I downloaded Suse 11 and burnt it to a DVD as an image and used a checksum verify on a windows Xp machine. I then tried to install on a clean 250gb disc & PC. The initial boot was Ok until I got to the 3rd screen “System Probing” and then OK until the last item “Initialize Package Manager”.
I get a screen
Unable to create a repository
Valid metadata not found at specified URL
Cant copy /VAR/ADM/MOUNT/AP_00000001/MEDIA.1/MEDIA to
/VAR/CACHE/ZYPP/RAW/Repository/nlkndln9 or similar
cant provide media/media.1/media//VAR/ADM/MOUNT/AP_00000001/MEDIA.1/MEDIA/VAR/CACHE/ZYPP/RAW/Repository/nlkndln9 or similar.
If I retry manually both with the source or without in the second screen, and then select the DVD it says it has added a repository and there is a corresponding hard disc activity. I carried on for 3 hours adding but finally gave up with having no idea what the system is doing. If I say No, it aborts and says there is a system error (not unexpected)
I did a checksum check from the DVD and I get a “DVD is broken message.”
Two questions
What dvd burner is suggested for Windows XP to get a verified Suse DVD? assuming that the ISO image which I also verified is correct or
What can I do to the existing DVD to get it to load as just burning another is likely to produce the same problem
Hmmm… That “DVD is broken” message is unequivocal enough, don’t you think? Generally speaking, downloading from the Internet is flaky enough; that’s why all liGNUx ISOs come with md5 checksums. Now burning the ISO to an optical medium just introduces an additional flaky step; that’s why the best distros come with a boot option to “check media”. Your best bet is to download the CD ISO – it’s much smaller (so less errors are bound to sneak in) and just as functional. Additionally, if you have Nero or Alcohol or some equivalent Win program, you could just “mount” the ISO as a virtual disk and install OpenSuSE from within Windows, without involving your DVD burner.
Hi, Thanks for the expected bad news, however I have tried a CD iso for 10.1 which had the same sort of problems. I suspect that the iso is Ok but the burning to CD or DVD may be the problem, I cut the speed to 8 but used Ashampoo Burning Studio as well as Roxio to burn, I looked through the forums and there were suggestions of using a Linux burner - but all presumes that you already have a Linux system running.
The disc and PC are clean not formatted and I have no need of Windows on it - I have enough problems with all the others so running it as a dual boot is not an option I really want.
So is there any other non specific burners to try rather than doing it with the ones I have tried and then finding the checksum is wrong?? The burners have given me good Windows discs from iso images so what is special about Suse?
Are you positive we’re dealing with burning errors here? Did you do the media check on the CD too? The only thing that comes to mind (besides a dieing laser in your burner) is that perhaps you keep downloading the wrong ISO images. Maybe a 64-bit image (on a 32-bit processor) or a NET-install image …? Hmmm … during the installation, are you accepting the defaults proposed by the setup or specifying any custom inputs? And, by the way: is there an operational Internet connection available during the install?
I have tried most of today to find a multiple CD download rather than 1 DVD but no luck from Novell or Opensuse as I suspect the error is on the first disc image. I have tried burning another DVD at 2x but to no avail, although verified on the Windows PC when checked pre installation on the Unix box is can up with a broken DVD and similar errors. I originally bought Suse 8 and that worked a treat but all further downloads have been a misery.
The download was 32bit X86 and until I get Suse up and running I have no internet connection, I could bodge it by loading another single CD distro but then why bother with Suse.
I installed utorrent but the only way to turn it off and stop it kicking into my virus and spam checkers on a 20 sec interval all day is to uninstall it!
Regards any thoughts would be a help - I have looked at the Newbie forum and will try a checksum on the iso but another download will kick me over my monthly limit for another 2 months!
You might consider doing an “internet install” - all that is required is a mini-CD to boot an installation kernel and then configure it for the network and the repository. There is a howto here: INSTALL Internet - openSUSE. That was written for 10.3, but AFAIK all still applies to 11.0 (except of course that file names, repositories, need to be changed).
I went out and bought a copy of the Linux magazine with a dvd for Suse 11 included - that worked a treat. It was worth the money to avoid duff downloads. Suse 11.1 is now running generally well!
