[NTLUG:Discuss] Novell SuSe DVD's...was Re: O'Reilly Discussion Guidelines

[Will Senn]

MadHat wrote:

> On Sep 10, 2004, at 10:02 AM, Stephen Davidson wrote:
>
>> MadHat wrote:
>>
>>> Only one if the DVDs is bootable.  The others have ISOs you have to 
>>> burn to use them. So not only do you need a DVD drive, you need a CD 
>>> burner.  Yes you can just mount the CD ISO to get to some of the 
>>> data, but not if you want to boot off of one.
>>>
>>> So I got 1a, 1b and 1c.
>>>
>>> - 1c is the SuSE 9.1 Pro and is bootable, easy install
>>> - 1b is SuSE 8.2 Pro and Ximian Desktop 2, with 6 ISOs total.  You 
>>> can't install from the DVD.
>>> - 1a is SuSE 8 Enterprise, RedCarpet 2, GroupWise 6.5, and some 
>>> other stuff and they are all ISOs.
>>>
>>> The licensing is the same as downloading.  There is no support 
>>> unless you buy a license.
>>>
>>> Check the readme on 1a or 1b for details about what each DVD has.
>>>
>>>
>> ???? I booted and installed SuSE 8.2 Pro from DVD no prob???
>> 1a, 1b, 1c?  You must be getting a different set of CDs/DVDs than 
>> me.  I am not getting any of that!  Confusing.
>
>
> Must be.  Odd that I have spoken to 3 or 4 others that received the 
> same thing I did and you are the first one to say you received 
> something different.
>
> Here is the readme that was included with the Novell 2004 Linux 
> Resource Kit DVDs.
> http://www.unspecific.com/suse_readme.txt
>
I think that Steve's not talking about the Novell 2004 Linux Resource 
Kit DVDs, but rather, the 8.2 Pro DVD...

Whatd'ya say Steve?

Will