[LBo] Installing SuSE 10.1

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Stefan Waidele jun. wrote:

> Howard Rosen wrote:
>
>> Stefan,
>>
>> Did I read in one of your postings that CD 1 is all that is needed to 
>> install SuSE 10.1 and the rest of the software from CD 2 - 5 can be 
>> added later?
>
>
> Sorry, no.
> OpenSuse 10.1 wants CDs 1 through 3 for a basic install.
>
>> [...]
>> On another issue, since this installation will be in addition to SuSE 
>> 9.3 and Windows, will GRUB, during the setup, allow me to add 10.1 to 
>> the other listings of Windows and SuSE 9.3?  I can't imagine how the 
>> boot loader will get set up.
>
>
> Again: Sorry.
>
> This is one of the big negative points I have with most distros:
> While they recognize (and respect) a windows-installation, no other 
> linux-installations are added to the start-menu.
>
> You will need to do it by hand
> :(
>
> Stefan
>
I did a once CD install (I aborted CD2 and CD3), with interesting 
results (the computer runs on fcwmm, or something like that). 

GRUB picked up the other distros on the hda disk this time.  I was 
surprised. 

Jisao