Re: [SLUG] New Novell 9.3 Technical Resource Kit

From: Chuck Hast (wchast@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Aug 11 2005 - 21:12:50 EDT


On 8/11/05, Richard Smoot <rsmoot@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> xcalibre wrote:
>
> > I do not know about the rest of you I never recieved mine.
> > It was ordered and have yet to see the Resource Kit.
> >
> > Bill Preece
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hast" <wchast@gmail.com>
> > To: <slug@nks.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 8:12 PM
> > Subject: Re: [SLUG] New Novell 9.3 Technical Resource Kit
> >
> >
> >> On 7/2/05, Richard Smoot <rsmoot@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >I wonder what you have to do to get the invite, I ordered the
> >>> previous >one
> >>> >with the 9.1 ver in it which is what I am running right now on my work
> >>> >laptop. I would certainly like to get that one to. I guess I did
> >>> not >answer
> >>> >one of the questions right with I ordered the original one...
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> They may just not be sending all the invites at the same time.
> >>> I am running 9.2 Pro which was a free DVD ISO download
> >>> evaluation copy.
> >>> SUSE 9.3 Pro evaluation copy is available for download as either
> >>> a DVD ISO with 32 and 64 bit versions on it or a 5 CD ISO set which
> >>> is a more complete 32 bit only version.
> >>> If you go to distrowatch.org and root around you can find both
> >>> versions.
> >>> It is hard to get a good fast download because those sites have been
> >>> somewhat swamped.
> >>> I am not sure if the ver in the kit is really installable. They said
> >>> it was
> >>> a live DVD. They also said a 4 to 6 week delay before you get it.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> I never got the invite so I assume that either they dropped me or it got
> >> ate by some spam filter somewhere. I was hoping to get it and install
> >> it, I just do not want to have to set and download the DVD, and then
> >> find a place to burn it. Also I assume that the send out a nice
> >> collection
> >> of stuff like they did with the 9.1 DVD, and a lot of it came in very
> >> handy.
> >>
> >> Perhaps it got sent to my old work e-mail address, which went away
> >> some months back, I wonder how I could find out one that one?
> >>
> >> I was certainly looking forward to a new one...
> >>
> >> --
> >
> I have gotten my Novell SUSE Technical Resource Kit.
> It appears to have the ISO image file to make a live DVD
> copy of SUSE 9.3 to test it, but not to install it.
> It has Novell Open Enterprise Server and Novell Identity Manager also.
>
> If you want to install SUSE 9.3 on a 32 bit machine, download
> the 5 CD ISO image files through opensuse.org.
> The DVD ISO image file is for 64 bit only.
> I have been running 9.3 for a while. I did need something from
> all 5 of the CD's I burned.
>

Hmm, that is interesting, so there is not install with it, just a live
DVD image, and 64 bit only...

Well, I guess I am back to downloading all of that. Tnx... Will do
it and then start burning CD's

-- 
Chuck Hast 
To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
and twisted metal."

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