[NTLUG:Discuss] Novell SuSe DVD's...was Re: O'Reilly Discussion Guidelines

[MadHat]

On Sep 9, 2004, at 10:02 AM, lonny.dahl at verizon.com wrote:
> I also received the Novell Suse DVD's (which don't do me any good 
> because
> my computer is, relatively speaking, ancient and doesn't have a DVD 
> drive
> in it yet)...and I had a question about what exactly is on those discs.
> Looking at the folder they came in, it appears the versions are "trial
> version"s.  What is that supposed to mean?  Does that mean they'll 
> support
> them for 30 days and then no more support without subscription?  Or 
> does
> that mean they somehow disable the software after 30 days?  What does
> Novell mean by a "30-day trial" version of SuSe Professional 9.1?

Only one if the DVDs is bootable.  The others have ISOs you have to 
burn to use them. So not only do you need a DVD drive, you need a CD 
burner.  Yes you can just mount the CD ISO to get to some of the data, 
but not if you want to boot off of one.

So I got 1a, 1b and 1c.

- 1c is the SuSE 9.1 Pro and is bootable, easy install
- 1b is SuSE 8.2 Pro and Ximian Desktop 2, with 6 ISOs total.  You 
can't install from the DVD.
- 1a is SuSE 8 Enterprise, RedCarpet 2, GroupWise 6.5, and some other 
stuff and they are all ISOs.

The licensing is the same as downloading.  There is no support unless 
you buy a license.

Check the readme on 1a or 1b for details about what each DVD has.