I’m searching the way to install openSUSE from other distro live media (let’s say Ubuntu).
The most obvious reply would be, download net installation iso and put it to a usb and boot from usb.
Actually I would like to know how to install it when I have the Ubuntu live usb (maybe I don’t have another USB for net boot).
I searched the net and didn’t find any reference.
Thank you for your help.
Maybe it can be done there are a couple of threads that address it at least for openSUSE. In any case it is complicated. You don’t have to use the net install if you have a USB greater then 1 gig you can use a Live install and if greater then 5 gig you can use the full DVD image.
Follow instructions here
https://en.opensuse.org/Live_USB_stick
considering that I just bought a 32 gig USB stick for under $10 I don’t feel the argument compelling for a need to install from a raw ISO…
My question isn’t how to create a live USB with openSUSE (personally I use dd).
Let’s say I have one liveUSB with Ubuntu. How can I install openSUSE on the computer?
Maybe something like the Arch way (I installed Arch before).
I doubt it.
You want to put the iso file on a Ubuntu USB and install from there???
As a rule those addons do not work with openUSE The openSUSE ISO is made to be a binary ready boot. You add extra stuff to it and you break it.
best I can think of is the thread about instlling direct from the ISO. I think it was posted in the last 6 months
The opensuse NET install iso sets up the network, then downloads the installer software. Or, at least, that is my understanding. Maybe you can do something similar in Ubuntu. If nothing else, it would be an interesting project for you to work on.
Perhaps straight from the ISO itself using the loop? You could put the ISO file on the stick as data, if the stick is big enough, or put the ISO in a partition that will not be touched during the install on the target machine’s HD.
I might didn’t express myself correctly. I mentioned an Ubuntu live USB as an example. I guess only nrickert is closer.
Let’s say that I go to my friend’s house and he wants to change his installation from the OS to openSUSE. He (or me) has a live DVD with let’s say Ubuntu. There’s no USB in the picture.
One answer is: postpone the format when you have live media of openSUSE.
A friend of mine used openSUSE live media to install Arch on another computer.
Well, do you think that this is possible to be done with openSUSE? If so, is there a reference? At least something to start digging.
I guess I have to emulate what net install does.
I hope it’s clearer now.
Well…
or the DVD installer ISO, and
On 2015-03-21 23:16, diamond gr wrote:
> A friend of mine used openSUSE live media to install Arch on another
> computer.
> Well, do you think that this is possible to be done with openSUSE?
I’ve never heard of such a thing (in more than 15 years). You will have
to create the procedure yourself.
The closest thing is tinkering with an existing lilo/grub to boot an
image on the hard disk somehow. Any such procedure is far from trivial,
so I don’t see an advantage to just burning the openSUSE ISO to a media
of its own. Much faster. The only reason not to would be because there
is no dvd reader or bootable usb plug in the target system.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))
On 2015-03-21, diamond gr <diamond_gr@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
> I’m searching the way to install openSUSE from other distro live media
> (let’s say Ubuntu).
In principle of course it’s possible to install any GNU/Linux distribution using the the live-media of another
distribution. Indeed this approach is mandatory for installing source-based distributions. In theory it should actually
even more straightforward with binary distributions because you only have to unpack an installation image, proc-mount
proc, bind-mount /sys and /dev, chroot to your new installation, configure GRUB2 or GRUB2-EFI (the latter being much more
tricky!), and reboot.
But just because something is possible, it doesn’t mean it’s a good idea! One of the key strengths of openSUSE is the
installer. Is it possible to run the openSUSE installer within a foreign distribution? I honestly don’t know but I’ve
never heard of it. But if not, you’re missing out if you’re trying to install openSUSE manually, because you’re not
benefitting from it’s excellent installer and you have a lot of headaches trying to do everything yourself (rather
defeating the point of the distribution). Using the openSUSE DVD or Live media option is by far and away the best way to
avoid troubles!