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.
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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.) |
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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... |
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I did open another thread and it seems the quciker way to get response is to flame ... sad but true. |
Redirection of this thread ... time for change
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 |
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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. |
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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
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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. Quote:
If you can't install SuSE from cd or over the internet (ftp/http) then forget about more complicated setup. |
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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. |
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