How many megabytes LEAP 42.1 NET downloads before starting the installation?

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Greetings.

Well… installation of LEAP 42.1 NET looks like endless with my Internet…
How many megabytes the disto really downloads before installation… 200 mb, or maybe 4.3 gb?..

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Well, Leap 42.1 is out of support, It would not wonder me when the install would break off on a some repository or the like that exists no more.

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The Leap 42.2 NET iso, like Henk says, is a better choice. And the actual install size after downloading the 95 MB NET iso will take as much as you choose to install.

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You misunderstand the question. How much is downloaded before installer dialogue is present (after you selected Install in bootloader menu)?

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Why would one want to know. AFAICT the OP wants to know what’s being downloaded. We know it’s package by package, so it would depend on the package selection. Many people think the whole bunch is downloaded first then installed. Which is not what happens.

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While the OP’s question is not explaining exactly where he is in the installation process when he started this thread. I guess, like Knurpht, he means how much data is downloaded before the installation is finished. This to make some calculation with the speed of his internet connection as the other factor, to get the amount of time it will take. In other words, I assume he wants to know if he can take some sleep in the meantime. :wink:

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I will try 42.2… :slight_smile:

Yes! :slight_smile:
Generally, installer dialog happens before the installation… :slight_smile:
I don’t want any one to happen after, this is not the Linux way… :slight_smile: i consider…

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Although I haven’t studied the answer to your question,
I can provide some educated guesses based on general observation…

During “stage 1” an Install launches a “bootstrap” and partitions the disk, then installs a minimal image.
I’ve generally seen openSUSE minimal images from 80MB (unlikely) to 650MB (most likely. Might be only tens of megabytes less).

Then your install goes through “stage 2” which asks you questions about setting up your User account, configuring machine settings like time zone and asks you which patterns of packages you wish to install… Which is when the total number of of megabytes to gigabytes varies greatly.

openSUSE has generally been installed this way for many, many versions with relative little change (from the 30,000 foot level. Of course things like subsystems have changed greatly over time). And, this is generally the same whether you’re talking about a NET or DVD install. Of course, sizes of packages in transit might be compressed during the transfer and not the same as size on the disk. And, generally the files needed to install the bootstrap (stage 1) is coming from the NET source or DVD and not downloaded from the Internet.

HTH,
TSU

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…i had downloaded 42.2… and… this time installation has run successfully.

Answering to the question…

  • it took me approximately 1 hour from start to pass to actual installation settings (disk parting, packages selection, etc.). My internet bandwidth is 512 kbit/s. 100 mb is downloaded in 30 min. ( yes, it’s awful… ) So installer downloads ~150-200 mb before actual installion.

95 mb - iso size.
150-200 mb - to download before actual installation.

Minimal packages size for me appeared to be as 1.3 GB. Server, without GUI, without LAMP.

Applying to developers - It would be good if this information will appear in howtos.
To know how much should be really downloaded.

Also i found out F1 shows downloading process, while installer shows just filled bar, so
it could be viewed by pressing.

In conclusion:
Nice distro, pleasant GUI, clear steps and packages selection. Like it. :slight_smile:

Thanks to everyone, who answered… :slight_smile:

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It is on-disk size after installation; packages size (i.e. what you actually download) is smaller, probably in order of 500MB. I just did yet another net install recently so still have recollection of numbers :slight_smile: