From: Sean Rima (lists at domain tcob1.net)
Date: Thu 11 Oct 2001 - 00:35:55 IST
Originally to: Niall O Broin
Niall O Broin was alleged to have said to All
something about [ILUG] SuSE 7.3 to be released 12th October 2001
NO> > You can install SuSE using ftp from
NO> ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/7.2 and
NO> > download disks/bootdisk or disks/i386 and put either onto a floppy
NO> and I
NO>
NO> Yes, now you can download 7.2 - it was released months ago. But if
NO> past
NO> performance is anything to go by 7.3 won't be on their FTP site for
NO> some time.
True you can but at least it is an option. I think SuSE tend to hold back so
that they can sell a few copies. it was only whils checking this that I noticed
that the esat mirror is completely ou of date, only having 7.0 :)
NO> > beleieve that using this you can install via FTP. However, I seem
NO> to recall a
NO> > 32mb requirement to do this.
NO>
NO> Last time I tried you needed 72MB to do a SuSE FTP install.
NO>
Ye gods, time to invest in a couple of spare crays :)
Sean
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