On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 02:18:43PM +0100, Alexey Eremenko wrote: > 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 ? > > > >-- > >-Alexey Eremenko "Technologov" > > > > Hello !? > > Novell team asked for testing this "Instlux" feature - so why there > are zero responses ?
Well, mostly because germany had a public holiday on 17th and so almost all of us had the day off at 18th. But we welcome above points as Bugzillas.. Ciao, Marcus --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
