[sle-beta] Workaround for broken SLE 15 SP2 Beta download link

[josef Reidinger]

Hi Steven,
it basically says to you, that you boot DVD via legacy boot. In that case EFI cannot be installed, because it does not have access to EFI variables.
So to install EFI system, please boot also your medium via EFI.

Josef

On Fri, 8 May 2020 15:08:13 +0000
Steven Clinton Drake <sdrake at csa.canon.com> wrote:

> Is this normal?
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> [Canon Solutions America, Inc.]
> Steven Clinton Drake
> Sr. Product Engineer
> Canon Solutions America, Inc.
> 5600 Broken Sound Blvd., Boca Raton, Fl 33487
> www.csa.canon.com<http://www.csa.canon.com/>
> sdrake at csa.canon.com<mailto:sdrake at csa.canon.com>
> T 561.997.3233
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> From: sle-beta <sle-beta-bounces at lists.suse.com> On Behalf Of Steven Clinton Drake
> Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 10:43 AM
> To: Vincent Moutoussamy <vmoutoussamy at suse.com>; Beta-Mailingliste, SUSE Linux <sle-beta at lists.suse.com>
> Subject: Re: [sle-beta] Workaround for broken SLE 15 SP2 Beta download link
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> Email was not sent from a Canon Network!
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> Hello,
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> I was able to download what I needed, thanks.
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> I see nowhere in the documentation that EFI bootloader is not supported, yet if I try to create a boot-efi system partition I get a popup that this won't boot.  And in fact, boot from harddisk hangs during the install unless I accept the BIOS proposal.
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> Is this expected?
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> Thank you,
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> Steve
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> Steven Clinton Drake
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> Sr. Product Engineer
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> Canon Solutions America, Inc.
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> 5600 Broken Sound Blvd., Boca Raton, Fl 33487
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> www.csa.canon.com<http://www.csa.canon.com>
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> sdrake at csa.canon.com<mailto:sdrake at csa.canon.com>
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> T 561.997.3233
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vincent Moutoussamy <vmoutoussamy at suse.com<mailto:vmoutoussamy at suse.com>>
> Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2020 10:22 AM
> To: Steven Clinton Drake <sdrake at csa.canon.com<mailto:sdrake at csa.canon.com>>; Beta-Mailingliste, SUSE Linux <sle-beta at lists.suse.com<mailto:sle-beta at lists.suse.com>>
> Subject: Re: Workaround for broken SLE 15 SP2 Beta download link
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> Email was not sent from a Canon Network!
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> Hi,
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> No you should never, ever mix different Service Pack Media.
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> SLE-15-SP2-Full-x86_64-PublicRC1-Media1.iso will soon be available on https://beta.suse.com/private/SLE15/SP2/download/.
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> I’ll keep you in touch.
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> Unfortunately I can not upload all ISOs to beta.suse.com but please everyone raise your voice if there is any other requests.
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> Regards,
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> Vincent Moutoussamy
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> SUSE Beta Program, JeOS and SDK Project Manager Paris, France
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> > On 7 May 2020, at 15:41, Steven Clinton Drake <sdrake at csa.canon.com<mailto:sdrake at csa.canon.com>> wrote:  
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> > Hello,  
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> > I’m only looking for x86_64.  We have to use standalone media for installation/reinstallation because many of our customers allow no online access.  
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> > Regards,  
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> > Steven Clinton Drake  
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> > Sr. Product Engineer  
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> > Canon Solutions America, Inc.  
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> > 5600 Broken Sound Blvd., Boca Raton, Fl 33487 www.csa.canon.com<http://www.csa.canon.com>  
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> > sdrake at csa.canon.com<mailto:sdrake at csa.canon.com> T 561.997.3233  
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> > From: sle-beta <sle-beta-bounces at lists.suse.com<mailto:sle-beta-bounces at lists.suse.com>> On Behalf Of Vincent  
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> > Moutoussamy  
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> > Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2020 9:11 AM  
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> > To: Beta-Mailingliste, SUSE Linux <sle-beta at lists.suse.com<mailto:sle-beta at lists.suse.com>>  
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> > Subject: [sle-beta] Workaround for broken SLE 15 SP2 Beta download  
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> > link  
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> > Email was not sent from a Canon Network!  
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> > Hi,  
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> > As you might be aware, the following download link is broken at https://www.suse.com/betaprogram/sle-beta/#download:  
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> > http://download.suse.com/Download?buildid=GEudhzLfiCc~  
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> > As a temporary workaround, you can download all Online Media1 via:  
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> > - https://beta.suse.com/private/SLE15/SP2/download/  
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> > Login: Public  
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> > Password: SUSEBeta  
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> > We are sorry for the inconvenience and working on a solution,  
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> > Regards,  
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> > Vincent Moutoussamy  
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> > SUSE Beta Program, JeOS and SDK Project Manager Paris, France  
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