On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 05:32:50PM -0700, Eric Jensen wrote: > In Suse 9.2 when going to normal install mode it searches for an install > disk. If no disk is found then a quick message pops up saying it is > switching to manual mode. Not to say it wont detect some NICs, but I've > always had to specify mine. > > I just spent the last 5 and a half hours babysitting a Suse install and > I didn't even make it to the partitioning portion of the install. For > some reason it would crank for 30+ minutes after every single dialog > box. This is installing from a USB drive as well as HTTP. My NIC/HD > lights are always active so it is doing something, just not very well > apparantly. I've ran through the install process about 5 times today. > Did a quick Slackware install from CD-ROM in less then an hour. Having > a hard time convincing myself that Suse's install procedure isn't a > smoldering cauldron of liquid garbage right now. Sounds like they have > an impressive distro, sure wish they would let me install it. I'll > probably have to bring in my own DVD-ROM drive tomorrow and give the DVD > ISO a try that way. Also bringing in Ubuntu and FC3 as back-up. The > hardware detection and dual monitor lovin' that Suse claims to have is > the only thing keeping my interest right now. Ability to install is a > pretty neat feature as well though, so we'll see.
Five hours without getting to partitioning is a bit much. By way of comparison, I'm testing some installation software for a client on Red Hat 9. (I know, I know. Never mind, that's what the client wants.) The product goes on top of a minimal installation. I have a kickstart file and CD-ROM images on an NFS server. I reset the computer and insert the CD-ROM. When the CD-ROM boots, I type in "linux ks". A few seconds later, I pull the CD-ROM, and walk away. 7 minutes after hitting CTL-ALT-DEL, I can log in over SSH and start my test installation. And a two year old Anaconda detected all the hardware on the same box the first time. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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