I downloaded the CD images by starting at:
http://www.novell.com/linux/, selecting
"Novell Linux Downloads and Evals" on the right hand side of the page,
Then "Download SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9" in the middle of that page,
Then "SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for IBM zSeries and S/390" in the
middle of that page.
That brought me to a page with "SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for IBM z
Series & IBM s/390 Series Evaluation" at the top in big red letters, and the
12 (6 each for s/390 and zSeries) CD images.
My downloads (all 12 .iso files) verified correctly according to the page
with the checksums and file names.
If you want to get actual CDs mailed to you (be willing to wait), go here:
http://www.novell.com/linux/ibm/
You can get a free version of md5sum here:
http://ftp.activestate.com/contrib/md5sum/Windows/md5sum.exe
Mark Post
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From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom
Duerbusch
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 3:51 PM
To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Suse 9.0 CD Validation
Ok installing Suse 9.0 has been, still is, may always be, a bear.
SMB installs is the best/easiest from this clients perspective.
So, while I have some time to sit back and wait for the return of my disk
drives, it is time to dot the 't's and cross the 'i's<G>.
When SMB seemed to be a total no-go, I tried NFS. Had some problems, but
before I could really address them, I lost the drives I was using to have a
Suse 8.0 NFS server for month end/year end production stuff. Damn production
stuff<G>.
Also tried an FTP install with Suse 8.0, but again, had some problems that I
didn't have a chance to really look at, before loosing the disk drives to
production. I'm keeping away from Windows and FTP serving.
Soooo, back to the nitty gritty.. This is for the S390 version not the 64
bit z/Series version.
1. The source for my CDs were the evaluation CDs from the Novell website.
Can anyone tell me that these evaluation CDs are good images? Are there any
other vender source for CDs, like real CDs being shipped to you?
2. When I download the 6th CD, which is Core9 CD5, I only get 19,905KB.
The website shows that this CD should be 633.8MB. I've downloaded via
Windows/2000, Windows/XP, Suse 7.3 and Suse 8.0 (all on intel platforms),
with the same result. MD5SUM doesn't validate these images. Doesn't give
me a warm and fuzzy feeling that any of these images shouldn't be suspect.
Has anyone got an image that is the stated 633.8 MBs? Where did you get it?
3. Is there a MD5SUM for Windows? Since I really need to be SMB (for now).
I've only downloaded to each of the 4 platforms listed. On the Suse
platforms, the iso images (other than CD6) validated. But I don't know if
the images that I'm using, from Windows, are valid images. Perhaps part of
my problem.
Thanks
Tom Duerbusch
THD Consulting
(I'll get this done, sometime, this year!)
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