n00b question on SUSE 9.3

[BigLar]

I'm trying to download the new 9.3 SUSE. Novell's mirror sites all describe it as a 4.3GB download, but when I try to get it, they all provide a 188MB iso file.

Novell's installation site

What am I doing wrong?😕

Any guidance would be appreciated.

 

[keeleysam]

Thats the net install image.

 

[ugh]

You boot off the net install image and that will in turn d/l the rest of the 4GB+ stuff off the FTP mirrors.

 

[BigLar]

So, as I want to create a DVD that I can install from, this is probably not the way to go?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: BigLar
So, as I want to create a DVD that I can install from, this is probably not the way to go?

ISOs are a waste, do a net install. It's easy.

 

[highwire]

The OP's original question: What is this 188MB? The iso is 4.3GB.

I had the same thing until I discovered that ALL the browsers I tried must only use 32bit arithmetic. So the ~188854KB you see is 4,383,158KB minus 4,194,304KB (4GB) modulo 4gig rollover. BTW, NONE of these browsers will download that 4 gig plus file successfully. That's Firefox, IE and Netscape 6.

So, I installed and tried the FlashGet downloader and it got the 4.3Gig file perfectly (did an MD5 check OK) . It is adware but no bid deal. I turned off all the install options that integrate it into the system and used its own built-in mini browser. Its a 1.6 MB and installs/uninstalls quickly.

BTW, the destination drive cannot be formatted FAT32 ( another 4 Gig limit ) use a drive formatted NTFS.
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[P0ldy]

If you're actually going to download the entire 4.3 gigs of the ISO image, be kind and use a torrent. That kind of transfer puts a huge strain on the servers hosting it.

 

[BigLar]

Good detective stuff, Highwire.

I think I'm gonna wait for Novell's free discs to show up in the mail...

 

[BigLar]

Sir, private n00b reporting for duty, sir!

OK, flashed the bios on an old Thinkpad 770ED to the most recent version, extracted the ISO file onto a DVD, and the machine will boot Linux (slowly), off the DVD.

But what I really want to do is eliminate the native OS (Win2000), wipe out whatever is on the HDD, and substitute SUSE 9.3. I don't see an option to do that. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

And while I'm asking, what is file "idm.tar.bz2"? As best as I can tell, its a compressed file, so I'm guessing its the system documentation. If so, what do I use to open/read it?