On 5/18/07, Alexey Eremenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
hi all !
I have decided to testcase Instlux (SUSE 10.3 alpha4) - setup from Windows.
A testcase that tested a possible situation in which I have got the
DVD ISO of SUSE, have Windows XP, but have no CD-ROM drive.
This situation can take place if the ISO was copied from friend's hard
disk directly, but I have not bought DVD-RW to use that ISO properly.
This case also simulates no network or Internet connectivity
whatsoever. Offline setup.
The results:
Instlux itself worked perfectly, installed GRUB for Windows, SUSE
kernel, and basic setup routine, and modified NTLDR.
The problems I got have to do with SUSE basic setup routine - it's
loaded before Yast, and has insufficient functionality for easy setup
of SUSE from Windows.
"Basic Setup Routine" looks like Blue menu with several installation options.
1. How-to mount ISO (that resides on NTFS) from within SUSE setup?
That is: I found no way to mount the ISO that resides on an NTFS
partition, so I used an ugly workaround: booted to Windows, used Nero
ImageDrive, and copied the contents of the ISO to normal Windows
directory.
A proper way would be that the "Basic Setup Routine" loop-mounted the ISO.
2. No ability to browse for files on partitions: the "Basic Setup
Routine" gave me a way to enter strings, but that's all about it.
Basically, if I don't remember my directories (or write down to
paper), I have no way to install SUSE from Windows.
the "Basic Setup Routine" should offer me a way to browse on my directories.
3. No ability to format /dev/sdX as swap and use it right away.
I needed to either increase RAM or boot into rescue system and do tricks...
(manually partition and format as swap)
Since I was testing on a VM, I just increased the RAM. But that's ugly
solution again.
the "Basic Setup Routine" should offer me a way to repartition my hard
disk, and use one of those partitions as swap.
Note: the above are serious usability issues, and I consider to open
bug reports. Which category should I assign to those: Installation or
Usability ?
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-Alexey Eremenko "Technologov"
Hello !?
Novell team asked for testing this "Instlux" feature - so why there
are zero responses ?
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-Alexey Eremenko "Technologov"
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