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Revision as of 14:58, 27 December 2008

Local Installation

When you choose this installation type, you download CD/DVD images that hold the openSUSE installation sources to your local computer and proceed from there. This has several advantages.

• You don't depend on an Internet connection during the installation
• You can share the data on different computers
• You can reuse the data at any time later

But it has its downsides as well.

• You transfer a lot of data that you don't actually need
• Due to size limitations of CDs/DVDs, you get only a subset of all packaged software for openSUSE.

Workflow for the local installation

1. Download ISO images.
2. Burn ISO images to blank CD/DVD
3. Boot your system with the CD/DVD
4. Install openSUSE

Internet Installation

If you choose this installation type, you download a small boot medium to start the installation from and the YaST installer does the rest for you. This method also has several advantages.

• You do not download everything, but just the data you need
• You need only one blank CD
• The Internet installation source contains all packaged software for openSUSE

Of course, it also has its downsides.

• You depend on an Internet connection during the installation
• It may be unusably slow depending upon the load of the server and your internet connection speed
• It may not be possible to connect to the Internet if your network card is not recognized

Workflow for the Internet Installation

1. Download the boot CD image e.g. here
2. Burn the boot CD image.
3. Boot your computer from the boot CD.
4. Point the YaST installer to the installation repository (by pressing F3 and then F4)
5. Install openSUSE.

Learn more about installing openSUSE from internet

Learn more about installing openSUSE from local network

Learn more about how to install openSUSE