Suse ftp install

[pmpatrick]

Has anyone successfully done this? I'm getting nowhere fast trying to ftp install suse 8.2. Here's what I've done:

 

1.Downloaded and burned the suse iso boot cd;

2.Booted off the cd and loaded my network card module;

3.Choose ftp install and selected dhcp anonymous log in;

4. Greeted with a demand to enter the ftp IP address;

5.Rebooted to Mandrake and pinged the suse ftp site(ftp.suse.com);

6.Got an IP of 217.9.113.66;

7.Repeated steps 2-4 and entered the above address when prompted to do so;

8.Hung up several times with "trying to connect to ftp server";

9.Finally get through and am prompted to select a directory;

10.Select /pub/suse/i386/8.2/;

11.Get dumped back to the "Start Installation/System" screen where everything freezes;

12.Wait a long time with nothing being downloade(NIC isn't flashing);

13.Repeat several times with same results;

14.Give up.

 

Am I doing something wrong or is the server just swamped?

[gabbman]

The last time I tryed this I got hung up at the same spot, and it's something really stupid,

10.Select /pub/suse/i386/8.2/;

like 'suse' or something that you don't expect, out of frustration I repeated that step many times like trying to crack a password, and it 'hooked' up on something totally unexpected like 'suse'.

Generally after that, I just went to the 'Future Shop' and bought the box.

[pmpatrick]

I got it to work using a different mirror at:

 

http://mirror.usu.edu

 

The IP address is:

 

129.123.104.10

 

Select http and enter the above address when prompted. When asked for a directory enter the following:

 

/mirrors/suse/i386/8.2/

 

This mirror is fast; downloaded nearly 3GB in less than 2 hours. Gave my cable modem a serious workout. The suse lilo gave me a string of 9s when I rebooted so I reinstalled Mdk lilo from install CD1 rescue mode, rebooted into Mandrake, edited fstab for the suse partiton and mounted it and saw everything was installed, edited lilo.conf to create a suse entry through /mnt/<mountpoint of suse partition>/boot/<seperate entries for vmlinuz and initrd> and set the root for /dev/hdx (x=number corresponding to suse partition), provided for scsi emulation and devfs on the append line, ran lilo -v when done editing and it worked. I was able to boot into suse.

They sure don't make it easy.

[Guest fubar::chi]

Has anyone successfully done this? I'm getting nowhere fast trying to ftp install suse 8.2. Here's what I've done:

 

1.Downloaded and burned the suse iso boot cd;

2.Booted off the cd and loaded my network card module;

3.Choose ftp install and selected dhcp anonymous log in;

4. Greeted with a demand to enter the ftp IP address;

5.Rebooted to Mandrake and pinged the suse ftp site(ftp.suse.com);

6.Got an IP of 217.9.113.66;

7.Repeated steps 2-4 and entered the above address when prompted to do so;

8.Hung up several times with "trying to connect to ftp server";

9.Finally get through and am prompted to select a directory;

10.Select /pub/suse/i386/8.2/;

11.Get dumped back to the "Start Installation/System" screen where everything freezes;

12.Wait a long time with nothing being downloade(NIC isn't flashing);

13.Repeat several times with same results;

14.Give up.

 

Am I doing something wrong or is the server just swamped?

DO NOT use the officially suse server even if you live in germany and it's right across the street. What i did was traceroute all the mirrors and used the one closest to me.