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Seem to have gone out of their way?
They HAVE gone out of their way to make it impossible to get an installation ISO. That's how they get you to buy their package.

That was almost enough to make me make Mandrake my distro of choice. But Mandrake, at least in the past, just hasn't been up to snuff when it comes to recognising my hardware. Plus I really like YAST. So I've been doing the SuSE FTP install.

The only real downside to the FTP install is the length of time it puts your computer out of commission if you are doing the install from one of SuSE's listed mirrors over the internet. The only time you should do that is if you only have one to five computers to install and you have broadband (doing it over 56k is murder, but I'd imagine downloading ISOs over 56k is murder too). Any more than five computers and you're better off mirroring the install folders on a local server.

What I do is start the install before I go to bed and finish it when I wake up. It usually doesn't take more than 3 hours even if I do stand over it.
Posted by: Michael Kelly   Posted on: 11/25/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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