[KLUG Members] SuSe 9.1 Install Boot CD

[Adam Williams]

> > I have a SuSe 9.1 DVD
> > I need to install on a machine with a lowly CD drive.
> > So I was looking around for a boodisk.iso file to put on a CD, boot
> > from, and perform a network install from a machine with a DVD drive.
> > Only i can't seem to find anything like bootdisk.iso,  only images for
> > floppies.
> I haven't tried this with SuSE, but I've done it elsewhere:
> You could take the correct floppy image, use it for the El Torito boot
> image (-b option on mkisofs), and burn an empty bootable CD.
> If you try it, let me know if it works.  :-)

I did find a boot ISO, that let me use the XFS hot fix, and install over 
the network.

Installing over tftp didn't work, but an NFS install did.

tftp gave me "No Proposal" under software, as if no packages were 
available.