[ale] SuSE 7 install - disk partitions not there

[Gary S. Mackay]

You hit the nail on the head. That really ticks me off too! Not you guessing
what I did wrong, but that a "linux" vendor would do such a thing. My hard
drive blew up in my main server and since it was an old, although
updated/upgraded system, I wanted to put the latest/greatest on a fresh
install. I chose SuSE due to it's journaling file system and good reviews. I
wasted an entire evening trying to install it and finally went back to RedHat
6.2. I can't stand RH since they are starting to act like M$ with proprietary
directories, etc, but heh, the server was back in operation in less than an
hour after that. Oh well, live and learn...

Thanks to all for the info,

- Gary

Marc Torres wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Gary S. Mackay wrote:
> > I downloaded and burned the latest SuSE 7 iso. It booted just fine and tried
> > to install. In fact it even completed with no errors. I tried this several
> > times before it dawned on me what was happening. It never touched the hard
> > drive! All the while it was working on the CD! What am I missing? Has anyone
> 
>         The SuSE ISO is now a Live Filesystem Demo-disk.  They stopped
>         making installable single ISOs.  (I'm not sure when the switch
>         happened- but the powers at be in development were debating
>         this change while I was still there.)
> 
>         I belive you can still FTP install the free 4-cd set.  If you
>         go digging around on the web site instructions should be around.
> 
>         BTW:  If you have a friend with a purchased CD set, it is
>         considered "ok" by SuSE to install it on your machine.  The only
>         catch is youare held by the honor system to not install anything
>         from the 'pay' series of software as they have real licenses.
> 
>         --marct
>         marct at mindspring.com
> 
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