Need Help with USB installation

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I got the DvD iso, but my DvD writer is broken. As a result, I try the live DvD install instruction at this page : SDB:Live USB stick - openSUSE
I have created the Hybrid ISO part. After copying the iso to the USB, I restart but there is nothing happened so I continue to “How to make a USB drive bootable” section.

After listing the partition, I am confused which one I should select to make it active.
list partition command show as below:
P1 Primary
p2 primary
p0 extended
p4 logical
p5 logical
p3 primary

p1(Swap), p2+p4+p5(linux), p3 (ntfs).

Thanks in advance.

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Did you set your usb drive as first in the list of boot devices in bios already?

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Have you read my blog on making a Live USB?

S.C.L.U. - SuSE Create Live USB - Version 1.10 - Blogs - openSUSE Forums

Thank You,

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@loopyhillbilly: bootmgr not found
@jdmcdaniel3: I’m using window 7 while your blog give instruction to do it on linux, would you mind giving me some instruction to do it on window?I can’t log in my opensuse 11.3 so I’m trying to install a new one.

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Windows instructions do exist here: SDB:Live USB stick - openSUSE

Thank You,

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I have follow every single step in that page, but it doesn’t show up the installation screen.
I also have done the “How to make a USB drive bootable”.
“C:> diskpart
DISKPART> list disk «— print disks
DISKPART> select disk 0 «— select disk number
DISKPART> list partition «— print partition table
DISKPART> select partition 1 «— select the first partition
DISKPART> active «— activate disk/partition (bootable)
DISKPART> exit «— exit”
I don’t know what partition should I mark active, so I have try to mark my window partition active and USB partition active.But none of them worked.
Setting in BIOS : External device boot: enabled
1st : External device
2nd : Hard drive
3rd : CD/DVD
It will say that " BOOTmgr is missing".
I also try to disable external device boot, but it just boot to window normally.

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Does your BIOS have a setting for booting from USB? If it does, have you tried that.

Normally, after creating a bootable USB, you should not need to make anything active. That should already be set.

Looking at my usb with “fdisk”, I see:


# fdisk /dev/sdf

Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sdf: 8004 MB, 8004304896 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 7633 cylinders, total 15633408 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
Disk identifier: 0x3d3e118f

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdf1   *           0     9039871     4519936   17  Hidden HPFS/NTFS

The device name will probably be different on your system. On mine, it is “/dev/sdf”

The above is from the 64-bit DVD, installed on an 8G usb.