I thought I had it all figured out, just put the 32 bit net install on a RW DVD, well it was too scratched, so made a cd-r and I can’t even get past the "language, keyboard, license’ screen.
It takes about 4 minutes to load the 3 dropdown boxes, and then about another 5 or 6 to load the license agreement, and it won’t register my click of the next button, even though I hold down the button for at least 10 seconds and then let go.
Is this another slow day for the servers? When I downloaded the net iso, it was downloading at around 38 KB/s, and had some peaks up to 120+ but those didn’t last. It even dipped down below 10. Should I just try again tomorrow?
Edit: How much ram is required? I have close to 500 MB, and when I click the “keyboard layout” to change it, it doesn’t load. For absolute maximum detail, the blue background on the first box, has now gone away, but the dropdown for the keyboard hasn’t displayed… still waiting. The mouse is also VERY slow to respond, so this may be RAM related, why is 400+ MB of ram now enough to install an operating system?
Wow, so, here’s an update. The keyboard layout list has now been displayed… (I’ve already clicked it about 3-4 times now, along with holding the next button. This is probably going on at least 15-20 minutes now, and it’s JUST NOW displaying the dropdown for the keyboards… This ever happen to anyone else?
Well, can the ISO makers make a command line version that WORKS? That’s all I need, screw the graphical interface. Then I can install XFCE or whatever I want.
I remember when I boot up from the CD, before I choose to install / upgrade, there are some video settings and kernel settings I can change. Would you happen to know which one would allow / force a text based install? All I want is to get this installed with XFCE desktop and see what opensuse has to offer on real hardware.
I did manage to get into a text based screen, but it’s the same thing I went through when it didn’t detect my internet. It’s NOT for the install. I try a couple more things, and update. I don’t need extra ram, and I’m doubtful I have anymore that might fit, but I guess I could look if one of the video or kernel options won’t force a text install.
Edit: trying “text mode” on the video options. If that doesn’t work, then I would like to find a true text based installer for opensuse tumbleweed net installations. I’m very surprised this isn’t available on the website, I’d put one up if I understood how to make and modify ISOs.
Hi
You just picked the wrong few days to do anything… release 20160422 is dropping to the repos, things will be slow… The NET installer is meant to be ok…
Dam that’s today… well, I ask YOU, should i keep slowing down the repos even more with a net install tonight, or pick up again in the morning? One more thing: I selected “Text Mode” in the video options, does this do anything to run the installer in command line / text, or will it go back to graphical?
FINALLY got into the text based install! Now to figure out how to not wipe my non booting NTFS partition in text mode…
I give up. After waiting about two hours for all of this, it just told me there was an error. It didn’t say what it was, but wow. I’ll try again in the morning.
Hi
When things are syncing it’s all very slow, maybe even the next day. I probably won’t do a zypper dup until late tomorrow sometime, maybe even Saturday…
Do you have plans to acquire the resources to dedicate more server bandwidth to the required repos so it’s not so slow? Also, just wondering, about how many users / connections would you guess is the server handling at times like this?
DHCP configuring is failing. Is this common? I (I think) loaded all five repos when booting up, of course horribly slowly though. Took near an hour or more. Then it loads some more stuff, and give “An error has ocurred” in a red box. Then when I choose HTTP and autoconfig, it won’t get it.
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Until the mirrors sync it has to start at one server… I just ran a zypper dup on my test system (MacBook3,1 2.2GHz intel cpu 4GB RAM) it’s 64bit though, coming in around at full speed here ~8.0Mbit/s looks like it will take about 30 mintues to finish.
Must be a 32bit thing, else what are the system specs, plenty on RAM? Good internet connection?
Not sure about dhcp, I use static ip’s with NetworkManager and GNOME DE, but again have no idea for 32bit systems…
Working with an old… i686, Pentium 4, 3.0 GHz 32 Bit CPU, with something like 480 MB of ram. I can access the text based installer and it’s magnitudes faster–it just doesn’t start. I’m not sure how to set up a static IP. Sure I can pick one and choose the right gateway, but beyond that I’m lost.
If I have any that fits, yes, but I’m not sure. Why can I not just use the text mode? I think it’s the same thing–and I even got past the license / keyboard select screen with ease, it just fails with an error. I feel that the error has something to do with DHCP because it won’t connect when I go through that setup tool (It asks me to pick from HTTP / HTTPS / FTP etc, and go through that again).