[Sussex] SUSE Crash

[Paul Graydon]

Suse 9.1 can be a pain in the arse to install.  The earlier versions were
worse, and I'll admit I really admire the progress that YaST2 is showing.
9.1 is by far the best installer I've seen so far.
My main niggles with it came when I tried to install it on a server, onto a
SCSI Raid array.  Being a Dell, I needed to use some specific drivers, which
were included on the Suse 9.1 disks.  So.. I triggered manual install, told
it to add the drivers, then let it carry on with the YaST2 install.  It goes
all the way through the first disk, and then restarts the machine.  However,
as smart as Suse is.. It failed to include the relevant SCSI drivers on the
HDD.  So it can't see the drive, beyond the initial bootloader.
Su-flippin-perb.  In hindsight I could probably have used a live disk to
transfer the relevant kernel module / drivers across, edit the startup so
that it was included, and rebooted to finish the procedure off, but why
should I go through all that hassle?  After approaching it in different ways
I gave up and chucked Slackware 9 on it, which works fine.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sussex-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk 
> [mailto:sussex-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Gareth Ablett
> Sent: 04 November 2004 09:53
> To: sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: [Sussex] SUSE Crash
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Before I start I don't need an answer to any of this just 
> voicing my opinion.
> 
> As some of you may know a certain magazine has a copy of Suse 
> 9.1 pro on the cover, and as I just got available some space 
> on my home system I though I would try it out.
> 
> Ok start up first thing it nicely tells me is that my 
> computer is 64bit and this isn't the best version for the 
> job, I kind of knew that but I know it should work anyhow.
> 
> It detected all the hardware I went in and selected a few bit 
> of different software Gnome being on of them and proceeded to 
> install, walked off and left it too it came back 20 mins 
> later and the install had frozen, not content with the 
> outcome I tried again and again it froze. 
> 
> And I thought Suse was ment to be easy to install.
> 
> Oh well back to Gentoo where I control the whole install process.
> 
> Gareth Ablett
> Systems Developer
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