On Monday 22 November 2004 7:39 am, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:
Steve Kratz wrote:
Anyone want to start up a petition for Novell/SUSE to provide some sort of an alternate single-layer DVD (or two, one for 32, and one for 64-bit), to customers that bought the thing?
I really find it troubling that I have to jump through hoops for an open-source OS that I bought the box for, and end up having to burn custom images ripped from the disc... Sure, the CDs work fine, but when there's at least 5 packages I normally use that aren't on the CDs... Grr
I think SuSE should only supply single layer DVDs thus enabling the product to be used by many more people without the additional expense of having to buy a dual layer DVD kit.
I'll be knocking on Novell's office door very soon to request 2 single layer DVDs if my DVD purchased in Mar 2004 is a 'legacy' model.
I bought the full Pro boxed set to support them. If they are going to require people to have the latest and greatest hardware like Mr Gates does, then how are people going to install the DVD packages on older systems ie PI/II's and therefore let the OS grow? Hi,
I've said this many times: It the drive is labeled "DVD" then is supports dual layer reading. It is explicitly part of the device specs. If yours can't read it then it is broken; why would anyone want to keep using a broken device? PeterB