Bugzilla – Bug 104032
Standard installation sets should only require CD1
Last modified: 2005-08-11 12:31:48 UTC
I recently downloaded a SuSE Linux 9.3 CD1-iso-file, and tried the minimum graphical with KDE install selection item. I deselected the packages that required CD2-CD5, and the installation went fine as the missing packages are unnecessary for getting a running system. Later I used YaST to get the packages from a nearby mirror site. Novell has decided to lauch openSuSE, and one of the things that will be a great benefit for users considering SuSE is to minimize the need for the rest of the CDs just to get going. Users coming from other GNU/Linux distributions will probably not be content with a LiveCD. They have probably already done that, and now they want to run it installed on their harddrive, so make it easy and unburden your mirror sites from people downloading complete iso-files.
The problem are the many languages and the way our installation works most of these files are on CD1. Since we support both KDE and GNOME - unlike other distros - we need more than one CD. you can use our boot ISO. It's 70 MB and downloads everything from the net, so this is the way to go IMO.
Berthold, do we describe the installation with the MINI-boot.ISO on the wiki? This is something we should do...
We have a small section about it in the Download Instructions: http://www.opensuse.org/index.php/Download_Instructions#Installing_SUSE_Linux_Over_the_Network this does work, if you run the computer in a network with dhcp server. If not, things become much more complicated, because then you would have to setup all network parameters manually. Please give me a hint where to start.
I extended the description a bit and hope that this meets the expectations.