Bug 338979

Summary: Opensuse Retail 10.3 version : use the two DVDs iso images is impossible in YAST Softwares Repositories
Product: [openSUSE] openSUSE 10.3 Reporter: Jean-Philippe BIETH <jeanphilippe.bieth>
Component: YaST2Assignee: Michael Andres <ma>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID QA Contact: Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P5 - None CC: admin, tgoettlicher
Version: Final   
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Hardware: Other   
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Description Jean-Philippe BIETH 2007-11-04 07:25:17 UTC 
This bug has been seen into 3 personnal different PCs.

What happen :

It's easier to use local DVD iso images within YAST Softwares Repositories than systematically introduce original DVDs in the computer in case of installations etc ... finally that's why the function is provided in Yast Software Repositories ! :o)

Thus as usual I've decided with the commercial version of opensuse 10.3 (bought in Germany) to register the two DVDs in YAST Software Repositories by building 2 iso images of them (dd if=/dev/cdrom of=image.iso ... ).

Unfortunately during the registration of the second DVD (iso (also tested with a simple copy of its content)) there's systematically an error : searching for media support 1 (although previously & correctly registered !).

Thus it becomes impossible to use the 2 DVD iso, just the first image of the first DVD in YAST Software Repositories, so during installations it's necessary to introduce the second physical DVD ... it's not practical ! :o)

This is not a major issue, maybe it's normal due to the difference between the commercial and non-commercial versions of opensuse 10.3 ?

Feel free to contact me for further information. Best regards

Jean-Philippe Bieth
Comment 1 Cyril Hrubis 2007-11-12 16:44:40 UTC 
Please attach y2logs. If you are in doubt follow:

http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs/YaST

Thanks!
Comment 2 Jean-Philippe BIETH 2007-11-12 20:17:09 UTC 
Created attachment 183066 [details]
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Comment 3 Thomas Göttlicher 2007-11-15 10:52:26 UTC 
This bug is about media handling. Michael, can you help?
Comment 4 Achim Mildenberger 2008-02-18 12:58:04 UTC 
I am also interested in a solution to this problem.
Regards, Achim
Comment 5 Michael Andres 2008-07-14 09:15:14 UTC 
(Sorry for being that late)

A second DVD iso can't, and does not need to be registered. All you have to do: 

- Make sure the isos are located in the same directory
- The filenames are the same, except for a tailing digit denoting the media 
  number

E.g.:
 /schnell/CD-ARCHIVE/10.3/iso/openSUSE-10.3-GM-DVD9-BiArch-DVD1.iso
 /schnell/CD-ARCHIVE/10.3/iso/openSUSE-10.3-GM-DVD9-BiArch-DVD2.iso

If a media >1 is required, Zypp will rewrite the registered location, replacing a trailing digit with the requested media number.


This works with each kind of media. If you'd copy the content of the DVD verbatim into some directory

 /schnell/CD-ARCHIVE/10.3/iso/openSUSE-10.3-GM-DVD9-BiArch-DVD1/

Zypp will expect a verbatim copy of the 2nf DVD in

 /schnell/CD-ARCHIVE/10.3/iso/openSUSE-10.3-GM-DVD9-BiArch-DVD2/