@clive 2 hours?? Did you look for a closer mirror in your locale?
As my user;
wget --show-progress -O openSUSE-Leap-15.6-DVD-x86_64-Build710.3-Media.iso.sha256 \
https://mirror.fcix.net/opensuse/distribution/leap/15.6/iso/openSUSE-Leap-15.6-DVD-x86_64-Build710.3-Media.iso.sha256
--2024-10-28 10:38:19-- https://mirror.fcix.net/opensuse/distribution/leap/15.6/iso/openSUSE-Leap-15.6-DVD-x86_64-Build710.3-Media.iso.sha256
Resolving mirror.fcix.net (mirror.fcix.net)... 23.152.160.16, 2620:13b:0:1000::16
Connecting to mirror.fcix.net (mirror.fcix.net)|23.152.160.16|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 117 [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘openSUSE-Leap-15.6-DVD-x86_64-Build710.3-Media.iso.sha256’
openSUSE-Leap-15.6-DVD-x86_64-Build710.3-Media. 100%[=====================================================================================================>] 117 --.-KB/s in 0s
2024-10-28 10:38:20 (62.5 MB/s) - ‘openSUSE-Leap-15.6-DVD-x86_64-Build710.3-Media.iso.sha256’ saved [117/117]
wget --show-progress -O openSUSE-Leap-15.6-DVD-x86_64-Build710.3-Media.iso \
https://mirror.fcix.net/opensuse/distribution/leap/15.6/iso/openSUSE-Leap-15.6-DVD-x86_64-Build710.3-Media.iso
--2024-10-28 10:38:30-- https://mirror.fcix.net/opensuse/distribution/leap/
15.6/iso/openSUSE-Leap-15.6-DVD-x86_64-Build710.3-Media.iso
Resolving mirror.fcix.net (mirror.fcix.net)... 23.152.160.16, 2620:13b:0:1000::16
Connecting to mirror.fcix.net (mirror.fcix.net)|23.152.160.16|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 4631560192 (4.3G) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘openSUSE-Leap-15.6-DVD-x86_64-Build710.3-Media.iso’
openSUSE-Leap-15.6-DVD-x86_64-Build710.3-Media. 100%[=====================================================================================================>] 4.31G 56.9MB/s in 78s
2024-10-28 10:39:49 (56.3 MB/s) - ‘openSUSE-Leap-15.6-DVD-x86_64-Build710.3-Media.iso’ saved [4631560192/4631560192]
time sha256sum -c openSUSE-Leap-15.6-DVD-x86_64-Build710.3-Media.iso.sha256
openSUSE-Leap-15.6-DVD-x86_64-Build710.3-Media.iso: OK
real 0m25.062s
user 0m24.383s
sys 0m0.663s
As root user;
fdisk -l openSUSE-Leap-15.6-DVD-x86_64-Build710.3-Media.iso
Disk openSUSE-Leap-15.6-DVD-x86_64-Build710.3-Media.iso: 4.31 GiB, 4631560192 bytes, 9046016 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
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x4568d8e4
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
openSUSE-Leap-15.6-DVD-x86_64-Build710.3-Media.iso1 4240 13059 8820 4.3M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
openSUSE-Leap-15.6-DVD-x86_64-Build710.3-Media.iso2 * 13060 9046015 9032956 4.3G 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
wipefs -a /dev/sdd1
/dev/sdd1: 8 bytes were erased at offset 0x00000003 (exfat): 45 58 46 41 54 20 20 20
wipefs -a /dev/sdd
/dev/sdd: 8 bytes were erased at offset 0x00000200 (gpt): 45 46 49 20 50 41 52 54
/dev/sdd: 8 bytes were erased at offset 0x39cfffe00 (gpt): 45 46 49 20 50 41 52 54
/dev/sdd: 2 bytes were erased at offset 0x000001fe (PMBR): 55 aa
/dev/sdd: calling ioctl to re-read partition table: Success
dd if=openSUSE-Leap-15.6-DVD-x86_64-Build710.3-Media.iso of=/dev/sdd bs=4M iflag=fullblock oflag=direct status=progress
4626317312 bytes (4.6 GB, 4.3 GiB) copied, 426 s, 10.9 MB/s4631560192 bytes (4.6 GB, 4.3 GiB) copied, 425.636 s, 10.9 MB/s
1104+1 records in
1104+1 records out
4631560192 bytes (4.6 GB, 4.3 GiB) copied, 425.658 s, 10.9 MB/s
sync
sync
lsblk /dev/sdd
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sdd 8:48 1 14.5G 0 disk
├─sdd1 8:49 1 4.3M 0 part
└─sdd2 8:50 1 4.3G 0 part
