John Bennett wrote: > I have spent the last 8 hours trying to install on a PC with a CD and > no floppy..... I have an Opensuse 10.2 DVD, and a PC running it on the > network, but for the life of me, haven;t been able to connect via FTP, > HTTP, SMB, NFS and various other options. I can run up the PC using a > Bart disk, create a partition and copy files to that.... but still no > luck. One of my main queries is: when pointing to an SMB share with > the install, what is the install supposed to look like?? ie is it just > the DVD (ie share the dvd drive and put the original dvd in) or is it > a "special" mix of files.... or a directory on the DVD??? So many > questions.... But regardless of that, I am sure I have tried all those > options, just to continually get a message similar to "invalid > installation image...." > HELP!! > Then again.... I am trying to replace XP on my wifes PC, with a decent > OS, but it just aint workin'! It may be an omen.... this is my wifes > PC, and I am the local "Desktop Support" rep!! :-) I have often installed using NFS and it works well. I just loop mount and export the ISO file. There is also another method that uses Yast to set up the server. Have you tried that. I assume you have the servers i.e. NFS, Samba etc running?
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