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I'm brand new, so excuse my lack of knowledge. I just downloaded via Bittorrent the 10.0 distribution. This came through in two folders, one called iso and one called delta.iso. There are 5 iso's in each folder and the delta files are much smaller than the plain iso files. Why do I have 2 sets of files (this is the 5 cd version) and which do I use to make my discs, thanks.
Also, I tried and failed to find on the Novell site the md5 sizes to check my isos before burning. Where do I find them? thanks
Applying Delta ISOs
Delta ISOs allow to download a small file instead of downloading the complete ISO if you have the previous ISO. To use this feature, you need the package deltarpm that is installed by default. The syntax for applydeltaiso is:
So basically you don't need them
md5sum are available on suse's mirrors, is these are'nt correct for your architecture
Thanks for clearing up my confusion. However, I've never checked an md5 checksum before and I've downloaded a windows program to do so, but the checksum values you listed I saved into a .txt file which doesn't work with the program. How do i get the values into a form the program will read? I tried saving the ascii file as suse.md5 but that doesn't work either. I told you I was new at this, and I've been looking for explanations on the net, but the Novell site doesn't explain this for newbies like me. Thanks -- PS the program I have is called MD5Summer
I used a program md5Summer (not a command prompt program) to do the same thing and this is what I got, none of these compare. I'll try the other one next. D
Yours shouldn't match with any of those. All 5 of your discs are OSS version, which have different md5s than the eval, GM, and Live. The program you use doesn't matter, I use Nero's tool for instance, and it will calculate the md5s the same as every other program, because that is the whole point. So basically, you just need to compare it with the same. The whole point is not to waste on burns, which I understand, but I got those OSSes, and were fine, I can test their numbers when I got home, and I can't recall what I did compare them with originally. So probably you are alright. And if you do burnt hem, the SuSE install has its own md5 tester within the install process.
Wow! Talk about confusion, I thought I had downloaded via Bittorrent the eval distribution -- I believe it was so labeled. So I'm starting from scratch with new isos. These should match the numbers you've given me, many thanks.
Got to say, given how new all this is to me and how confused I got even just with the download (and I'm fairly used to such things in Windows) -- I feel nervous about attempting to switch over to Suse from Windows.
I'm planning on loading Suse into an old PC that I want to set up as an mp3 client -- and run Zinf only. Will there be driver issues with old hardware -- a TB Santa Cruz Sound card and old Dell mobo, etc. Where can I find hardware requirements for this release? My goal for this box is to re use whatever bits and pieces of hardware I can squeeze in, as the system will have few demands on it beyond running Zinf. thnaks for taking me in hand. rmb
Frankly, you should be okay with most hardware, but I have a Turlte Beach Santa Cruz in this tower, which sits configured...but apparently wrongly. I know most get it working, but somehow mine is not, it tests okay, but when I finalize and apply, it just doesn't work. I don't yet know what causes it, if it is me missing something, or if others are doing something I am unaware of to get theirs to work, or if I need to disable onboard in the bios or what.
But SuSE 10 is a good start for something trying to switch from windows, follow the Jem Report to get your mp3 capability working completely, it isn't worth trying to battle the find on your own: http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/178/42/
There is the use of them. Essentially it allows you to download smaller ISOs with package updates, rather than entire ISOs with only full RPMS, as not everything is changed every version of SuSE.
256 is the recommended minimum, depending on what you are doing you may want considerably more. I won't use a computer, or seel or recommend one with less than 512Mb now, and for gamers, and other people than need to use large programs, multitask, etc, I recommend 1 gig.
Depending on your usage 256 may be just fine. But with most laptops, as with low end desktops, when you have onboard video, it is using YOUR ram and processor, because there is no vram or gpu. So having 256 and then sharing some of it away to video leaves you with less than you really should have.
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