hi all

Suse has made available a DVD for its linux 9.2...

As i only have a CD-RW, i am asking if there is a way to transform the DVD into 5 or less cds...

I mean, like to download the dvd iso, to exctract it, then to burn it on cds... Is this possible, and how?
Thanks

I think a similar question has already been posted, check the Suse forum.

I searched for that, and only found how to create a DVD from cds.
I want how to create cds from the DVD iso for suse 9.2...

Yes, it has been posted before, and it has been answered before as well. No, you don't make a cd out of the dvd, and no, you don't make a dvd out of the cd's.

Also the suse iso online is a live dvd not an install dvd, its meant to run the system off the disk.
They also have a live cd iso online for download.

Other than that, you download all the files to a seperate computer and do a network install, or you buy suse.

Your information is incorrect. Creating a DVD from the 5 cd's is doable. There is a script floating around which does all the work. Pretty sure I downloaded it off the suse forum on linuxiso.org and yes I actually ran the script to make a dvd of the 5 cd's.

Additionally the new SUSE 9.2 ftp directories DO have a DVD image which is 3.5 gig that is a normal install. It's trimmed down from the full version as explained here(original link from PlanetSuse) [849 packages vs ftp having over 2000]:

http://disruptive.org.uk/2005/01/09/...2_ftp_dvd.html

"The SUSE 9.2 FTP DVD

Sunday 9th January 2005

Many thanks to James for pointing this out.

It's very significantly cut down compared to the boxed version: 3.2G against 7.5G.

I did a bit of scripting to get a list of the differences in the packages included: the results are here.

This is another move away from previous SUSE policy. It remains to be seen what will happen with 9.3."

The difference in the size is almost certainly due to the boxed set including the actual source files (meaning the xxxx.src.rpm files that live in the ..../src directory on your favorite mirror). -- J.W.