Hello,
I was going to download the current KDE Live ISO image of openSUSE Factory build from the following website:
http://download.opensuse.org/factory/iso
But all the recent builds (0137-0139) appear to have only 422KB. I downloaded one anyway, checked the size and apparently it is so small.
Any ideas? I really would like to make some contribution. I have no internet connection at home so using the ‘NET’ ISO is beside the point.
Regards
Tomasz
Looks like a boo-boo I’ve just mounted it has some strange content. Think it may be a build script that is supposed to be making them. Also tried to boot it in vmware.
I reckon your best bet would be to jump on irc see what they have to say.
Cheers Feather. They say there are build problems. I understand that but why do they release the ISOs instead of just build logs? Anyway, I’m looking forward to next successful build.
Download Milestone 2 to start with, and then switch the repos to the Factory ones. Did that, works great.
Let us know how you’re getting on
Thanks Knurpht. I’ve got Milestone2 already, although for testing purposes I’d like to use the most up-to-dated Factory builds.
Just for testing KDE I would use the unstable ‘KDE-Four Live’ builds from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Medias/images/iso/ but I’m not particularly interested in that and those images are based on openSUSE 11.1 with kernel 2.6.27, gcc 4.3 etc…
Regards
Not sure what you’re trying to achieve but my understanding is if you have an updated factory you will have the same or maybe even later.
The live cd’s just give people the opportunity to have a look with out installing. I can’t imagine beyond it doesn’t work that bug reports against the livecd are much help.
Not sure what you feel you gain over snapshot vs updated factory, except perhaps the install section, then I’m not sure that will change much.
FeatherMonkey,
Correct. It’s just the case that for many reasons I’m not going to have Internet connection at home for a longer while so I cannot update from Factory rep. Installing latest builds it’s the only way I’ve got. Feedback I can send from work but obviously wouldn’t involve my working hours for testing.
I see the problem now perhaps in this instance the easiest might be to install it on an external usb drive if that is an option and update that. I presume that what you where going to do, is do it at work.
Its just it moves so fast I’ve just downloaded another 1gb today to update mine. To be fair I have very little except a default install. I’m just not sure that even with live cd’s without internet option it is worth it. It isn’t anything more than a snapshot and won’t be worthy of bug reporting till rc IMO.
If you can do a cd then it doesn’t seem much more, though you must have a nice place of employment 
That could be a solution. It happens that I’m going to buy external HD soon. Cheers
I’ve just checked and it has a new build 0143 showed up with a proper size. That’s a joy.
Hope that doesn’t mean I have another GB to download and is just a fixed iso.
I’ll let you know tomorrow if you can wait…
You all probably know this by now, but reference this mailing list thread “Re: [opensuse-factory] isos at 422K” : Re: [opensuse-factory] isos at 422K
Ergo, at Index of /factory/iso I would stay away from those iso’s whose size is 422K (like dated 24 JUN) and only go for those whose size is ~674M to ~685M.