[olug] Need help installing SuSE

[CM Miller]

--- Virginia Farber <vfarber at dtnspeed.net> wrote:
> Is there anyone in this group that would be willing
> to work with me on the phone to install SuSE that I
> just received on CD's.??   My BIOS will not let me
> boot from CD's.  I made copies on floppies of all
> the dosutils folders  & files, and loaded all of CD
> #1 onto my hard-drive "D". Haven't looked at the
> other two CDs yet.  Manual has not been of much
> help!!


Stop and think about these questions.

What version of SuSE? 

What type of computer?  What type of BIOS?  Won't let
you change bootup between CDROM, floppy, HD?  

Some of the newer versions of Linux (RH, Mandrake,
SuSE), you should be able to place the cdrom in the
machine and the contents are displayed.  

Are you installing SuSE on its own HD or creating a
dual boot machine?  You mention 'D', so SuSE will have
its own HD?  

You have internet connection?  Google is incredible
when it comes to troublshooting.  

Googling 'installing SuSE' turned up this: 

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Installing+SuSE&btnG=Google+Search

and check out their website for more info 

http://www.suse.com/us/private/support/index.html

Any SuSE users want to chime in here?  

-Chris 

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