YaST Does Not Detect the 2nd CD During the Installation

Support knowledgebase (mkrapp_revision_cd)
Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version All
This article refers to an older version of SuSE Linux. Therefore some of the informations given in this article may be outdated or the article may contain stale links.

Symptom:

During the installation, YaST asks you to insert the 2nd CD but it does not detect it.

Cause:

  1. Possibility: The CD is faulty.
  2. Possibility: Your CD set contains CDs belonging to different SuSE Linux versions.

Solution:

  1. The CD is faulty: It cannot be mounted or read even on a different operating system. In this case, please refer to the article: Checking the CD/DVD installation media.

  2. Different versions: Please mount or read the CD on a different operating system.
    In the root directory of every SuSE Linux CD there is an (under Linux) hidden file used by YaST to detect the corresponding SuSE Linux version and release. The file name's format is the following:
    .S.u.S.E-disk-00X.YYYYYYYYYY
    X stands for the respective CD and, depending on the product, it can contain the figure 1 to 7.
    The digit combination at YYYYYYYYYY is important for us.
    Please send us this file name and mention this article, and you will receive a replacement as soon as possible.

SuSE Linux Professional Edition:

If you want to change from CD to DVD (or viceversa) as installation media, YaST will "complain" about different media. The information regarding which installation media has been used is saved by YaST in directory /var/adm/current_package_descr/. If you want to switch e.g. from DVD to CD-ROM, please login as root and execute the following commands:

rm /var/adm/current_package_descr/.S.u.S.E* cp /cdrom/.S.u.S.E* /var/adm/current_package_descr/


Keywords: YAST, CD, CORRUPT, DEFECT, INSTALLATION, PACKAGE, SECOND, VERSION, FAULTY

Categories: YaST

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