A bit of help needed… Have searched this forum, but still can’t find the exact answer to my problem. There’s so many problems other users encounter, that I start to believe linux isn’t for me. :shame:
However… back to my problem.
I downloaded and created an openSUSE 11.1gnome DVD (via “get it” page). so far no problems.
I completely emptied my comp. NO windows, no data on c: only BIOS and my boot floppy. So far still no problems.
I restarted my comp with the OpenSUSE DVD in it and the installation begun. goodie. Still o.k.
I successfuly went through the first page “language/keyboard setting”. Still goodie!
On the second page an error poped up at the end when suse checked/installed the very last option on that page.
“Can’t find repository” and something with metadata and there were yes/no buttons. When I clicked yes, it opened a new popup with a blank text field “repository name” and two options CD/DVD and yes/no buttons. It seems there are no repositories on this DVD? Or else?..
What to do? I’m certain there has to be a simple solution to it.
Thanks for any comment, help, or advice. If there exists a thread on this issue that you know of and I missed it so far, please be so kind to redirect me there.
Have searched this forum…There’s so many problems other users encounter…
You would expect many problems here, it’s a help forum, so don’t fret, all is as it should be.
You could have done a media check before emptying your PC. That can be done from the DVD only. Anyways, we only learn when we make mistakes, isn’t it :). Get a good DVD from Software.openSUSE.org, and enjoy this magnificent distro
What you describe looks like a faulty dvd. A lot of checks are done on the integrity of the packages / dvd and they should all succeed to garantee a succesful installation.
And…wouldn’t you have even more trouble finding solutions to your problems if we all started posting our success strories?
I’ve been Undowsed for over 8 years now, and it’s still great !!!
> What’s the difference between
>
> http://tinyurl.com/c88d634-,-2-G-B-
>
> and this distr.
> get it page/openSUSE-11.1-DVD-i586.iso cca 250mb
the installation DVD is 4.2 G (4,557,883,392 b) but that is NOT the
way to verify that you have downloaded a correct/complete and valid
image…you do that with md5sum, as mentioned earlier…
if you have an 4.2G iso then run md5 against it (even if it is exactly
4,557,883,392)…
if you do not have something near 4.2 then i’d suggest you run a
torrent against what you have (250g??) (if you are sure you didn’t
download a Live CD (for GNOME maybe, as you mentioned in your first
post) and the torrent will repair and complete the download…
note: most here will recommend that you do NOT install from a Live CD…
patience…unfortunately most of what you know from Windows[tm] is
more likely to lock you into Redmond software than help you here…
> I downloaded md5deep as suggested.
> Now I don’t know how exactly to use it.
>
> Can you tell me a bit more? As advised in post… md5sum file.iso would
> do the trick…
>
> Where do I put the line?
you are asking me how to check the md5sum of a downloaded iso image
using Windows[tm] and a windows program named md5deep, to which i have
to tell you:
i have NO idea…i’ve not used Windows[tm] since '98 or so…
do you know how to find a command line interface in Windows[tm]?
oh, i think i’ve heard folks talk about a “run command”, do you know
anything about that? if so, use the “run command” and run this:
md5deep openSUSE-11.1-DVD-i586.iso
it should out put a long line of letters and numbers that must be
exactly the same as the md5sum in the file on the server…
maybe someone who knows something about Windows[tm] will come along
and help…OR MAYBE you could jump on google and learn for
yourself…maybe…
patience, you have a lot of learning to go…but, when you do you will
be free…
It’s been a while since I’ve booted the instalation dvd but I seem to remember a option called media check (or something along those words) It does a media check for you and will report back saying yes or no.
When you download your dvd do so via a torrent. I find this gives the least amount of chance of an error. Then when you burn it do so at the slowest speed possible to ensure a good burn. This should solve your problems. Good luck with OpenSUSE and Linux in general. Remember that if you do not like OpenSUSE there are loads more Linux distro’s out there. Keep trying untill you find one you like.
> It’s been a while since I’ve booted the instalation dvd but I seem to
> remember a option called media check (or something along those words) It
> does a media check for you and will report back saying yes or no.
but, there is no sense in burning a disk (and check it as you
describe) until you know that the downloaded iso is not garbage.
Some usefull input on the MD5 / Windows operation:
For the most part you need to run md5deep.exe from a command prompt or DOS window if you are dealing with Microsoft Operating System. If you do not know how to open a command prompt on your version of windows google is your friend.
I downloaded and extracted the md5deep files to the same directory that the ISO was in, then opened a command prompt and typed this:
After about 30 seconds the output of the command gave up the MD5 hash that it had computed from the ISO file and the ISO file name indicating that it was a match to the MD5 download file. I further double checked the output from the command against the file ‘openSUSE-11.1-i586.iso.md5’ that I was able to open in FireFox. I copied both the output from the command and the FireFox displayed data to Notepad, lined them up top and bottom and compared each digit.
Once I had assured that it was a good download I burned the file to DVD.
Now for my related issues:
This is where my problems start – I cannot get the installation to go further than the welcome screen. I can select the “installation” link, the kernel loads, but shortly after this a message screen opens up on a blue background in a red box stating “cd:/content: Invalid signature. Installation aborted” with an ‘OK’ button. At the top of the screen there is a line of text that looks like this:
This is the second DVD that I have burned from the download using both Nero and ImageBurn. The DVD burners used are Sony and Pioneer and are known to be in good working order. Media is DVD +R from Imation and work fine on other attempts with other machines. The DVD player in the target computer works fine on other distros that I have attempted to install.
Could anyone please help? This is majorly fustrating.
Ok, you’re making some progress. You have a valid ISO image.
Instead of jumping straight into the installation, use the Check Media operation from the splash menu. That will do a thorough check of the DVD contents.
I was not attempting to HIJACK your thread… added my input for your request (how do you use the MD5 file with windows) and ILLUMINATED an issue witht the ISO file that is being linked for download.
FYI - The ISO file appears to be corrupted and may possibly have errors related to the recent outage of the download servers.
:\ Hope that will help out anyone that is having issues with the HTTP / FTP downloads.
goodie. Still o.k.
Still goodie!
