SuSE on VAIO
I downloaded the boot.iso to make the boot disk for my notebook and everything went as planned. When I booted into the boot disk, things were definitely different than Fedora. In fact, the options are as intuitive as I expected and sometimes you just don’t know what to do next. Luckily I located a guide on the web outlining the steps for SuSE net install. The only thing out of the ordinary was that I had to load the network module myself. I’m glad I wrote down that information before starting any of this. I tried this and figured it would be a while, so I went and grabbed a bite to eat. When I came back, the only thing on the screen was a clock with the hands spinning. I figured this meant progress, but the guide mentioned nothing of it. After about 10 minutes of this, I noticed there had been no HDD activity, so I rebooted and tried the process again. This time I don’t think it got that far before it stopped.
Now, I downloading the DVD iso in hopes that perhaps it is a networking issue I am having here. Fortunately, the iso is available at ops.tamu.edu, about 80 miles from my house, which makes for a speedy download.
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