[ale] Upgrade hell

[James Taylor]

I downloaded the DVD from SuSE a couple of days ago, and installed it on
an AMD64 machine yesterday.  There's way too much of what I use missing
from the download DVD.
I went ahead and installed it anyway because I loaned my retail DVD out
and haven't gotten it back yet.  The CDs don't include the 64-bit kernel
as an option...
-jt
 
 


James Taylor
The East Cobb Group, Inc.
james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com
678-697-9420


>>>esoteric at 3times25.net 01/19/05 6:47 am >>> 
Cor van Dijk wrote: 
>Geoffrey wrote: 
>>I'd first go with a newer version.  I've installed SuSE 9.2 on all 
>>kinds of hardware.  The main hangup is enough memory.  I've got a 
>>pentium 166 laptop with Suse 9.2 (128mb memory). 
>> 
>Hey, my RH Enterprise 3.3 is from Oct 2003! 
 
Hey, I've got a copy of Netscape (1.1) on a floppy, but that doesn't 
mean I use it. :) 
 
>I have Suse 8.2, it is from 2003, but its documentation barely mentions

>usb, 
>and says nothing at all about being suitable for a laptop. I hate to
sit 
>there 
>for an hour or so repartitioning and what not and then be told no go. 
> 
>But thanks for the tip about Suse 9.2 ( MicroCenter or Fry?) 
>I may try that. 
 
You'll pay through the nose at either, you can download a variation of 
9.2 pro from SuSE.  I say a variation as it is a dvd which is around 4g,

whereas the packaged version I have is a dual-layer dvd with over 7g. 
 
>Cor 
> 
>Answer to Dow Hurst: yes, it is a Sony Viao PCG-F630, thanks. 
 
The specs say the video card is a trident cyberblade i7 graphics chip. 
 
-- 
Until later, Geoffrey 
 
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