Bootmgr missing while installing... ?

bgoker · May 30, 2010, 3:57pm

Hi everyone,

When I try to install opensuse 11.2 from my usb hdd it says Bootmgr is missing.I installed other distros before without any problem.

Now I have windows7 installed on my pc.

Thanks.

caf4926 · May 30, 2010, 4:20pm

It’s not clear what your problem is. Do you mean you are using a bootable USB drive that you used unetbootin to write the linux .iso to it?

bgoker · May 30, 2010, 4:38pm

yes exactly.

caf4926 · May 30, 2010, 5:02pm

It means you are probably not doing something quite right. Are you unable to use an optical drive?

Look at this guide for usb installs:
Live USB stick - openSUSE

I can’t advise on the windows side, I have never worked at it from windows.

bgoker · May 30, 2010, 5:16pm

I think there is nothing that i can do wrong with unetbootin just select the iso file and select usb drive and then click ok thats all

caf4926 · May 30, 2010, 5:21pm

I know what you mean. But unetbootin doesn’t always work for me with openSUSE .iso’s
try formatting the drive to FAT
And try again.

Or boot a live distro and do dd on it. Remember to be careful and get the ID of you USB device correct (sdb, sdc,… whatever)