypresses. With 6.2 I just copied all CD's to one directory, except the last one which, if I recall correctly, contains the source packages. For 6.3 and 6.4 I got the DVD version. I still copy the DVD to my server, so I can use the DVD to install on machines that are on slow 56K network links. Just exporting the DVD with NFS also works fine, as long as you don't access it with many clients simultaneaously. This is also a reason why I copy them to the harddrive. I think you can copy each CD and start deleting packages from your server directory using 'common sense'. If you just copy, let's say 2 CD's, yast will know what is missing and will ask you to insert the missing CD's as applicable. Hope this helps, Erwin -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/