I’m facing difficulties while trying to install OpenSuse 12.1 with my usb key.
I downloaded openSUSE-12.1-DVD-x86_64.iso and followed the instructions here : SDB:Live USB stick - openSUSE but I just can’t get the key booting on my laptop.
I’m under windows (for the moment ) and I need to know several things :
Which filesystem should use the usb stick ? FAT32 ? NTFS ?
“Write the image to the USB stick” => means copy the whole iso ? Or extract all files into the stick ?
I tried FAT32, and extracting all file from iso to the USB device, but it refuses to boot…
Hi, and welcome to the forums! I remember there being issues with booting from USB drive for 11.4’s DVD and net iso. I’ve decided to try to take another go at it. I haven’t tried to boot from it yet, though, so I’m not sure if it’s another general bug or not.
First question I usually like to ask regarding install is whether or not you verified your download? If no, I’d suggest doing that right now. If yes, did you install syslinux and run the isohybrid command?
The easiest way to copy it to your flash drive then, would probably be the SuSE Studio ImageWriter. Just point it to the right iso, and it’ll do all the heavy lifting for you.
> - Which filesystem should use the usb stick ? FAT32 ? NTFS ?
None. The filesystem will be “iso”.
indeed, you’re right. I was confused with the “using the Windows instructions above”. But actually, the part with ImageWriter is within the "Create a Live USB (GUI) " part, that’s why I was mistaken.
Anyway, hope it’ll help people
ImageWriter was the solution to the problem.
On 2011-11-17 01:46, almazys wrote:
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> robin_listas;2404576 Wrote:
>> None. The filesystem will be “iso”.
>>
>>
>> indeed, you’re right. I was confused with the “using the Windows
>> instructions above”. But actually, the part with ImageWriter is within
>> the "Create a Live USB (GUI) " part, that’s why I was mistaken.
which is a pity, I would like a system on usb writable. Much more useful.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
Am 17.11.2011 21:43, schrieb Carlos E. R.:
> On 2011-11-17 01:46, almazys wrote:
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>> robin_listas;2404576 Wrote:
>
>>> None. The filesystem will be “iso”.
>>>
>>>
>>> indeed, you’re right. I was confused with the “using the Windows
>>> instructions above”. But actually, the part with ImageWriter is within
>>> the "Create a Live USB (GUI) " part, that’s why I was mistaken.
>
> which is a pity, I would like a system on usb writable. Much more useful.
>
This is what I get automagickaly if I write one of the live cd’s like
kde 12.1 with the dd command to a large enough usb stick. It writes a
read only partition for the iso file and uses the rest of the stick
always for persistent data (without me doing anything special), I can
even do things like installing the proprietary nvidia drivers and
additional software in the live system and it is persistent.
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PC: oS 11.4 (dual boot 12.1) 64 bit | Intel Core i7-2600@3.40GHz | KDE
4.6.0 | GeForce GT 420 | 16GB Ram
Eee PC 1201n: oS 11.4 64 bit | Intel Atom 330@1.60GHz | KDE 4.7.3 |
nVidia ION | 3GB Ram
On 2011-11-17 21:57, Martin Helm wrote:
> Am 17.11.2011 21:43, schrieb Carlos E. R.:
>> which is a pity, I would like a system on usb writable. Much more useful.
>>
> This is what I get automagickaly if I write one of the live cd’s like
> kde 12.1 with the dd command to a large enough usb stick. It writes a
> read only partition for the iso file and uses the rest of the stick
> always for persistent data (without me doing anything special), I can
> even do things like installing the proprietary nvidia drivers and
> additional software in the live system and it is persistent.
Not bad. Is it not possible to have it directly as an ext4 image?
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
> Not bad. Is it not possible to have it directly as an ext4 image?
>
I did not investigate what possibilities one has, it is something I
found by accident when I used the live cd images for testing and wrote
that to usb (I am not even sure if the feature is new or if it was the
same with 11.4 and I just did not notice it).
A ext4 image would be something I would like too. Must be possible
somehow, but for sure a lot of manual work.
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PC: oS 11.4 (dual boot 12.1) 64 bit | Intel Core i7-2600@3.40GHz | KDE
4.6.0 | GeForce GT 420 | 16GB Ram
Eee PC 1201n: oS 11.4 64 bit | Intel Atom 330@1.60GHz | KDE 4.7.3 |
nVidia ION | 3GB Ram
I think the file system on USB Drive is FAT32. and Suse 12.1 DVD file size is more than 4 GB. FAT file system can not hold a file that have size more than this range so format the USB with NTFS and use some tool that can make USB bootable for NTFS file system.
That doesn’t really matter. You are not copying the DVD image to the file system on the USB. Rather, you are copying to the raw USB drive. The iso brings its own file system.
Here’s what my install USB looks like (to “fdisk”):
# fdisk -l /dev/sdf
Disk /dev/sdf: 8004 MB, 8004304896 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 7633 cylinders, total 15633408 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x3d3e118f
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdf1 * 0 9039871 4519936 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
The original 8G file system (probably FAT32) has been replaced by the hidden NTFS file system that is on the iso.
I have not understood the problem but it appears to be linked with something on my mind.
I have down loaded the 4.7 GB ISO image for DVD. Of course I can simply burn the image to a DVD and proceed, but what if I wish to “burn” the image to a USB stick? In fact I had once tried to burn the ISO image (11.2) to a rewritable DVD (RW) but the utility (DeepBurner) refused(?) to burn the image on that media. One should be able to use the USB stick for installation and then reclaim it for other normal usage! Some formatting issues are likely to be involved.
Newcommer - lost, confused and becoming highly frustrated
Hi, I have a Acer travelmate 2482WXMi, as secondary PC, I’ve been having some problems for a while, did restore to factory settings with Alt F10 - during restore system crashed with blue screen of death. Took PC to technicians who then reformatted hard drive and uploaded new bios, worked fine for about a week, then system crash again - blue screen of death, again - tired of windows now installing OpenSUSE. downloaded OpenSUSE 12.2 iso through utorrent last week, checked SHA1 and MD5 values using gizmo manager, burned to DVD using primary PC (Acer travelmate 5742) at slowest speed possible using gizmo. When I do a media check on secondary PC it says checksum wrong, and if I then continue it says file:/var/adm/mount/boot/i386/common: SHA1 checksum wrong. I then did a media check on primary PC and all is well. I then read something about old drives differing from new ones, So I found an old PC and burned it from there with NERO with disk verification, still same error when I do a media check on secondary PC, so I re-downloaded ISO, checked MD5 and SHA1 values again - same as on the web, again, burned it again - same error or some other error or run+=socket error so I assumed DVD drive might be faulty, so I made a LiveUSB using SUSE Image Writer and that gives me an blanc screen even before finishing system analysis. . .
Any ideas or just scrap the PC for the nickel and gold inside?
) and I need to know several things :