On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 12:28 +0530, arun murali wrote: > Hi, > > On 7/16/07, Kenneth Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 06:31 +0530, arun murali wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'd try an FTP install to eliminate the idea of a bad DVD image. > > > > > > > > Otherwise try a safe mode or text mode install. > > > > > > > > Matthew > > > > > > > > > > This is the next thing i have in mind but i heard it takes a lot of > > > time. > > > > I have been doing ftp installs for 10.3 on my laptop and don't find it > > slow at all. You need to have the image on local PC though. > > How do you keep a local image ? May be i will give it a try this evening. >
I keep the image on my desktop system, loop mount the image and use ftp access it. Since it is on the local network I get the full 100M wire speed. The only bottle neck is the 5 year old slow laptop, but hey it still works and is good for testing the new release. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
