Installing 11.3 w/o burning

Hi all, i’ve decided that i wanna learn a bit of linux, and so i tried to install suse… i’ve come to have a lot of problems:

i downloaded both the KDE Live CD and the DVD (4++ gb), both 64 bit …
i dunno about the software there, but should i get the 32 bit version becouse is more likely they works or the 64 bit is fine?

what i’d like to do is overwrite my windows 7 (basically get rid of it, only way for me to use linux).
i tried installing from Live CD (burned) but it does not seems to work, tried the USB thing but still something is wrong, is like is not recognized… i can’t burn 4++ gb so i was wondering if there is a way to use the ISO w/o burning it… ofc i tried but in the boot menu it asks for a CD so nothing to do.

i’m sorry i’m rly a newb here… all the help is appreciated, and sorry for bad english :slight_smile:

thx in advance

AscaL

Hi and welcome to openSUSE. We’ll see with you what are those problems. :wink:

i downloaded both the KDE Live CD and the DVD (4++ gb), both 64 bit …
i dunno about the software there, but should i get the 32 bit version becouse is more likely they works or the 64 bit is fine?

It depends of you’re system, but if you have a new one with win7 on it, we can be 99.99 % that it is a 64 bits system. So, the 64 bits is fine.

what i’d like to do is overwrite my windows 7 (basically get rid of it, only way for me to use linux).

Do you really want to get rid of win7? (I don’t disagree with you on this though :P) You always have the option to dual boot, that is, to have 2 systems installed on your system.

i tried installing from Live CD (burned) but it does not seems to work,

Before burning the ISO file, check the md5sum before. See this article for more information : SDB:Download help - openSUSE. The md5sum is available in the download page of openSUSE.

tried the USB thing but still something is wrong, is like is not recognized… i can’t burn 4++ gb so i was wondering if there is a way to use the ISO w/o burning it… ofc i tried but in the boot menu it asks for a CD so nothing to do.

You’re PC must be able to boot on USB stick. Chech those settings in the BIOS of your system (by presing the DEL or F12 or F11 key when the system boot). If your PC can boot on USB, follow these instructions to get it done : SDB:Live USB stick - openSUSE

ok… first of all thx for the help :slight_smile:

I rly need to get rid of windows, else i’m surely gonna use it (+ this is a laptop, i have it on my desktop anyway), and i wanna learn how to install ontop of it, i already had some dual boot expirience :stuck_out_tongue:

I can’t find the md5 files, altho i think the download is correct, it should be just me…

about the usb… i already did it, i mean i followed the instructions, but the usb didn’t work… maybe if becouse of this
**create a Live USB the easy way (GUI)
Version:
Windows XP, Vista
This applies to Microsoft Windows XP and Vista. The following does not work for Windows Seven because of Bug #634956. **

so i guess on seven i can’t do it… idk…

anwyay i should be (in theory) able to boot from the CD… i just dunno how

There’s a couple of things you need to set:

In the BIOS you may need to enable the bootmenu. That allows you to hit Esc, F8, F12 (depends) during boot, displaying the devices that you can boot from.

Getting rid of W7 is easy, is done during install, when partitioning is made. Change the partitioning, remove the Win partitions, that’s all.

Need more help? Don’t try it all at once, go step by step.

ok, i booted the CD (pressed ESC) and now i’m installing :smiley:
so, what should i do to get rid of Seven? (Change the partitioning, remove the Win partitions, is not very explanatory ^^)

thx a lot

On 2010-12-01 11:36, AscaL wrote:
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> ok, i booted the CD (pressed ESC) and now i’m installing :smiley:
> so, what should i do to get rid of Seven? (Change the partitioning,
> remove the Win partitions, is not very explanatory ^^)

There should be an option in the install proposal to use the entire disk
for linux.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)

didn’t find it… right now i installed it with the suggested partition and so on… form there what should i do?

thx :slight_smile:

Did the files are installed or not yet? Because you can go back in the installer to the partition setup. The screen look like this :

  1. You have a screen like this or similar : http://en.opensuse.org/images/8/82/OS_11.3_live_install_5.png
  2. Once you have chosen the disk, you have this screen : http://en.opensuse.org/images/b/b1/OS_11.3_live_install_6.png

You see the button “Use the entire hard disk”.

Once it is clicked, the installer will do the rest of the job for you. :wink:

the image i had was this one:
http://www.novell.com/documentation/opensuse113/book_quickstarts/graphics/i_y2_partitioning.png

and i just clicked next… i’m sorry i’m so noob :frowning:

On 2010-12-01 13:06, AscaL wrote:
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> didn’t find it… right now i installed it with the suggested partition
> and so on… form there what should i do?

If you really want to remove windows, install again and search for that
option. It might be in expert mode, I don’t remember.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)

On 2010-12-01 14:36, AscaL wrote:
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> the image i had was this one:
> http://tinyurl.com/35mafhb

Automatic config.

>
> and i just clicked next… i’m sorry i’m so noob :frowning:

So, do it again. It is the way to learn :slight_smile:


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)

do it again WHAT?
please be a little more specific, i’m a total noob here… i can easly get to a partitioning screen, but there are a shitloads of things i don’t know (swap, ext4,FAT and other ****…)

Hey i am also noob to this, pls help me

On 2010-12-01 15:36, AscaL wrote:
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> do it again WHAT?

Installation. You are installing your system, no? You made a mistake, you
know where now, so repeat the installation :slight_smile:


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)

i do know where the mistake is, but i dunno where i can fix it… that’s the only configuration screen i can get

beside i finished installing it, isn’t there a way to simply remove windows?
i lost a lot of time today to set the pc, i think i would do it again in like 1 hour, but if there is a faster way…

Yes but it is far easier for someone with you experience to simply reinstall.

When you get to the Partition scheme screen. You can select expert mode and do what ever you like with the partitions.

About partitions:

Partitions is the way divide up a disk drive. A partition is a container that contains a file system.
You can only have 4 primary partitions on a drive but one can be an extended partition. An Extended partition is a container for logical partitions. Thus you can have more then 4 partitions on a drive.

With OpenSuse the recommended configuration is to have 3 partition. 1) swap 2)root 3)home

Swap is a small partition with at least the 1.5X amount of space as you have memory since you have a notebook. It is mounted as swap
root is where the OS and most programs will go. It should have 20-30 gig of space and is mounted as /
home is where your personal data and configuration files are kept and normally would take up the rest of the space on the drive. it is mounted as /home

Mount points are the locations in the file system that a partition is going to show up. Such as I have an additional partition which mounts at /vm and contains my Virtual Machine data.

Note MS confuses the issue by calling partitions drives.

Try to break the habit of zombie like accepting defaults. Pause and be sure you understand what each screen says or does. Linux is about choice and you need to understand your choices.

thx a lot for the exaustive(?) explanatation :slight_smile:

And from the image you posted, click the button Create partition setup and refer to the images I posted to you earlier. You’ll see the button use entire hard disk.

On 2010-12-01 17:06, AscaL wrote:
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> i do know where the mistake is, but i dunno where i can fix it… that’s
> the only configuration screen i can get

You see less options in automatic mode.

> beside i finished installing it, isn’t there a way to simply remove
> windows?
> i lost a lot of time today to set the pc, i think i would do it again
> in like 1 hour, but if there is a faster way…

It is easier and faster to reinstall. Even with my 12+ years linux
experience, in that situation I would reinstall, resizing a partition is
not something I do unless I want to keep the data: and you don’t have any
yet. It is complex, slow, and dangerous.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)

DONE IT!!!

thx a lot for the help guys!

have a nice day :slight_smile: