SuSE 9.0 personal ftp installation

[Commander]

i downloaded the SuSE 9.0 personal folder and did a harddrive install in my "better" machine.  i must say, i LOVED IT!!  so i thought my dad would like to try it and wanted to do a ftp install in his comp.  since his harddrive is too small i cant do a harddrive install.  i erased XP, format and pop in the boot cd for suse all ready to tackle the ease of installation.  after loading the network modules, i relized that there was no driver for my linksys 100tx or the d-link 530tx....    now i have no operating system in that box!  i searched on google with no help...  
can anyone here help me? please!!!
thanks!

[insomnia]

quote:Originally posted by Commander:
i downloaded the SuSE 9.0 personal folder and did a harddrive install in my "better" machine.  i must say, i LOVED IT!!  so i thought my dad would like to try it and wanted to do a ftp install in his comp.  since his harddrive is too small i cant do a harddrive install.  i erased XP, format and pop in the boot cd for suse all ready to tackle the ease of installation.  after loading the network modules, i relized that there was no driver for my linksys 100tx or the d-link 530tx....     now i have no operating system in that box!  i searched on google with no help...  
can anyone here help me? please!!!
thanks!

Use Knoppix.

[Commander]

to install suse?  how?

EDIT: excuse my ignorance.  i'm too new at this  

[ February 05, 2004: Message edited by: Commander ]

[Commander]

thankx insomnia, nut instead of knoppix i got suselive, figured out which module the nic used. loaded that and it's going fine now.

[insomnia]

How big is u're HD?
(I never knew a SuSE-FTP installation takes more space than XP...)

[ February 05, 2004: Message edited by: insomnia ]

[Commander]

the old comp has about 9.5 gigs on it.  and the xp installation took up a lot.  i didnt have enough space for the 7.2 gig linux ftp directory that i downloaded to go on that computer.  that;s why the ftp lookedlike the best option.

and the suse installation took about 1.3 gig.  plenty of space left in there!!

[insomnia]

quote:Originally posted by Commander - useSuse:
the old comp has about 9.5 gigs on it.  and the xp installation took up a lot.  i didnt have enough space for the 7.2 gig linux ftp directory that i downloaded to go on that computer.  that;s why the ftp lookedlike the best option.

and the suse installation took about 1.3 gig.  plenty of space left in there!!

9.5 gigs isn't small (I did a SuSE FTP-installation on a 2 gig partition).
As far as I know u only need 400MB (2gig recommended).
U don't have to download everything...

[Commander]

tru but i wanted to do a faster insatallation.  i freed 16 gig for suse so i downloaded the whole thing.  maybe i will consider a internet installtion when i updrade suse.

[shuiend]

How long did it take you to download all the files? I would like to put suse on beside slack but cant afford the cds right now. Also what files do i need to download?

[Commander]

took me a while actually, about 12-14 hours.  would've taken longer but the download speed was VERY GOOD(330kbps for most of the time).  i downloaded from a boston mirror listed here.

the mirrors have folders like -----suse/i386/9.0/
i downloaded the 9.0 directory with filezilla.
made a boot disk, and did a harddrive install.  worked like a charm.

[insomnia]

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/current/README.FTP
2hrs. should be enough...

[ February 15, 2004: Message edited by: insomnia ]