Kernel Panic When Trying to Upgrade from USB

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I still don’t understand why OP doesn’t create his Leap boot USB from 15.5 DVD .iso while booted to 15.1. I just got done booting into the 15.5 installer from an ancient 8G USB stick on a 3.0GHz E8400 Core2Duo HP, which is about 3 or more years older than OP’s Dell. I created the stick logged in as root in 15.5 thus:

# ddrescue --force openSUSE-Leap-15.5-DVD-x86_64-Current.iso /dev/sdg
GNU ddrescue 1.23
Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
     ipos:    4413 MB, non-trimmed:        0 B,  current rate:   5832 kB/s
     opos:    4413 MB, non-scraped:        0 B,  average rate:  72351 kB/s
non-tried:        0 B,  bad-sector:        0 B,    error rate:       0 B/s
  rescued:    4413 MB,   bad areas:        0,        run time:          1m
pct rescued:  100.00%, read errors:        0,  remaining time:         n/a
                              time since last successful read:         n/a
Finished

I did basically the same thing when 15.1 was the current Leap. Using this method I feel safe in skipping the sha/md5 steps, and don’t need to guess how far along the process has proceeded while using simply dd.

22

The only reason is time. I should have time over the weekend to try the ddrescue command. I’ll let you know how it goes. Thank you!

23

I was able to install ddrescue and download the ISO, but when I plug in the USB stick the desktop doesn’t automatically detect it (which is strange because it is a new USB stick and the same one that gets me at least to the boot menu before the kernel panics). I’m assuming it’s because of the way Rufus formatted it? Either way, how do I manually mount the USB?

24

I thought you wanted to boot from it.

25

Yes, ultimately I do, but the current recommendation is to use ddrescue to create the bootable USB stick (since three different Windows programs did not work), so I need to be able to mount it in order that ddrescue can write to it.

26

No, you do not mount it. You write to the device. Check what the device is. Something like /dev/sdX where X is a lower case character, starting with a. But do NOT use /dev/sda because that is your current system disk. Be very careful in deciding which one is your USB stick!.

I do not know how one calls ddrescue, but when I would use dd (what is perfectly up to the task) it would look something like

dd if=<what-the-file-name-is.iso> of=/dev/sdX

where you should replace <what-the-file-name-is.iso> with the path to the ISO file and you should replace X with the correct letter of your USB stick.

(and all as root of course).

27

Thank you! Is there a way to know which sdX letter the USB stick is? Isn’t there a command that lists all devices that would do that, or no?

28

You may try

lsusb

or

sudo fdisk -l
29

As @OrsoBruno says. Maybe

lsusb -f

gives a bit more information that may help to find out what is what. When you are not sure how to interpret it, post it here for help.

BTW, Isee there is also a ddrescue example/skeleton somewhere above. Use either that or my dd one.

30

As far as I can tell, lsusb -f is a typo, so here is lsusb -v (which is what I assumed you meant):

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Couldn't open device, some information will be missing
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Single TT
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x8087 Intel Corp.
  idProduct          0x0024 Integrated Rate Matching Hub
  bcdDevice            0.00
  iManufacturer           0
  iProduct                0
  iSerial                 0
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           25
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0
    bmAttributes         0xe0
      Self Powered
      Remote Wakeup
    MaxPower                0mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         9 Hub
      bInterfaceSubClass      0
      bInterfaceProtocol      0 Full speed (or root) hub
      iInterface              0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0002  1x 2 bytes
        bInterval              12

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Couldn't open device, some information will be missing
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0 Full speed (or root) hub
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x1d6b Linux Foundation
  idProduct          0x0002 2.0 root hub
  bcdDevice            4.12
  iManufacturer           3
  iProduct                2
  iSerial                 1
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           25
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0
    bmAttributes         0xe0
      Self Powered
      Remote Wakeup
    MaxPower                0mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         9 Hub
      bInterfaceSubClass      0
      bInterfaceProtocol      0 Full speed (or root) hub
      iInterface              0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0004  1x 4 bytes
        bInterval              12

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Couldn't open device, some information will be missing
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0        32
  idVendor           0x046d Logitech, Inc.
  idProduct          0xc52b Unifying Receiver
  bcdDevice           24.07
  iManufacturer           1
  iProduct                2
  iSerial                 0
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           84
    bNumInterfaces          3
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          4
    bmAttributes         0xa0
      (Bus Powered)
      Remote Wakeup
    MaxPower               98mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         3 Human Interface Device
      bInterfaceSubClass      1 Boot Interface Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol      1 Keyboard
      iInterface              0
        HID Device Descriptor:
          bLength                 9
          bDescriptorType        33
          bcdHID               1.11
          bCountryCode            0 Not supported
          bNumDescriptors         1
          bDescriptorType        34 Report
          wDescriptorLength      59
         Report Descriptors:
           ** UNAVAILABLE **
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0008  1x 8 bytes
        bInterval               8
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        1
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         3 Human Interface Device
      bInterfaceSubClass      1 Boot Interface Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol      2 Mouse
      iInterface              0
        HID Device Descriptor:
          bLength                 9
          bDescriptorType        33
          bcdHID               1.11
          bCountryCode            0 Not supported
          bNumDescriptors         1
          bDescriptorType        34 Report
          wDescriptorLength     148
         Report Descriptors:
           ** UNAVAILABLE **
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x82  EP 2 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0008  1x 8 bytes
        bInterval               2
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        2
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         3 Human Interface Device
      bInterfaceSubClass      0
      bInterfaceProtocol      0
      iInterface              0
        HID Device Descriptor:
          bLength                 9
          bDescriptorType        33
          bcdHID               1.11
          bCountryCode            0 Not supported
          bNumDescriptors         1
          bDescriptorType        34 Report
          wDescriptorLength      98
         Report Descriptors:
           ** UNAVAILABLE **
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x83  EP 3 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0020  1x 32 bytes
        bInterval               2

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Couldn't open device, some information will be missing
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Single TT
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x8087 Intel Corp.
  idProduct          0x0024 Integrated Rate Matching Hub
  bcdDevice            0.00
  iManufacturer           0
  iProduct                0
  iSerial                 0
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           25
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0
    bmAttributes         0xe0
      Self Powered
      Remote Wakeup
    MaxPower                0mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         9 Hub
      bInterfaceSubClass      0
      bInterfaceProtocol      0 Full speed (or root) hub
      iInterface              0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0001  1x 1 bytes
        bInterval              12

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Couldn't open device, some information will be missing
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0 Full speed (or root) hub
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x1d6b Linux Foundation
  idProduct          0x0002 2.0 root hub
  bcdDevice            4.12
  iManufacturer           3
  iProduct                2
  iSerial                 1
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           25
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0
    bmAttributes         0xe0
      Self Powered
      Remote Wakeup
    MaxPower                0mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         9 Hub
      bInterfaceSubClass      0
      bInterfaceProtocol      0 Full speed (or root) hub
      iInterface              0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0004  1x 4 bytes
        bInterval              12

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Couldn't open device, some information will be missing
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               3.00
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         3
  bMaxPacketSize0         9
  idVendor           0x1d6b Linux Foundation
  idProduct          0x0003 3.0 root hub
  bcdDevice            4.12
  iManufacturer           3
  iProduct                2
  iSerial                 1
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           31
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0
    bmAttributes         0xe0
      Self Powered
      Remote Wakeup
    MaxPower                0mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         9 Hub
      bInterfaceSubClass      0
      bInterfaceProtocol      0 Full speed (or root) hub
      iInterface              0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0004  1x 4 bytes
        bInterval              12
        bMaxBurst               0

Bus 003 Device 005: ID 048d:1234 Integrated Technology Express, Inc.
Couldn't open device, some information will be missing
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x048d Integrated Technology Express, Inc.
  idProduct          0x1234
  bcdDevice            1.00
  iManufacturer           1
  iProduct                2
  iSerial                 3
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           32
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0
    bmAttributes         0x80
      (Bus Powered)
    MaxPower              100mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass         8 Mass Storage
      bInterfaceSubClass      6 SCSI
      bInterfaceProtocol     80 Bulk-Only
      iInterface              0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x01  EP 1 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval               0

Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Couldn't open device, some information will be missing
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Single TT
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x1d6b Linux Foundation
  idProduct          0x0002 2.0 root hub
  bcdDevice            4.12
  iManufacturer           3
  iProduct                2
  iSerial                 1
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           25
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0
    bmAttributes         0xe0
      Self Powered
      Remote Wakeup
    MaxPower                0mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         9 Hub
      bInterfaceSubClass      0
      bInterfaceProtocol      0 Full speed (or root) hub
      iInterface              0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0004  1x 4 bytes
        bInterval              12

And you were correct: I have no idea how to determine which sdX letter the USB stick is from this. Honestly, I couldn’t even tell that it detected the USB stick.

Thank you again for your help!

31

Oh, I must apologize. It should be

lsblk -f

And you also could have done the proposed

fdisk -l

The more we know the better!

32

Looks like an USB stick or something like that.

33

Most probably, but we should find out the device file that belongs to it.

34

Poor man’s way - check dmesg immediately after having plugged in this stick. Otherwise - use lsusb -t to find out port number and check which sd* device has it as parent.

bor@bor-Latitude-E5450:~$ lsusb -t
/:  Bus 03.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/4p, 5000M
/:  Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/11p, 480M
    |__ Port 4: Dev 5, If 0, Class=Mass Storage, Driver=usb-storage, 480M
/:  Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci-pci/2p, 480M
    |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/8p, 480M
        |__ Port 3: Dev 3, If 1, Class=Wireless, Driver=btusb, 12M
        |__ Port 3: Dev 3, If 0, Class=Wireless, Driver=btusb, 12M
        |__ Port 6: Dev 4, If 1, Class=Video, Driver=uvcvideo, 480M
        |__ Port 6: Dev 4, If 0, Class=Video, Driver=uvcvideo, 480M
        |__ Port 7: Dev 5, If 0, Class=Application Specific Interface, Driver=, 12M
        |__ Port 7: Dev 5, If 1, Class=Chip/SmartCard, Driver=, 12M
bor@bor-Latitude-E5450:~$ ls -l /sys/block/sd* | grep 2-4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 апр 19 20:35 /sys/block/sdb -> ../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb2/2-4/2-4:1.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sdb
bor@bor-Latitude-E5450:~$
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35

Ddrescue is dd with altered syntax, various enhancements for use with troublesome media, logging, plus, progress feedback by default.

	Usage: ddrescue [options] infile outfile [mapfile]
36

I am afraid we are going off-topic here. I did not ask for help using ddrescue . When I need it (until now I don’t) I can probably read the man page. There is nothing to “rescue” in this topic, thus dd is satisfying enough.

37

Here is the output from `lsblk -f’:

NAME FSTYPE LABEL                        UUID                                 FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINT
sda                                                                                         
├─sda1
│    ntfs   System Reserved              4CDEB67FDEB660BE                                   
├─sda2
│    ntfs                                5410B94710B930BA                                   
├─sda3
│    btrfs                               8b3f5ebe-1d63-4abe-98f3-83c1a8427f13  769.4G    14% /var
└─sda4
     swap                                631e89f9-0795-4692-9a82-68ee40486f58                [SWAP]
sdb  iso966 openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-x86_64
│                                        2024-02-14-00-41-06-20                             
├─sdb1
│    vfat   openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-x86_64
│                                        868D-EE3D                                          
└─sdb2
     iso966 openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-x86_64
                                         2024-02-14-00-41-01-78                             
sr0

If I’m reading this correctly, the target for output would be sdb, correct?

38

Yes. Be sure writing to sdb is actually complete before removing the USB device. When dd or ddrescue has apparently completed by the showing of a fresh shell prompt, run command sync to ensure buffers/cache have all been completely written to sdb first.

39

I tried using ddrescue, but when the prompt said “Finished,” it just hung. I opened a new shell window and tried the sync command, but that hung too. I eventually gave up waiting and just pulled the USB stick out (the computer crashed a few hours later).

All of that is to say that I’m not confident the ISO was successfully copied to the USB stick. Is it safe to try installing from it any way?

Or is there a way to verify its contents?

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I would start all over again with a different USB stick. Sync hanging suggests to me a possible failure to write the whole .iso to your USB device, or a more general I/O failure, eventually leading to that crash. Yanking a stick without employing any safe removal function really has no business causing a computer to entirely crash. Perhaps you are a victim of fraudulent USB device size?

One of the openSUSE installer’s menu options should be to verify its media is copacetic. Give that a try if you don’t have another USB handy.