[SWLUG] Installing Linux - Cardiff

[Dick Porter]

On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 10:02 +0000, Frank smith wrote:
> I tried last week to install SUSE 9.1 Professional ( boxed retail
> version)
> 
> 1st attempt: failed to load all the modules but carried on anyway
> but then no login at all as root or anything else!
> 
> 2nd attempt:
> I got the login this time but no Gnome desktop at all.
> Tried all the usual stuff no luck.
> I note that KDE is the default so maybe I broke something.

I've often seen a Suse install (9.1, sles, NLD) randomly fail to install
packages from the cd.  You just have to keep hitting "retry" over and
over.  I did wonder if it was a dodgy cdrom on my test machine, but no
other distro seemed to have a problem.

- Dick