Can't Install on Sun VirtualBox

[dfwtxs]

Sun VirtualBox on HP Pavillion 9000 series running Vista Ultimate. Created new VM instance each time.

Downloaded from your site twice. Have burned DVD and pointed the install directly to the ISO image with the same results. I am getting this very informative error message. Any suggestions?


Unable to create repository
from URL 'cd:///?devices=/dev/sr0’

Details
[|] Valid metadata not found at specified URL(s)

History

- Can't copy /var/adm/mount/media.1/mediato /var/cache/zypp/raw/RepositoryUh2vBR

= Can't provide /media.1/media: Can't copy /var/adm/mount/media.1/mediatto /var/cache/zypp/raw/RepositoryUh2vBR

[BenderBendingRodriguez]

It is not as simple as downloading, You need to check if you downloaded it right. You need to check the md5 sum of this file otherwise you will get messages like that. Also do not download the dvd iso image with IE as it won't download files greater than 4GB.

[dfwtxs]

I really appreciate the help but regardless of which browser I use my OS/filesystem is limiting the file size. I used Mozilla/Firefox and it indicated it downloaded the entire image but it is under 3GB on the disk when finished. I tried your CD option but it does not have multiple images, eg: cd1, cd2 etc. so I tried pointing my VirtualBox setup wizard at the livecd.iso.bittorrent image but it crashes as well. I looked to see if you had the individual cd images somewhere on the site but couldnt find them. Its a real chicken or the egg proposition you've got going here. I have looked at some other Linux distros, eg. ubuntu and they have them in convenient cd.iso images. what is the deal...

[BenderBendingRodriguez]

You go here:
Software.openSUSE.org

First as you can see you choose your CPU's architecture so you tick 32 bit or 64 bit.
THEN
You choose if you want a Live CD or a DVD or a NET install CD
THEN
You choose how you want to download it
THEN
You choose which Desktop Environment CD you want (if you choose DVD then you have one choice as it contains both desktop environments and you can additionally choose what will be installed from the beginning)
THEN
Click "Live CD KDE 4 or GNOME", if you highlight that link you will see that it points to a **********.iso file

[BenderBendingRodriguez]

Additonally, (i doubt that you run your OS on FAT32 filesystem as it limits you to 4GB per file) you don't need to download the files twice. If some file is borked (too small, didn't download completely) then you can download the rest with any torrent client.

dfwtxs wrote:

>
> Sun VirtualBox on HP Pavillion 9000 series running Vista Ultimate.
> Created new VM instance each time.
>
> Downloaded from your site twice. Have burned DVD and pointed the
> install directly to the ISO image with the same results. I am getting
> this very informative error message. Any suggestions?
>
>
> Unable to create repository
> from URL 'cd:///?devices=/dev/sr0Â’
>
> Details
> [|] Valid metadata not found at specified URL(s)
>
> History
>
> - Can't copy /var/adm/mount/media.1/mediato
> /var/cache/zypp/raw/RepositoryUh2vBR
>
> = Can't provide /media.1/media: Can't copy
> /var/adm/mount/media.1/mediatto /var/cache/zypp/raw/RepositoryUh2vBR

I've had some problems along these lines and - at least for me - the
simplest solution was to download the network install CD then do the
installation via internet connection to the distribution repositories. A
little slow but it actually takes less time than downloading the whole DVD
since you only need to fetch the pieces you actually install.

--
Will Honea