Network installation ISO not working

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#1

Hi.
I’m trying to install openSUSE 11.3 x86 with the Network ISO, which is 114 Mb. Burned to a CD, booted from it and the kernel starts. When it’s installing I hit Esc to see the log of the process. It starts the necessary devices and starts to download the installation packages, which seem to be 6 in total. But in part 5 allways crashes: it launches an “unexpected error” and sends me to a blue screen which seems to be a kind-of generic installation process, but no matter what I try this “installer” will do anything, since it always says “no repositories found” or “no source devices”.

What’s going on? Why does it crash?

#2

I had the same.
But just have not had time to look in to it

#3

Then do you think it’s an online repository error?

#4

It looks like it
Is your .iso : Build1080

You could try the IRC if you have it set up
#opensuse-factory

#5

How do I find out what its build is?

#6

It will have it in the name

Did you download this as the official NET .iso for RC1? Because mine is a later one

#7

The official looks to be 1056

#8

If you mean the ISO file’s name, it’s “openSUSE-11.3-NET-i586”. I downloaded it from here: software.opensuse.org: Descargar openSUSE 11.3. (I’m Spanish-language user).

#9

Then it’s not the .iso’s fault
More likely some remote XML file on the servers
You may find there is already a bug report on it

#10

Sorry, never saw it even after a brief search… by the way, there’s no one in the IRC channel you mentioned (ouch…)
How much time do these kind of bugs take to be fixed?

#11

If the fault if on the server
It can take minutes, once you contact the right person

In the less likely scenario that all the NET .iso’s are bad, it would hopefully be fixed in the next factory release:
Index of /factory/iso
You could try 1082

#12

Mm… I guess the right person would be on #opensuse-factory… although I don’t understand yet what 11.3 official version has to do with factory (sorry for my ignorance).

Just for curiosity, is it possible to boot the NET ISO from a USB drive? Already tried with UNetbootin, didn’t work. In the Unetbootin menu “Default” option said the ISO was corrupted, and the second option, “Linux”, behaved and ended up in the same way the NET ISO does.

#13

The official RC1 is the build number I quoted earlier (it’s still part of factory), but almost every day there is a newer release in directory I pointed you to

I have used dd to put the NET on to a flashdrive, but not recently. And it doesn’t always work.

#14

I thought that RC1 was of 11.4, the version to be released. Right now 11.3 is still the official stable version, IIRC. That’s my first doubt’s point.

And, what’s “dd”? Or, have you heard about other options to put the NET ISO in a flashdrive?

#15

By official, I mean the 11.4 RC 1 .iso from here: software.opensuse.org: Download openSUSE 11.4 RC 1

My saying official has nothing whatsoever to do with the ‘Stable’

RC1 is still part of Factory/Development. Later build numbers will still give RC1 but will have fixes included, eventually the build will become RC2 and so on…

dd?

Open konqueror and type:

man:dd

or a terminal and:

man dd

SDB:Live USB stick - openSUSE

An example assuming the usb is sdb

dd if=openSUSE-NET-i586-Build1080-Media.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M;sync
#16

Among the IRC channels or forums, who are the ones who can fix the NET ISO problem with the stable 11.3? Still the #opensuse-factory?

#17

Has the Net ISO already been fixed? Geez, too bad I don’t have right now my openSUSE DVD…

#18

Just ask a question in there
No one especially
_wstephenson: maybe

#19

On 02/19/2011 10:36 PM, F style wrote:
>
> Hi.
> I’m trying to install openSUSE 11.3 x86 with the Network ISO, which is
> 114 Mb. Burned to a CD, booted from it and the kernel starts. When it’s
> installing I hit Esc to see the log of the process. It starts the
> necessary devices and starts to download the installation packages,
> which seem to be 6 in total. But in part 5 allways crashes: it launches
> an “unexpected error” and sends me to a blue screen which seems to be a
> kind-of generic installation process, but no matter what I try this
> “installer” will do anything, since it always says “no repositories
> found” or “no source devices”.
>
> What’s going on? Why does it crash?

How much RAM do you have? If you choose a TEXT install, does it work?