Re: [Sheflug] Re: SuSE 7.0 liveeval

["Alex Hudson" <nospam [at] alexhudson.com>]

> > > > I picked up a SuSE 7.0 LiveEval CD from the Blackwells book store
and am
> > > > trying to use it to upgrade my SuSE 6.3...
> > >
> > > You won't be able to install it.  It doesn't install.  You need an
> > > SuSE 6.4 demo disk.
> >
> > Whoops. . .didn't see the 'live' prefix ;^)
>
> So, does it mean that it's only the LIVEeval that doesn't work? And are
> there (dead:-)eval's around?:-)

Heh ;) No, LiveEVAL means that the CD isn't an installation CD, it contains
a 'live' filesystem (hence 'live' eval ;). This is a fully working SuSE
system, which you can boot into and use. However, there isn't enough space
on the CD for both the live filesystem and the installation packages, so
it's one or t'other - if you picked up the liveeval, you can play with SuSE
without having to install it, but you can't install it, if you pick up the
other CD you can play with it, but you have to install it. Make sense?

It's not a bad idea, actually, especially if you just want to try out SuSE
coming from another distro. Saves the hassle of installing...

Cheers,

Alex.

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