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

[MadHat]

On Sep 11, 2004, at 12:46 AM, Will Senn wrote:
> 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?

That would explain the oddities.