if by SUSE Linux you mean openSUSE, I had the same situation. This computer doesn’t have optical drive either. Luckily, there was already a Windows preinstalled. (Now they run in Dual-Boot.) You could try installing it from pendrive, you need a program to make bootable pendrives, I was given Unetbootin. http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ It didn’t work for me, the computer constantly froze when it tried to boot from pendrive.
So I mounted the image file of the disk I downloaded, and ran the setup from there. When it asks how you want to install it, you can choose net. After installation, next time it will ask to boot Windows, or install openSUSE. I had trouble connecting to wifi (and there is no GUI at this part), so you might also need a cable. When asks for protocol, I chose HTTP (FTP asked username and password for some reason…). It was slow as hell, but works.
I also did upgrade online. Aside from not being able to upgrade GRUB, everything works fine so far.
So back to the question, it is possible to use openSUSE without optical drive. Although, I’ve already preformatted the HDD in advance to be able to do it (20 GB for Linux partition, 80 GB for Windows partition, 400 GB NTFS data partition, which both OSs can access).
The method using Unetbootin does not work on the newer openSUSE install images, because they are hybrid images.
Instead, follow the link Henk provided and follow the directions there. Although it mentions the live installer version, you can do this with the full install DVD version.
Then, simply install from the USB key.
Many people here have successfully installed that way, including myself.
many many thanks for the hints. Great to hear from you!!
what is the procedure to install OpenSuse linux from a USB flash drive
Acquire the correct OpenSuse installation files ('the ISO')
Put OpenSuse onto your USB flash drive
Configure the computer to boot from USB flash drive and boot from it
how to install opensuse to my internal drive (hard disk drive or solid state drive)
note: i plan to buy a subnetbook that has no CD or DVD-Drive.
which ways do we have to do a
a. fresh installation on a notebook
b. do do updates from time to time
love to hear from you
cheers
dilbertone
btw: i **allready did some steps: **
a. i allready have created a rescue-system for the emergency-situation:
i created a little resque-usb for SUSE-DVD on USB-Stick
a litle Rescue-USB while using Suse-ISO DVD on a USB medium 1:1 copied
where sdX=sdb or sdc is the USB stick
ready - now i can test the rescue-usb - and the best thing: with that i can install opensuse linux on notebook that does not have any dvd-drive.
On 2015-01-18 01:36, jetchisel wrote:
> robin_listas;2689751 Wrote:
>> And cp, and cat…
> For small files/iso then yes you can probably use the cat and cp but for
> large files then good luck waiting/guessing when it will finish
I have not tried cat myself, but I have with cp, and it is as fast as
‘dd’ in this situation.
Except for a curious side effect.
When you write a large file, like the dvd image, to a slow destination,
such as a usb stick, the kernel will try to cache the entire write on
memory, so that the copy command returns fast. The actual write takes
minutes, with the entire 4 gigs cached in ram. This causes, on some
machines, the entire system to become unresponsive, because efectively
the entire write cache is used for this operation, everything else is
delayed.
You can tell ‘dd’ not to use the cache, using “oflag=direct” (or perhaps
“nocache”, but this one I have not tested yet).
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
