SLES 8 ISO (x64)

[cjcox]

On Thu, 2009-11-05 at 16:56 +0000, lmcdasm wrote:
> Hello Forums.
>
> earlier today I tried to go through the portal.suse.de site to obtain
> an older copy of SLES 8. I know its old, but we are working on a port
> from some legacy machines (running 8) to 11 and we need the ISO to make
> some lab boxes.
>
> Novell site is complaining that I dont have permissions to that release
> now, however my 9, 10, 11 and all other products seems to be working.

SLES 8 is COMPLETELY unsupported now.

>
> is this related to the portal move? Or something else?

While it is true that you can actually get Windows 3.1, you won't
find Windows 2.0 around anywhere.

>
> Where should i send the mail to ask about this (since we should have
> access to these files).

Talk to a friend. Do you have a local LUG? That's where
I'd go to find a copy. Looking online at my site, I still
have iso's for the 32bit version (CD isos), but not for
64bit.

Also, remember that SLES 8 will likely only run on hardware
that is roughly 7 years or old or more. Trying to install
it (SLES8 GA) on anything newer will probably be difficult.