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SuSE Linux: Versions since 5.0
»S.u.S.E. Linux« is also available as a so called FTP version. You can get it either directly from ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/SuSE-Linux/ or in the WIN (german shortcut for "Wissenschaftsnetz") from ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/ or some other internet mirror (see http://www.suse.de/ftp.html).
There is no free of charge installation support for this FTP version. However an exchange of experiences is
of course possible via mailing lists (http://www.suse.de/mailinglisten.html
-- This page is in german language, however lists with the suffix -e
are english mailing lists).
You can also ask for our business support. However be aware the the business support is not for free.
If you want to download »S.u.S.E. Linux« from an FTP-server in order to install
it via NFS, then make sure that the client machines have at least 16 MB of RAM. Otherwise
unpack the file suse/inst-sys.tgz
with root
permissions (be careful !)
or follow README.FTP
(a clean but sometimes impossible solution).
Mounting the distribution directly via NFS or SMBFS (smbmount
) over the WIN is possible at
linux01.gwdg.de (134.76.13.21)
The NFS directory for the distribution tree is currently (1998-08-25)
/suse/5.3/i386.deand for the update tree (you only need it, if you want to update single packages)
/suse/suse_update/
The name of the available SMB service is SuSE
. You can find both the
distribution- and the update-tree there. You can use the SMB service if a local firewall doesn't
allow UDP connections with "the outside world".
In order to use the SMB service you need a local interposed machine that on the one hand provides the connection to the external data in the WIN and on the other hand re-exports this data directly (without creating a local copy) via NFS to it's local clients.
We would like to thank Eberhard Mönkeberg <emoenke@gwdg.de>
for important feedback !
You have downloaded S.u.S.E. Linux from an FTP server (http://www.suse.com/ftp.html) using a mirror software. During the installation YaST® emits a warning similar to the following :
Searching for already installed packages.. rpm: permission denied
The mirror software hasn't set the correct (original) permissions for the executable files.
Please read the file README.FTP
before doing the installation.
We would like to thank Eberhard Mönkeberg <emoenke@gwdg.de>
for important feedback
See also:
Keywords: S.U.S.E. LINUX, SUSELINUX, FTP, NFS, RPM, PERMISSION, DISTRIBUTION
Categories:
SuSE.SuSE
, Package-Installation
Feedback welcome: Send Mail to feedback@suse.de (Please give the following subject: SDB-ke_suselinux-ftp
)
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