[Gllug] FTP downloaded SUSE 9.3 to hdd - won't install over nfs..

[M.Blackmore]

David Reed wrote:
>On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 15:47, M.Blackmore wrote:
>  
>>M.Blackmore wrote:
>>    
>>>Over the weekend I downloaded suse 9.3 of the ftp.gwdg.de mirror ...
>>>
>>>Unfortunately this won't install over nfs for an upgrade. I don't get
>>>the yast option "what sort of upgrade" or "repair", and when it grinds
>>>as far as the analysing systems page the software packages have no
>>>option available.
>>>      
>>Solved - looked at a few mirrors and noticed a couple had a few more 
>>files in the "root" directory of suse 9.3, so to speak. Downloaded those 
>>and a couple of files which were of a different size and bingo, just 
>>installed suse 9.3 off the network via nfs.
>>
>>Seems one cannot trust all the suse mirrors...
>>
>>nfs over the net is impossibly slow. Just out of curiosity I tried it to 
>>a fast mirror, and after waiting for over 10 minutes simply to load the 
>>ramdisk hit the reset button on da box. Life is too short!
>>    
>
>Could you let us know the specific mirror that worked ?
>
>David Reed
>
>  
Duh, can't remember its name! The IP is (I think) 141.24.190.77 under 
/Mirrors/ftp.suse.com/i386/9.3. I wrote it down somewhere but the kids 
were on the PC last night so can't find the piece of paper at this exact 
moment!
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