Hi guys. I was wondering if anyone could help me figure what it means when I get the message “Could not find openSUSE Repository” whenever I try to install from my thumb drive. :shame:
That most often happens when you didn’t create the drive properly.
- What version of openSUSE?
- Which installer (Full, Live, or ??)?
- What did you use to create the flash drive, and how did you do it?
Always give more details if you expect an answer.
Of course.
- 13.1
- I believe I used the Live installer.
- I used the Universal USB Installer, from pendrivelinux.com, found here: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/
Okay, that is the wrong way to do it. That utility will not work with the openSUSE installers.
You can use the Live installer, but I would suggest the full DVD installer. You can install it to a USB key as easily as you can the Live installer.
You use the same steps for either of the installer versions. Although this guide talks about the Live installer, since it was written it now is the same for creating a USB key from the Full DVD installer.
Here is the guide, follow it carefully:
I’m trying to do it from Windows 8.1, not Linux. I already looked at the guide for it, but the .ISO file doesn’t show up.
The file dialog by default only shows .raw files.
Do as the guide says:
Type . in the file name box and find your LiveCD image
Or rename the .ISO file to something.raw.
Btw, some people had problems with using Imagewriter on Windows 8 (insufficient permissions to write the image to the stick).
You can also use this one, this is reported to work on Windows 8 as well:
http://www.osforensics.com/tools/write-usb-images.html
Thanks! I managed to figure that out after clicking the “Open” button.:shame:
Now that I’ve got it all set up the USB, I only have one question left: Will I have to backup all of my programs in Windows before I install it?
I recommend ALWAYS backup a drive before doing anything major to it.
On 2014-06-11 00:26, Gadzilla wrote:
> Now that I’ve got it all set up the USB, I only have one question left:
> Will I have to backup all of my programs in Windows before I install it?
Always do a backup when installing any operating system on a machine
that already has an operating system. And it has to be good enough to
recover the machine if things fail royally.
You should have a Windows recovery/rescue disk, too. I think you make
them from Windows somewhere.
Often people have problems with booting after installing a new system,
and you must have a way to recover booting, without reinstalling.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
Thanks! I’ll definitely back up my laptop before I install it onto the harddrive. A friend of mine suggested using Virtual Box to run it, though, so I might end up taking that route to see how well I like SUSE before then.
Thanks! I’ll definitely back up my laptop before I install it onto the harddrive. A friend of mine suggested using Virtual Box to run it, though, so I might end up taking that route to see how well I like SUSE before then.
On 2014-06-11 03:06, Gadzilla wrote:
> Thanks! I’ll definitely back up my laptop before I install it onto the
> harddrive. A friend of mine suggested using Virtual Box to run it,
> though, so I might end up taking that route to see how well I like SUSE
> before then.
Oh, absolutely! That’s a very good idea.
You can try that way if you like Linux or not, without doing any
definitive change to your computer. You can try applications and
methods, stop, suspend the virtual machine, ask, reinstall again from
scratch… while you use your host system for other things you may need.
Just be aware that there will be some limitations. It will run somewhat
slower, for instance.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
I know that it’ll probably be slower than if I just installed it, but if it keeps me from screwing up my laptop, then I’m all for it. 
On 2014-06-11 03:46, Gadzilla wrote:
> I know that it’ll probably be slower than if I just installed it, but if
> it keeps me from screwing up my laptop, then I’m all for it.
Absolutely.
I just mentions it, just in case when you try it you think that it feels
slow and dump Linux because of that. Some people do :-))
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
OpenSUSE is now installed on my laptop with the Gnome environment. There’s just one issue, though, and it’s that as can’t connect to the Internet wirelessly. The network manager icon is showing up in the corner, but there’s no connection. :sarcastic:
Maybe you should start a new thread for that in the Wireless forum.
But please post what wireless device you have, i.e. the relevant output from:
/sbin/lspci -nnk
or, if it’s connected via USB:
lsusb
On 2014-06-15 17:06, Gadzilla wrote:
>
> OpenSUSE is now installed on my laptop with the Gnome environment.
As double boot, or virtualized?
> There’s just one issue, though, and it’s that as can’t connect to the
> Internet wirelessly. The network manager icon is showing up in the
> corner, but there’s no connection. :sarcastic:
The answer depends on the above.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)