New Install of Boxed version 10.3

[Rog1]

Question about the new commercial Suse 10.3 distro release (boxed version). I plan to install the distro onto a 20 gig HD with Win 2000 Pro (this is my secondary PC) taking up the entire HD in one NTFS partition. Will the 10.3 re-partition the drive for me, (shrink it down) and set up a dual boot config? I know the 10.0 version did that but I need to know if the 10.3 will do it as well.

I actually downloaded the 10.3 DVD distro as well as the single (1) KDE live CD. I tried installing both of them in turn on the HD mentioned above but neither of them got far enough. Both versions (DVD and CD) could not find the HD when they went through the check list. A window pops up stating something like "no hardware found" or something to that effect. The CD DL checked out ok but the DVD download did not pass the error checking so I'm not sure if it is ok to use. I don't think I want to DL another DVD, it takes forever, even with my DSL.

Those of you out there that use KDE and Gnome, which is the to use or is it a matter personal preference. Thanks in advance for any information you may have. Since I am sending this out on Dec 31st...Happy New Year to all!

[Jonathan183]

Question about the new commercial Suse 10.3 distro release (boxed version). I plan to install the distro onto a 20 gig HD with Win 2000 Pro (this is my secondary PC) taking up the entire HD in one NTFS partition. Will the 10.3 re-partition the drive for me, (shrink it down) and set up a dual boot config? I know the 10.0 version did that but I need to know if the 10.3 will do it as well.

I actually downloaded the 10.3 DVD distro as well as the single (1) KDE live CD. I tried installing both of them in turn on the HD mentioned above but neither of them got far enough. Both versions (DVD and CD) could not find the HD when they went through the check list. A window pops up stating something like "no hardware found" or something to that effect. The CD DL checked out ok but the DVD download did not pass the error checking so I'm not sure if it is ok to use. I don't think I want to DL another DVD, it takes forever, even with my DSL.

Those of you out there that use KDE and Gnome, which is the to use or is it a matter personal preference. Thanks in advance for any information you may have. Since I am sending this out on Dec 31st...Happy New Year to all!

I have OpenSUSE 10.3 installed, if the DVD fails the test don't use it ! If the live CD does not detect your hardware I doubt a boxed version will either. KDE & Gnome are a matter of personal preference.
Does your system try to boot ... I installed SUSE 10.3 to a couple of laptops without problem, but when I installed it on an old desktop I had to use the brokenmodule option because the motherboard driver did not work ... SUSE 10.0 loaded on the same machine previously without fault.
You could try another distro to see if it detects your hardware ... the easy way!

[Jonathan183]

Will the 10.3 re-partition the drive for me, (shrink it down) and set up a dual boot config? I know the 10.0 version did that but I need to know if the 10.3 will do it as well.

Probably - but I use PartedMagic CD for all partitioning its much easier to use - lets you resize and move partitions etc.

[devils casper]

I agree with Jonathan183. Boot up from PartedMagic LiveCD and shrink existing partitions. Create two partitions.
* 8-10GB, format it in ext3 filesystem.
* 512MB, format it as SWAP.
Start SuSe installation, select ext3 partition in partitioning section and assign it / mount point. Installer will detect SWAP partition. Continue installation and installer will setup dual boot itself.

Good Luck !