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[NMLUG] 64-bit SuSE
Aaron NMLUG-EV wrote:
> We will definately look into making those driver floppies.
>
> Thanx,
>
You'll be making these diskettes on some other box, and here are your
image files for creating the diskettes:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/current/boot/bootdsk1
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/current/boot/bootdsk2
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/current/boot/bootdsk3
These will boot your box. These next images are the different modules
you may require:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/current/boot/modules1
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/current/boot/modules2
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/current/boot/modules3
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/current/boot/modules4
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/current/boot/modules5
The tool for making these diskettes inside of Windoz is this one:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/current/dosutils/rawwritewin or
alternately for DOS:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/current/dosutils/rawrite
Of course, you could save yourself a bunch of work, and make yourself a
mini "boot CD" from a mini ISO image, which has all of the above
integrated into the bootable cd:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/current/boot/boot.iso
My thought here is that in the same way that your CD/DVD seems to have
some defect, or at minimum, Yast complains about the install RPMs on the
disk, there may also be flaws in the NIC modules available on your
disk. Perhaps there were corrupted files, corrupt download before
creating the CD, etc. By starting from scratch with new diskettes or
new mini "Boot CD" to begin installation from, you may eliminate the
possibility of your having a defective install CD.
If, on the other hand, your main problem is a non-existent NIC driver,
all of the above will not help you. But it would allow you to start
narrowing down exactly where your issues lie. You might also wish to
create a new burn of your installation media. Yast shouldn't be
complaining about the program RPMs. In other words, even if your NIC
were unsupported, you should _still_ be able to perform the entire
install directly off of your installation media.
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A final point I forgot in the last post:
The mini boot CD which can be created from the "boot ISO", this one:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/current/boot/boot.iso
this boot image contains _only_ the files to boot your box, the modules
which might be necessary to enable your hardware, and finally, an
emergency "rescue" system. In other words, this mini-bootable CD does
NOT contain any installation media of any kind. You can perform any of
the different network-based installation modes which SuSE supports, or
you can even then swap out the CD and insert valid installation media
into your CD drive, after using the boot CD to startup your system. The
boot CD is approximately 50~60 MB in size, and is not designed to
install SuSE off of.
Good Luck,
vg
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