What a dumb thread -- Smells suspiciously like a Troll here.

If you don't like it that's YOUR priviledge -- there's loads of other distros out there to try.

If you've got a problem with a particular piece of software / hardware then people are usually MORE than willing to help you.

64 bit software does have problems at the moment --try and get decent INTEL support grom Microsoft with 64 bit Windows and this is an OS you have to PAY for.

Just saying something is rubbish sounds like a typical sub teen KNOW NOTHING ponitificating their pearls of Wisdom all over the net.

What a desperate horrible life you must lead.

Cheers

-K

I did understand that about the evaluation version. My objection is that I have paid versions of 9.0 & 10, both come with installation support, yet SuSE does not know what to do. When I find out ... and I will find out. I'll post it here.

Thank God for the Fourth of July.

OK then. Here's another contribution from Blighty.

I paid £38 for my retail SuSE 10.0, and I don't begrudge a penny of that. Yes, I know I can get it all free, but this is my way of paying something back to this marvellous phenomenon that is the Linux community.

And my experience:

Installed faultlessly on my self-build AMD Athlon64. No trouble with updates. No trouble with mirrors.

Ditto all that on my Intel-powered laptop.

One very satisfied and happy SuSE user. God save the Queen! (Gawd bless 'er.)

Presumably all you need to do is download the v9.3 x86_64 Network Install ISO which is available for free at Kernel.org then start a regular network installation (Note that the tutorial was originally for v9.1 but I believe it is still factually accurate.)

I think you may be getting hung up on the fact that the name of this release contains the word "evaluation". It's not important, and if there are any particular packages that you might need, those can always be installed manually.

There is no identifiable "standard" for laptops. And since laptop manufacturers by-in-large do not certify their laptops for Linux use, it's asking quite a bit for Novell to purchase and test EVERY laptop ever made.

What laptop is it? My guess is you'll find more support from the community since there's a chance that somebody has the laptop in question.

Also... is there a nearby Linux User Group? If so, I'm sure somebody there will gladly make you a DVD copy of 9.3.

Just my two cents.

Sorry about all of the frustration...

Well I have to agree is this was an Athlon, I am sure it would be flawless. FYI, I purchase, retail, suse and mandriva every year, just so I too can support the COMMUNITY and I am a paid member here to support this board. I do this because I do not have the developer skills to do this myself.

I did open another thread and it seems the quciker way to get response is to flame ... sad but true.

Can anyone help me get a 9.3 x86_64 installation media from the Internet?

Has anyone installed this distro using the network ISO?

I have a 10.0 DVD, but in order to get it to install I needed to use safe settings and add the parameters noapci and nolapic ... then after installation, the system will not boot, EVEN WITH these same parameters.

I am have some amount of trouble installing on my Compaq Presario V2000 laptop with the AMD Turion64 processor.

Thanks

I am not looking for Novell to test every laptop (or desktop, which SuSE runs like a cmalp on all of mine) but I have told them what is required to install and they are like "uhhhhh" and I would think they shouldknow.

I do not know if there are local user groups here in my area, and I am too busy to scout them out at the present time. The laptop in question is a Compaq Presario V2000.

Thanks for the tips, it may be my only choice.

I'm going a bit off-topic here, so apologies to the moderator, but I just wanted to say, slacker9876, that I agree with you here. I myself know the square root of nothing much in particular about development, programming, etc, but I'd like contribute back something. Perhaps I'll search this forum, or start a new thread, looking for ways I can do so.

I wish you well. Hope you get that problem solved. Sorry I can't help.

OK, I have some more infor on this subject. I can download the RPMs from ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/suse/x8...3/suse/x86_64/ the question is can I boot off the Network ISO, select Hard Drive and then point to this directory or would I need to get additional folders or files form a higher level directory

well I always do network installation (suse 64-bit since 9.2, then 9.3 and now 10.0).

Instead of bitching, maybe explain what exactly you did?
what is the address (exactly) that failed on you during network installation? If many, then provide at least one.
not something like ftp.suse.org but full address that you have used for installation.


Do you have PXE BIOS and do you know how to use it? Though from your post I don't think so. Maybe better then forget about netboot.
If you can't install SuSE from cd or over the internet (ftp/http) then forget about more complicated setup.

Actually there is a new standard that at least the higher-end whitebox manufacturers will be adhering to. It's doubtful that the likes of Dell, HP, Compaq, Gateway, etc. who go out of their way to order proprietary boards and cases from Compal, Mitek, Asus, etc. will follow the standard though.

WTF does PXE BIOS have to do with the price of rice in China? Oh yeah ... NOTHING! I am booting off the X86_64 ISO NETWORK INSTALLATION DISC!!! Pay attention! I did explain eacatly what I did in the other thread and there are still no reponses ... know why ... I do, becuase no one here can accomplish this task either. At least not on a Compaq Turion64 platform.

Did you compltely miss the path in post #26?!?!?!

you cant download rmps for installation, you would need iso and NFS server or ftp server.

O.k. I will install 9.2 from network using your mirrors, see if it works.