11.2-M3 installation without CD fails

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#1

Hi,

I am new to OpenSUSE and I picked it up to use as a server for my small team of 15people.
I downloaded the 11.2M3 (openSUSE-KDE4-LiveCD-Build0148-x86_64.iso) from the official link. I am trying to install it in my system without CD. I followed the procedure mentioned at:
Install on PC that can’t boot from CD - openSUSE

But it failed.
Here’s some of the output to help you.

debian:/home/sait97# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00069ef2

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1       19127   153637596   83  Linux
/dev/sda2           19128       19457     2650725    5  Extended
/dev/sda5           19128       19457     2650693+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
debian:/home/sait97#


debian:/home/sait97# ls -l /suse/
total 725784
-r--r--r-- 1 root root  12391557 2009-07-25 10:01 initrd
-r--r--r-- 1 root root   3332080 2009-07-25 10:01 linux
-rw------- 1 root root 726736896 2009-07-25 09:47 suse11.iso
debian:/home/sait97#

/boot/grub/menu.lst

## ## End Default Options ##

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-2-686
root            (hd0,0)                              
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=/dev/sda1 ro 
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686                

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-2-686 (single-user mode)
root            (hd0,0)                                                 
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=/dev/sda1 ro single     
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686                           

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-1-686
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=/dev/sda1 ro
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-1-686 (single-user mode)
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=/dev/sda1 ro single
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-5-686
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686 root=/dev/sda1 ro
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-5-686

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-5-686 (single-user mode)
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686 root=/dev/sda1 ro single
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-5-686

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

title           Install OpenSUSE
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /suse/vmlinuz
initrd          /suse/initrd.img
debian:/home/sait97#

debian:/home/sait97# ls -l /suse/
total 725784
-r--r--r-- 1 root root  12391557 2009-07-25 10:01 initrd
-r--r--r-- 1 root root   3332080 2009-07-25 10:01 linux
-rw------- 1 root root 726736896 2009-07-25 09:47 suse11.iso
debian:/home/sait97#

Can you tell me where I went wrong??

Regards
Suse11.2M3 User

#2

I get the following on booting:


waiting for USB devices to settle...
waiting for CD/DVD devices to appear...
Searching for USB stick devices
failed to detect CD/DVD or USB devices
rebootException: error console at Alt-F3/F4
rebootException: reboot in 120 seconds
#3

You need to copy the extracted iso image to disk, not the iso. If you are using the iso, I think there is a suse install option for iso on hard disk. (One of the f-keys when you boot up)

#4

download from Index of /repositories/openSUSE:/Factory:/Live/images

Now what I did was unpacked the file and dd to a usb stick
It booted into a regular install. I didn’t test it any further than that.

also you can dd the live iso to a usb works with milestone 4

#5

dale14846
Any idea on how to install or apply the delta iso’s from Index of /distribution/11.2-Milestone4/delta to the original iso images?
k3b and basero give the message that they are not iso images if you try to burn them to disk.

#6

The above link is a operating system on a stick it is not a installer
so anyone with a netbook might want to test it.

#7

lets see its dot iso dot delta or dot iso dot delta dot torrent
try renaming so its only dot iso
other than that I don’t have a clue

#8

lets see its dot iso dot delta or dot iso dot delta dot torrent
try renaming so its only dot iso
other than that I don’t have a clue

#9

Deltaisos

Delta ISOs allow you to download a small file instead of the complete ISO if you have the previous ISO. This is primarily used by people testing the Development version of openSUSE. The deltaiso, available at Index of /distribution/openSUSE-current/delta, contains the differences between the old iso and the new one. Applying the deltaiso to the old iso will give you the new iso.
The program applydeltaiso may take a rather long time to run. On some systems it takes more than 30 minutes per CD, in which case the download of a full length iso-image might be faster! edit]
Using Linux

To use this feature, you need the package deltarpm that is installed by default. The syntax for applydeltaiso is:
applydeltaiso old.iso delta.iso new.iso
For example:
applydeltaiso openSUSE-11.1-RC1-KDE4-LiveCD-i686.iso openSUSE-11.1-RC1_GM-KDE4-LiveCD-i686.delta.iso openSUSE-11.1-KDE4-LiveCD-i686.iso
If you deleted the ISOs of the previous milestone, don’t worry. applydeltaiso can also work with the CDs in your CD-ROM drive. For example, if you have the old openSUSE-11.1-RC1-KDE4-LiveCD-i686.iso in your CD-ROM drive (/dev/hdc), use this command:
applydeltaiso /dev/hdc openSUSE-11.1-RC1_GM-KDE4-LiveCD-i686.delta.iso openSUSE-11.1-KDE4-LiveCD-i686.iso
Check the sum afterwards as described in Checksums. The process of applying the Delta ISO takes quite some time and needs the disk space to unpack all ISO images.

There is another thread about deltas

#10

I don’t have usb option.
I want to install from HDD using iso.