Installing latest opensuse over dvd. Did not work

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Dear all,I am a user of a 12.3 and today I tried to install the latest opensuse from dvd.The installation started as always, it correctly recognized the old partition and so I went for the update option. The installation started and I left it at the state where the packages are installed. I left the overall progress bar at 5% and I looked once more and it was around 30 %.Then I had to do family breakfast and when I returned back I saw my windows :frowning: booted (I forgot to say that few days ago my daughter started the rescue in windows 7 that took out the grub boot loader and only windows currently load). I am pretty sure/confident that the package installation is completes and I am not sure why the installation process rebooted without asking me about grub installation.Any ideas on how to proceed would be helpfulAlex

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Believe ISO downloads starting with 12.2 and since are to large to fit on DVD’s so need burn to a USB stick.

Method is similar to here : https://en.opensuse.org/Live_USB_stick

When you install openSUSE 13.2 the format BTRFS is chosen by default, watch for the message as it will reformat.

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If you are lucky, try simply setting the Suse root partition as “active”.
By default, the installer doesn’t do that if it finds an “active” Win partition, so that Windoz boots.
On the other hand, AFAIK an “update” to OS 13.2 is only guaranteed starting from a 13.1 install updated to the last 13.1 packages.
So, starting from 12.3, a number of things might have gone the wrong way…

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How I can set my root linux partition to active?RegardsAlex

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On 2015-05-01 09:26, alaios wrote:
>
> Dear all,I am a user of a 12.3 and today I tried to install the latest
> opensuse from dvd.The installation started as always, it correctly
> recognized the old partition and so I went for the update option. The
> installation started and I left it at the state where the packages are
> installed. I left the overall progress bar at 5% and I looked once more
> and it was around 30 %.Then I had to do family breakfast and when I
> returned back I saw my windows :frowning: booted (I forgot to say that few days
> ago my daughter started the rescue in windows 7 that took out the grub
> boot loader and only windows currently load). I am pretty sure/confident
> that the package installation is completes and I am not sure why the
> installation process rebooted without asking me about grub
> installation.Any ideas on how to proceed would be helpfulAlex

The upgrade procedure doesn’t allow to change settings such as grub. It
basically leaves things in the same configuration and reboots (and
doesn’t format anything). (and 12.3 to 13.2 should work and is
supported, AFAIK).

Your problem is previous: as your daughter took out grub days ago, you
should have restored that previous to the upgrade. Now you have to do
it, somehow.

Probably start a rescue session from a live, and reinstall boot from yast.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.

(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))

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The easiest way if you have an OpenSuse LiveCD is to use GParted.
Select the root partition (on the right disk…)
select the “Partition” menu, “Manage flags”
tick the “boot” flag.
Reboot.

The parted tool does the same over the command line, see “man parted” for instructions.

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I do not have the live cd… but I guess that if I get to the rescue screen I would be able to launch something “yast”? And ask it to reinstall grubRight?Alex

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The rescue system from the DVD is command-line only; if you are used working from a terminal, this is an option.
Or try the “repair installed system” from the install DVD, instead of install or update.
Or if you can boot the installed Suse in a way or another (with superGrub disk or other rescue tool…) it is easy to restore GRUB from within your new OpenSuse 13.2 via yast-bootloader.
But why not downloading the rescue system or LiveCD and burn it to an usb key if you have no other rescue tool handy?

you may choose a mirror near you from
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.2/iso/openSUSE-13.2-Rescue-CD-x86_64.iso?mirrorlist

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On 2015-05-01 14:36, OrsoBruno wrote:

> But why not downloading the rescue system or LiveCD and burn it to an
> usb key if you have no other rescue tool handy?

Indeed, that’s what I would recommend (for everybody to have).

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.

(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))

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Is there a live cd 13.2? In the downloads section of 13.2 I can only see the dvd imagesHm…Alex

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On the download page there is a box reading:

Some alternative media (eg. live and rescue systems) are  also available, although they are less tested and recommended for only  limited use.             [Click here to display these alternative versions.](http://software.opensuse.org/132/en#)           
                         [HR][/HR]

Click there and the LIve or Rescue options should appear.

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Thanks for mentioning that. I have javascript disabled and this box was not visible at all.
I am installing it and launching gpart. Enabling old boot partition… to booted.
I guess that would be all
Alex

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Hi everyone,I did the trick with the live cd and it worked as fine… Although I had to guess three times where the grub was installed.I was suprised to see that even the grub entries were updated showing the right opensuse distribution.So far so good . Linux boots. Windows boots. In my Linux I also have my personal files and applications preferences and so on… but with few problems(just to note here that I have a 6 years old laptop that since the first day I am running and opensuse and always I am updating once there is a new release)The display is not correctly recognized! It runs on a 640 x 480 resolution and in the kde control center there is no choice for changing resolution at all (I had to change the resolution two weeks ago in my works pc and I remember where the options are)…I am not sure how this can be fixed…Second is the wi-fi. It remembered which was the network I was connecting on but this time asked me for a password… I gave it and it connected. My wifi card got also an ip address.Internet though does not work. Ping fails. I think the problem is that some of the files /etc/resolv.conf /etc/hosts or I do not know which exactly. This is a normal wifi access point where internet works just fine on windows or other cell phones using it.Any suggestions on how I can solve the two above problems.RegardsAlex

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Hi, Alex:

Start a new thread for each of those issues in the correct forum category, get your thread title as descriptive as possible about your problem.

I also suggest you deal with one problem at a time, solve one first, then move on to the next.

Your screen problem, for example, is a graphics problem, possibly needs the correct driver installed.