Hello everyone,
i guess this has been discussed a few times but all i have read does not help me.
I downloaded the Open Suse 12.3 live iso and want to place it on a usb to boot from.
Can anyone provide me with detailed instructions?
Btw, i am on kubuntu right now.
Unetbootin does not seem to work with Suse and this thread
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick#Linux_Instructions
wont do the job either.
Much thanks in advance!
You can use just dd or cp to copy the iso file to the stick:
sudo dd if=openSUSE.iso of=/dev/sdg
(/dev/sdg should be replaced with the device name of your stick of course)
Unetbootin does not seem to work with Suse and this thread
wont do the job either.
What is your problem with ImageWriter? It should work on Ubuntu.
You have to run it as root of course:
sudo imagewriter
should work on Ubuntu I think. If not, try one of those:
xdg-su -c imagewriter
gnomesu imagewriter
gksu imagewriter
gksudo imagewriter
kdesu imagewriter
kdesudo imagewriter
su -c imagewriter
su - -c imagewriter
Sorry, I’m not sure what Ubuntu has available by default… 
Edit: On second thought, I think you don’t know how to install ImageWriter in the first place.
Well, Ubuntu’s USB-Imagewriter should work as well I guess:
https://launchpad.net/usb-imagewriter
Hello wolfi323,
thanks for the tips and you are right,
i don"t know how to work with the image writer.
I just tried it with the Ubuntu version you recommended but i fail at installing it.
(i am not very good with computers)
do you have another advice or could you guide me through the procedure to “dd” it on the usb.
I have read many threats mentioning the"dd" but i can’t seem to figure out how to do it on my own.
thanks,
kai
You do know how to install programs?
This should be in Ubuntu’s standard software repos, so just enter the “Software Center” (or whatever it is called now, I don’t use Ubuntu), search for it and install it.
Or did you get any error message?
Maybe have a look here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromImgFiles#Ubuntu
do you have another advice or could you guide me through the procedure to “dd” it on the usb.
I have read many threats mentioning the"dd" but i can’t seem to figure out how to do it on my own.
Actually this is answered is well in the link above.
The most “difficult” part is to find out the USB sticks device name.
Plug it in, and then run “dmesg | tail”. This should tell you that it found an USB device and something about /dev/sdX.
Then just run the line I gave you before:
sudo dd if=openSUSE.iso of=/dev/sdX
As mentioned, replace /dev/sdX with the appropriate device name (as seen in dmesg’s output), and openSUSE.iso with the filename of the iso image.
Excellent, thank you.
i downloaded the tar giz file and could not install it from there. via the software center it worked.
the problem now is that the image writer does not “see” the Suse iso file i downloaded even if i point him into the folder he just does not show it.
i will keep working, there must be some way;)
kairo82 wrote:
>
> Hello wolfi323,
> thanks for the tips and you are right,
> i don"t know how to work with the image writer.
> I just tried it with the Ubuntu version you recommended but i fail at
> installing it.
> (i am not very good with computers)
> do you have another advice or could you guide me through the procedure
> to “dd” it on the usb.
> I have read many threats mentioning the"dd" but i can’t seem to figure
> out how to do it on my own.
> thanks,
> kai
>
>
dd is not a threat . It is a command line utility to convert and copy a
file. It can be used to write isos onto your usb key in your case.
GNOME 3.6.2
openSUSE Release 12.3 (Dartmouth) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 3.7.10-1.16-desktop
Maybe rename the *.iso file to *.img ?
Ok it all seems to be messed up.
Renaming the iso and to img did the trick but now the image writer starts but does nothing when i point it to the file and usb stick .
I will try the dd procedure.
I used this command “lsblk” to find my usb stick.
This is the output:
kai@Skynet:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 111.8G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 30.5G 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
├─sda5 8:5 0 2G 0 part [SWAP]
├─sda6 8:6 0 15.4G 0 part /
├─sda7 8:7 0 27.2G 0 part
├─sda8 8:8 0 23.6G 0 part
└─sda9 8:9 0 13.2G 0 part
sdb 8:16 1 3.8G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 1 3.8G 0 part
i am assuming the stick is “sdb1’". correct?
the iso file is now called “openSUSE-12 1.3-GNOME-Live-i686.img”
só the command should be :
sudo dd if=openSUSE-12 1.3-GNOME-Live-i686.img of=/dev/sdb1
when i apply it asks for password and afterwards this is the output:
dd: unrecognized operand `1.3-GNOME-Live-i686.img’
No. “sdb1” is a partition on the stick. The stick itself is “sdb”.
the iso file is now called “openSUSE-12 1.3-GNOME-Live-i686.img”
Is that a typo? Or is it really named that way?
Where did you download it from?
só the command should be :
sudo dd if=openSUSE-12 1.3-GNOME-Live-i686.img of=/dev/sdb1
No, see above and below.
when i apply it asks for password and afterwards this is the output:
dd: unrecognized operand `1.3-GNOME-Live-i686.img’
There’s a space (’ ') in there, which normally is used to separate the command line options. You have to wrap it in apostrophes (") in that case:
sudo dd if="openSUSE-12 1.3-GNOME-Live-i686.img" of=/dev/sdb
Or use '' to escape the space if you prefer:
sudo dd if=openSUSE-12\ 1.3-GNOME-Live-i686.img of=/dev/sdb
Or rename the file to something without a space…
halleluja,
it seems to work now.
No, that was no typo . The file is downloaded from the open suse web page.
Here is the link:
software.opensuse.org: Download openSUSE 12.3
i used the first option that states “also usable for usb”
after downloading i changed the .iso to .img
thats all.
Now it is doing something with the command line you provided
sudo dd if=“openSUSE-12 1.3-GNOME-Live-i686.img” of=/dev/sdb
should the usb be bootable when the process is finished or will i need to aadd something?
highly appreciate your help!!
process has finished but nothing has been written to the usb:(
Heh? The first option is the full DVD and called “openSUSE-12.3-DVD-i586.iso”.
The second one would be the GNOME LiveCD which you seem to have downloaded. But that’s named “openSUSE-12.3-GNOME-Live-i686.iso”.
Well, anyway, doesn’t matter really…
Now it is doing something with the command line you provided
sudo dd if=“openSUSE-12 1.3-GNOME-Live-i686.img” of=/dev/sdb
Good!
should the usb be bootable when the process is finished or will i need to aadd something?
No, you don’t have to do anything afterwards, the USB should be bootable then.
Just boot from the USB stick. (you may have to enable that in the BIOS settings or select it in the BIOS boot menu though)
Are you sure? What makes you think so?
The Linux kernel doesn’t see the changes immediately.
Try to unplug it and plug it in again.
perfect.
sorry you were right. when i waited while and plugged it out and back in i could start from usb.
the suse welcome screen shows options:
-openSUSE 12.3 GNOME Live
-Installation
-Check installation Media
and so on.
i am now on another computer.
have tryed both installation and the live option but both get stucked after a while.
it says’leftover inexact backtrack’
do you know a reason for this?
i have already started to download a new iso image from the SUSE web page in case the one i have used is fro some reaso bad.
On 2013-11-10 11:16, kairo82 wrote:
> Can anyone provide me with detailed instructions?
> Btw, i am on kubuntu right now.
> Unetbootin does not seem to work with Suse
No, it does not.
> and this thread
>
> https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick#Linux_Instructions
>
> wont do the job either.
why not? :-?
–
Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
On 2013-11-10 14:16, wolfi323 wrote:
>> i used the first option that states “also usable for usb”
>> after downloading i changed the .iso to .img
>> thats all.
> Heh? The first option is the full DVD and called
> “openSUSE-12.3-DVD-i586.iso”.
> The second one would be the GNOME LiveCD which you seem to have
> downloaded. But that’s named “openSUSE-12.3-GNOME-Live-i686.iso”.
>
> Well, anyway, doesn’t matter really… 
It does matter, actually. His stick is 4GB only… the “first option”
doesn’t fit inside. kairo82, you need an 8 GB stick to use that version.
For the gnome/kde images a 2GB stick suffices.
If you are downloading again, please use the instructions in the page to
verify the download, or use a metalink downloader and metalink link.
–
Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
oi carlos,
thanks for the heads up. i’m now downloading the gnome version and will than try again with the 4g stick.
will keep you updated and much thanks.
ate mais;)
opensuse is now working.
as mentioned i downloaded the gnome iso and this time used the image writer to place it on an usb stick.
much thanks to everyone who helped!
how can i now mark this threat as solved?
We don’t mark things solved here 