im a student at a college and i’m taking linux as a course. we are using openSUSE. but we are also using the VMware player with it. I have an MSI GE70. once the what language you want it in comes up its suppose to be in english. then i click next and then its doing a system check and then around there it comes up installation error. no numbers no nothing for me to look up to see ifs it a problem with my computer or what. can someone help me please
We’ll need to know a few things;
- Are you using VMware Player to install openSUSE and the host is something else, like Windows?
- What version of openSUSE are you trying to install?
- Where did you download it? Did you verify the md5 sum of the .iso you downloaded - it sounds like the file is damaged.
im using vmware player to install openSUSE and the host operating system is Windows 7
idk what verion i’m trring to install the file says 13.1 dvd-i586
this is what my insrutctor told me Step 3. Acquire a copy of openSUSE version 11.2. This version is found on the DVD that accompanied the textbook. You may also download the openSUSE version 11.2 installation ISO from either of the following URL’s: ftp://209.135.152.197/pub/opensuse/ or ftp://216.92.28.44/pub/
Without actually seeing what error messages are printed, it sounds as if the .iso file you have acquired may have been damaged or terminated before the download was complete, leaving it broken.
Have you tried downloading the LiveCD from; http://software.opensuse.org/131/en
Click on the Live KDE , from there make sure Direct Link and 32-bit are checked then click on the Download KDE button. The download is about 900MB in total and should be downloaded from a mirror closest to you.
Despite it being called “LiveCD”, it’s actually fully installable to your virtual drive - it comes as an .ISO file just like the DVD.
Try this link for openSUSE 11.2. http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution/11.2/iso/
Download the md5 hash below. Using the hash calculator, the number generated by the ISO must be the same as the one provide in the openSUSE md5 file.
openSUSE-11.2-DVD-i586.iso.md5
Download this freeware hash calculator for Windows 7: https://hashcalculator.codeplex.com/
Good Luck!
On 2014-08-28 19:36, neganico wrote:
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> im using vmware player to install openSUSE and the host operating system
> is Windows 7
> idk what verion i’m trring to install the file says 13.1 dvd-i586
Is that the full name?
Then it is not the official file.
> this is what my insrutctor told me Step 3. Acquire a copy of openSUSE
> version 11.2. This version is found on the DVD that accompanied the
> textbook. You may also download the openSUSE version 11.2 installation
> ISO from either of the following URL’s:
> ftp://209.135.152.197/pub/opensuse/ or ftp://216.92.28.44/pub/
No way, that’s obsolete. That’s 11.2 (November 2009), the current
version is 13.1. And please download it from the official openSUSE site.
If that is impossible, then obtain the very small checksum file from
openSUSE, and verify your download.
http://software.opensuse.org/131/en
I suggest you use the metalink (with DownThemAll if firefox, for
instance). Instructions in that page, below.
Warning: if your “windows disk” is FAT, you can not do it, because it
can not hold files so big. You need NTFS.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
The only reason I mentioned openSUSE 11.2 was that sometimes the school’s course may have papers, photocopies etc… prepared with openSUSE 11.2 in mind.
If that is not the case. Then please use openSUSE 13.1.
You can burn it to a USB drive formatted using NTFS. If you download you’ll only be able to save to your NTFS partition.
I’ve also been downloading the ISO with Firefox and DownLoadThemAll.
On your machine I would download the 64-bit ISO.
On 2014-08-30 00:06, Romanator wrote:
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> The only reason I mentioned openSUSE 11.2 was that sometimes the
> school’s course may have papers, photocopies etc… prepared with
> openSUSE 11.2 in mind.
Ah, true… But many things in the course will/may fail to work. Like
run updates, install anything not contained in the “dvd”…
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
I’m sure the teacher would recommend the latest stable release.
Even though the earlier 11x series is older I always liked the rescue system utility.
If I knew coding, I would have accepted being the maintainer and we would still be using it.
On 2014-08-30 00:56, Romanator wrote:
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> I’m sure the teacher would recommend the latest stable release.
Or not.
Some teachers just prefer to reuse their notes. Saves work. A lot of
work. Teaching with 13.1 instead of 11.2 means relearning a huge lot,
because of the change from System V to systemd. If the core of the
course is not Linux, it may not be that important to them if it is that
up to date or not.
They could have chosen 11.4, which is an LTS and still maintained. Or SLES.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
… in other words, check with the instructor: Does the instructor insist on the older version, or will the latest version fit the instructor’s course?
On 2014-08-30 05:56, Fraser Bell wrote:
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> … in other words, -check with the instructor-: Does the instructor
> insist on the older version, or will the latest version fit the
> instructor’s course?
Right 
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)