[ale] SUSE LINUX 9.3 ISO images Released to Mirrors

Greg Freemyer greg.freemyer at gmail.com
Fri Jul 8 08:45:24 EDT 2005


On 7/8/05, Dow Hurst <Dow.Hurst at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Anyone can use the ftp.ale.org mirror to do a net install.  This has the
> complete DVD based set of rpms rather than the CD based set of rpms that
> are missing a few such as checkinstall or the kernel symbols rpm.  Also,
> the multimedia comment is bogus since the suse rpm based repository at
> http://packman.links2linux.org/ has all the multimedia rpms and scripts
> needed to have Mplayer on suse.
> 
> Go into Yast2 after downloading and starting an install with the 1st
> CD.  Change the source of the install so your doing a ftp install.
> The server in Yast2 would be ftp.ale.org
> The path would be pub/suse/i386/9.3
> note the lack of an initial / or ending / on the path when filling in
> the blanks in the Yast2 form.  I think the Yast2 installation tool adds
> what it needs automatically since it is looking for a file in the
> distribution on the server that describes the repository and what it
> contains.
> Dow
> 
Dow,

Do happen to know how to do an upgrade like above.

ie. 9.2 ==> 9.3

Thanks
Greg
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Greg Freemyer
The Norcross Group
Forensics for the 21st Century



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