just an update...

First, I have been delaying my attempts of the install mainly because I am unaware if I burned the 6 disc / DVD correctly. I keep getting no response to a supposed "boot disk" that I burned from the opensource.org recommendation from a bit torrent. If anyone has known of this problem, please point me in the right direction. I was told I could go to osdisc.com & actually order a proper burn of the os just so I eliminate the user error part of this problem.

Secondly, I think I should try to use GRUB rather than LILO in attempt to hopefully get a decent boot prompt, unless, it is recommended to just use the default (opt) prompt & mod that through the open BSD so that it automatically boots to the OS choice menu. Again, if any guru has a good tidbit, please inform me.

And last but not least, Where should I put my install and how big should its partition(s) total? I am aware of the root, boot, swap technique but I am uncertain as to how much space should I use if I am choosing to make the SUSE my source for gaming through Cedega. I have abilities to put it on either my iPod (20GB however, 10G is already occupied by music), a partition on an external firewire hard drive (80GB @54k rpm, which has backup partitions for my wife & I, 30G a piece), or a partition on my Mac (which has an upgraded 100GB @72k rpm drive on it where I could use up to 30GB of space).

In regards to my own findings / support, I recently found a fellow openSUSE user that I have worked with for a while & I hadn't known about it that might have some insight. Problem being is that he's a PC user =P (no offense to PC users, you need a much higher level of tolerance with your OS & I commend you for that). I might be able to talk shop "post-install" but I have both the SUSE manual & the SUSE for dummies, which by the way, looks very informative to get me back up to speed with all its nuances that differ it from RHL from when I used that in 1999. Other than that, I am pretty much stuck in this spot until I can find out how to install properly.

Any news is better news than the "you snooze, you loose," news...

...Which is also a tongue twister for the nasally impaired (head colds if you're not PC)

=)

~J~