On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 05:24:33PM +0100, jdd wrote: > false. you need only a partition of 700Mb to copy the first > cd (tried 1 hour ago).
Well, if you want to be precice, you ony need 60MB for the boot.iso. If you have the place, having it all on one place is however a lot easier, because later you can point to it as an installation source. It will make installing extra stuff a lot faster. > > Say you have /dev/hda3 mounted as /home, then you could do: > > makeSUSEdvd -i -s /home/user/SUSE > > if you make an install, you are root! so you can use any > directory. for the simpler way, a directory from / is better > (ie /suse10). Well, yes. You can put it anywhere, as long as it is on a seperate partition. /home is the most likely to be on a seperate partition. Having it on /suse10 is something I would not do. I would rather use a more apropriate place that is in line with fhs. > I can't have makedvd. I asume you are talking about makeSUSdvd. Why can't you have it? > > Next edit /etc/fstab to include what makeSUSEdvd tells you. > > an example!! what makedvd is going to do??? is it making an > iso dvd? if so why dont copy the iso dvd right there in the > first place? do you make a loop mount? No, it is not. At least not with the parameters I provided. More on makeSUSEdvd on http://en.opensuse.org/Making_a_DVD_from_CDs > can you boot from an image (this should be nice and > advertised in the first place) and how? There is no image (iso) made) > most of all, I don't bother to risk my present install > before being sure that all this is good. I don't like the > idea of modifying grub. can I do this on the command line? > whith the slackware floppy? with only one grub floppy? Sure. However adding things to /boot/grub/menu.lst will not break it. Just copy-paste what makeSUSEdvd tells you. The worst that can happen is that that won't boot the installation. It will not harm your present boot process. If you want to boot in another way, no problem, whatever floats your boat. > any step should be clear. > > to not be too long, I can't explain all. The simpler way is to: > > create /suse on an ext2 partition (no module to load at boot > time) copy there the first cd (many solutions) One solution is makeSUSEdvd Wether you download just the first CD, the first 3, or all is of no imprtance to makeSUSEdvd > burn the SUSE boot floppies, any distribution, old ones are > best (less cd) - the better is the one of the same age than > the computer :-) > > boot from floppies, manual install, set language, install, > from disk (shows partitions) /suse...and go on... You could boot from floppies. I do not really see the advatange, but you could. If space is a problem, use the boot.iso > you should have a running SUSE and be able to install the rest. > > if you can boot from an image, it's much better, floppies > are horrible. Well. That is the reason I don't use them (exept as backup) and just edit /boot/grub/menu.lst > and 10.0 fails with errors (on the F4 console) - 43Mb ram, > 250Mg swap seems not to suffice (9.1 runs perfectly) - 3 tries. That is unfortunatly not going to change with the way you install. houghi -- Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them. -- Samuel Butler --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
