Bug 119240 - Explain Contents of Installation Media (DVD/CD-ROMs)
Summary: Explain Contents of Installation Media (DVD/CD-ROMs)
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: SUSE Linux 10.1
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Release Notes (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other All
: P5 - None : Enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: RC 1
Assignee: Karl Eichwalder
QA Contact: Andreas Jaeger
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Reported: 2005-09-28 14:42 UTC by Karl Eichwalder
Modified: 2006-03-24 16:12 UTC (History)
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Description Karl Eichwalder 2005-09-28 14:42:15 UTC 
Please add something along these lines to the manual (for more info see bug 70885 ):

  <sect3 id="contents_media" status="2005-09-28">
   <title>On Contents of DVD and CD-ROM Media</title>

   <para>
&suselinux; can be installed from either the DVD or a set of CD-ROM media. 
However, a DVD can hold much more data than 5 CDs or in other words not all
packages fit on the CD-ROMs, only those users install most often.
An overview listing differences can be found at
<ulink
url="http://www.novell.com/products/linuxpackages/professional/diff_cd_dvd.html"
/>.</para>

   <para>
If your system lacks a DVD drive and you need a certain package, either put
the DVD in another machine connected with your network and mount it remotely
for installation or with &yast; select a publically FTP server as an
installation source.</para>

  </sect3>
Comment 1 Thomas Roelz 2006-03-21 15:14:49 UTC 
Too late now for SL10.1. Reassigning to reporter.
Comment 2 Karl Eichwalder 2006-03-23 08:45:56 UTC 
Andreas, do you want us to describe the installation media in the release notes once again?  It does not seem possible to add this info to the printed manual, because we have to deliver it that early.
Comment 3 Andreas Jaeger 2006-03-23 08:54:36 UTC 
Yes, please add it again...
Comment 4 Karl Eichwalder 2006-03-23 10:25:20 UTC 
I propose this section; I guess, the contents of CD6 is not available on the DVD (or do we ship 2 DVDs?):

  <!-- bug 119240 -->
  <sect3 id="contents_media" status="2006-03-23">
   <title>About Contents of DVD and CD-ROM Media</title>

   <para>
&suselinux; can be installed from either the DVD or a set of CD-ROM media.
However, not all packages fit on the CD-ROMs. Only those users install most
often are included.  Find an overview listing the differences at <ulink
url="http://www.novell.com/products/linuxpackages/professional/diff_cd_dvd.html"
/>.  For information about CD6 with binary-only software, see above section
"Add-On CD-ROM with Binary-Only Software."
</para>

   <para>
If your system lacks a DVD drive and you need a certain package, either put
the DVD in another machine connected with your network and mount it remotely
for installation or use &yast; to select a public FTP server as an
installation source.</para>

  </sect3>
Comment 5 Andreas Jaeger 2006-03-23 10:39:14 UTC 
CD6 is part of DVD9.
Comment 6 Karl Eichwalder 2006-03-24 16:12:10 UTC 
-> /work