I would like to create a dual boot Opensuse/Vista laptop. My problem is I do not have a DVD-RW drive, and I am not that good with creating a bootable USB stick. I have read some of the installation guides offered here and attempted to install Opensuse via my USB stick without success. My question is there a setup.exe download offered for Vista users who would like to create a dual boot laptops? I have an 8Gb USB stick that was made “bootable” via some other forums, and I have downloaded the DVD ISO image of Opensuse 11.2 to my desktop. Please help!.!
Hi
Try using unetbootin;
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
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turntablist80 wrote:
>
> I would like to create a dual boot Opensuse/Vista laptop. My problem is
> I do not have a DVD-RW drive, and I am not that good with creating a
> bootable USB stick. I have read some of the installation guides offered
> here and attempted to install Opensuse via my USB stick without success.
> My question is there a setup.exe download offered for Vista users who
> would like to create a dual boot laptops? I have an 8Gb USB stick that
> was made “bootable” via some other forums, and I have downloaded the DVD
> ISO image of Opensuse 11.2 to my desktop. Please help!.!
>
>
There is no setup.exe to install a windows/opensuse dual boot (and if you
find something somwhere I reall recommend NOT to use it).
Make a live usb stick
http://en.opensuse.org/Live_USB_stick
follow the “Windows instructions” precisely.
Rebbot your notebook with the created live stick and test the opensuse on
your notebook without installing it first.
So you can see how it works without any damage.
When you feel comfortable with it report back before you go to install
opensuse dual boot.
turntablist80 wrote:
> I have read some of the installation guides offered
> here and attempted to install Opensuse via my USB stick without success.
which USB guides here did you use and what kind of trouble was
encountered?
are you sure your iso is 100% perfect? did you md5sum check it prior
to loading it on a stick?
as far as i know Microsoft has not provided you or us with a setup.exe
personally, i wouldn’t have any idea how to make one of those 
but, it might be a good idea to have an .exe which would load any USB
stick with an openSUSE iso…
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@helm,
Trying the win32 diskimager, will let you know my findings.
may be you could take advantage of virtualbox VirtualBox and install openSUSE there: o need to dualboot, you can have the two systems together the virtualboxed one being somewhat slower)
jdd