ebrke Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 I'm getting a little frustrated with glitches during my last two installs, but OpenSuse and I have been together so long I know I'll just put up with it. First I tried to install from the first floor of the house using my Netgear Ethernet Bridge, since I always do Suse's network install--the full download has scads of software I don't use and the net install doesn't download until you've made your software selections. Anyway, that was a bust for some reason. The install process did set up eth0 successfully but the graphical install software wouldn't finish loading--just died at 9%. After two tries, I figured the next move was down to the basement where I can connect directly to the router. My basement is cool and damp right now, not the environment for a person just diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. Next attempt to run the installation went well until it tried to probe the HD. When I came back in 20 minutes and it was still "probing", I knew that was a bust and terminated the install. Tried the install media on another system and breezed through the HD probe. Back to the system I wanted to upgrade, I ran the install yet again and this time got through with no issue on HD probe. After that, things went smoothly. Guess I shouldn't complain--Suse has served me very well since 2003! And at least I'm up to date for a while now. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Are you checking the ISOs md5sum? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrke Posted May 24, 2021 Author Share Posted May 24, 2021 (edited) You do have a point. I honestly haven't done that since the net install option became available. It has seemed unnecessary with the minimal download for the net install and for years I didn't have an issue. Next time I probably should. Edited May 24, 2021 by ebrke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Even a small iso can be corrupted. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 16 minutes ago, securitybreach said: Even a small iso can be corrupted. Especially if you d-loaded via a shaky wifi connection. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrke Posted May 24, 2021 Author Share Posted May 24, 2021 I did use wi-fi for the d-load. Next time I'll download with eth0 and check the md5sum. You do get careless when things seem to be working okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 1 hour ago, ebrke said: I did use wi-fi for the d-load. Next time I'll download with eth0 and check the md5sum. You do get careless when things seem to be working okay. I'm so used to it, I check them all even if it's just testing in VirtManager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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