Is there a live system of OS 16?

[suse_paul]

I couldn’t find a live system of OS 16 to download.
Is is available somewhere?

[arvidjaar]

In Agama documentation there is Live boot menu option. Have you tried to boot the standard installer and look at the menu?

[suse_paul]

seems not to be available (at the moment):

## Agama Live ISO (*only for development and testing*)

The Agama project provides a [live ISO image](https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/systemsmanagement:Agama:Devel/agama-installer) for testing purposes and it is intended to be used for developers only. It has some limitations and it is not optimized for production usage.

ISO installer | Agama

[arvidjaar]

OK, I probably confused it with Rescue.

Agama installer image is a live image preconfigured to run the gnome-kiosk session. You can boot it into run level 3 as usual (systemd.unit=multi-user.target or 3 on the kernel command line). Or probably simply select Rescue.

[shundhammer]

No, the “installer live system” is just for the installation; what we called the “inst-sys” in YaST times.

What the OP had in mind was probably a trial system with a full-fledged KDE Plasma or Gnome desktop that runs from a USB stick without the need to install. I don’t think we have that for Leap 16.0, but I might be wrong.

[karlggest]

Hi!

@suse_paul

Is is available somewhere?

There is OEM images, you can download and try some raw file: openSUSE Leap 16.0 - Consigue openSUSE

Is not like a ISO live, but it works.

[ratzi]

@suse_paul

You can install Leap 16 on a USB stick.

Creating partitions for / and /home on that USB stick beforehand (using e.g. GParted) helps when it comes to running the Leap 16 installer for that purpose.
Even a 16GB USB stick is sufficient if you choose ext4 for / and /home (10 GB for / , the rest for /home).

Then you’ll have a live system - however without the option to install Leap 16 from there.

But for installation on another drive, the Leap 16 installer itself can again be used.

Anyway, installing on a USB stick you can very well see how the installation works and how Leap 16.0 behaves.

[suse_paul]

the reason for me to ask for a live system is that I don’t want to perform an installation, because it would require modifying the BIOS:

Install to external disk - no modification of internal disk/BIOS

You cannot. As you have seen, Agama does not support this option. Agama is using YaST Bootloader module, so it should be possible to add any option YaST supports. Somebody just needs to do it and maintainers need to agree to accept it. Could you please stop adding gibberish to each post. While this may be funny the first time, it becomes annoying really fast.

[ratzi]

@suse_paul

the reason for me to ask for a live system is that I don’t want to perform an installation, because it would require modifying the BIOS:

You cannot. As you have seen, Agama does not support this option. Agama is using YaST Bootloader module, so it should be possible to add any option YaST supports. Somebody just needs to do it and maintainers need to agree to accept it. Could you please stop adding gibberish to each post. While this may be funny the first time, it becomes annoying really fast.

I’ve seen this as well.

I don’t know which kind of PC/hardware you are using.

Do you have the Leap 16 installer on a USB stick?

If yes, if you choose it for booting, in the boot menu of your BIOS can you select it in non-UEFI mode?

(sorry, the citation of your citation displays badly)

[suse_paul]

@karlggest

There is OEM images, you can download and try some raw file: openSUSE Leap 16.0 - Consigue openSUSE

Is not like a ISO live, but it works.

What is the difference between an iso and a raw file?
Is the raw file written via dd to a usb stick and booted like an iso file?

[shundhammer]

You could also install it to a Virtual Machine. There are multiple options; VirtualBox works best for me. But there is also VMWare or QEMU.

[arvidjaar]

@suse_paul

I don’t want to perform an installation, because it would require modifying the BIOS

Expert installation is always an option.

[karlggest]

@suse_paul

What is the difference between an iso and a raw file?

ISO is a standard filesystem image for CD/DVD and we often use them to create medias to install software. You even can copy it (with dd or a graphical tool) in a stick, as you know.

raw is an extension to a image file of a specific device (a partition, a disk), often created with dd

The main difference is that ISO is, as I said, for CD/DVD (you know, burning the CD and all that). Aeon installer comes in raw (at least, last time I look it), Leap (Agama) in ISO.