Hi
I downloaded a DVD with OpenSuse 11.1 (64) but the media doesn’t boot.
When i boot with my previous DVD ( SuSe 10.0 ) then the computer boot from DVD. When i put the new SuSe it doesn’t boot from DVD.
Also tested in VMware but it is also not booting from the image stored on my computer.
Any tip for me?
Did you check the MD5SUM of the downloaded image?
Thank you for your reply.
No i did not checked because the FTP site where i downloaded from is trustable ( ftp.belnet.be )
Anyway: i have started this MD5-program ( MD5 GUI for Windows ) dragged & dropped the iso in it and nothing happens. The window in this MD5-tool stays blank.
I also searched on the binaries but SuSe 11.1 (64) seems not to be avaliable.
Thank you but if i haven’t read that then i could not find this:
- How to check the MD5SUM from Windows:
One completely free, MS-Windows application for running the md5 checksum on a number of different operating systems, is here on sourceforge.net: md5deep
Another gui md5 checker for MS-Windows 95/98/NT (it works in Xp as well even though it doesn’t say so). The file is md5.exe (248kB) and can be downloaded from MD5 GUI for Windows. It’s under the gpl licence and you can download the source if you want.
My result:
How big is the .iso you downloaded? What OS are you using? What file system (ntfs, fat32)??How did you download it?
openSUSE-11.1-DVD-x86_64
4.549.218 kB
I’m using XP (NTFS) and i downloaded that SuSe with an FTP-program from ftp.belnet.be .
I have downloaded now from that FTP-site Ubuntu and that is now already installing in VMware.
I’m now also RE-downloading the SuSe ( openSUSE-11.1-DVD-x86_64 ) because when the checksum is not OK i must download it again. True the fact that the DVD doesn’t boot there will be a problem with the image.
Still 6 hours remaining… It’s to bad that these images are not avaliable on the binaries so the downloaded file can be repaired with par-files. Now you must re-download several GB’s for some missing bytes. 
Is there a way to attach pictures on this board? With a upload, not true linking to an image.
If you can download with torrent, you can point it to the damaged file you already have and it will repair the bad blocks in it.
Quite correct, save a deal of time here:
I think the way to do it is:
Start the torrent download of the same .iso version then stop the torrent.
Copy the exact name of the .iso file the torrent started.
And apply that name to your ftp:// downloaded file.
Now copy the ftp:// .iso file and paste it to the location of the torrent .iso
(You should be asked if you want to overwrite) answer YES
Now force a re-check of the torrent, and any bad block will be corrected by the torrent client
> excal242 Wrote:
>> i have started this MD5-program ( MD5 GUI for Windows ) dragged &
>> dropped the iso in it
is that the correct way to check the md5sum with that windows[tm]
program??
> and nothing happens.
if nothing happened i GUESS you have not yet actually checked the
md5sum…either because that is not how to do the check OR, just in
case you expect that check to take two or three seconds–forget
that…it might take five minutes or 55 minutes or 55 hours,
depending on the speed and ram of your system plus what all else you
have going on…
so, if nothing happened maybe you just didn’t wait long enough!!
it is a LONG process to check every single bit of data
downloaded–takes about five to ten minutes on my lightly loaded 10.3
on a old AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor 3000+)
–
heartless_bot
Thank’s for all posts. I’m not up2date with torrents. Binnaries are much faster and the files are always complete.
I’m downloading now the 64-bit with 8 MB/ sec from the SuSe-site. It takes 12 minutes to download the DVD-iso.
@ home i’m downloading the 32-bit from the binaries ( @ 210 KB/s )
Tonight i’ll continue with my “quest” 
It seems to be bigger now:
openSUSE-11.1-DVD-x86_64
4.658.399 kB
Bigger is not necessarily correct. What matters is that it is the right size, and that it passes the MD5SUM test.
It’s not so hard to use md5deep, just open up a DOS Window, cd to the directory where you unpacked it, and run it, giving the full path of the downloaded ISO file as the argument. After a while, it will print the MD5SUM, which you can compare with the sum at software.opensuse.org.
> and the files are always complete.
that is an assumption on your part that will be VERY difficult to
prove…especially if by “complete” you mean a 100% exact copy of
the original file…
that is, you might fetch an exactly the same size file which will not
pass the md5sum test because not every bit of data is exactly the
same as the original…
on the other hand, and as previously mentioned by other (correct)
posters is to download via a torrent which will not declare success
until the original and your copy is exactly the same…(but, you
ignored that advice once…keep it up and see how much more help you get.)
–
heartless_bot
Thank you for this reply.
In DOS i go to MD5deep and type:
md5deep c:\openSUSE-11.1-DVD-x86_64.iso
I get a hash-number 
To compare this hash with the hash of the site i must visit download.opensuse.org. I think that you want me to download this file: openSUSE-11.1-DVD-x86_64.iso.md5
What do i have to do with this file? Thank you in advance!
@heartless_bot: i understand what you mean. I hope that you understand that i have looked and understand what others have replied in this topic. Some info is more valuable for me then some other info. If i don’t know how to work with md5deep or that other windows-tool then this mean that the information that is provided is not enough for a noob like me.
It would be pitty if nobody want to reply anymore because i’m really trying to do my best.
Just open it and read it, it’s a text file containing the reference MD5SUM.
I opened it with UltraEdit and yes, it is the same!
2afee1b8a87175e6dee2b8dbbd1ad8e8 openSUSE-11.1-DVD-x86_64.iso
Thank you for your time & help !
But don’t get too excited yet.Your ISO file is good, but after burning onto DVD you might still lose something to media errors. If your burning program offers a verify option, use it. And check the media again by selecting the Check Media option at the boot splash screen.
OK, i will do this. 
Remember to burn as slow as possible.