I’m trying to install on a machine that has a CD drive but no DVD (and is currently running 10.3). Following the procedure here I created a filesystem on the server and copied the DVD iso to that. I boot with the network install CD and in the boot options I put in
install=hd:/dev/sda7/openSUSE-11.2-i586.iso
but then I get a red error diag saying
Could not find the openSUSE respository
Activating manual setup program
I go into the manual setup program, select hard disk, sda7, the iso file appears in the “Enter the source directory.” dialog so I click OK. It does the “Loading the installation system” (or something, it’s quick) and then errors with
No repository found.
I have also tried sharing the iso file from a windows server and using network SMB but that didn’t work. Tried mounting the install DVD (that I have used successfully before) on the windows machine, sharing it, and point the manual SMB install at that. Everything gives me “No repository found.”
Clearly I’m missing some fundamental step. Can someone help me? I could use the Network CD to do an Internet install, but that seems unnecessarily slow and wasteful of bandwidth when I’ve already downloaded the DVD iso.