Unable to create repository from URL

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1

Hi,

I want to install OpenSUSE in a Dell tower which has Windows on it. I copied the LEAP 42.2 iso in a USB and changed the BIOS of the machine to boot from USB. Everything looks ok but when the openSUSE menu starts doing the system probing, it fails with the following message:

Unable to create repository from URL "hd:/?device=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-0Generic_Flash_Disk_058F-part2’.
Details:
[hd-78e7e2d9|hd:///?device=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-0Generic_Flash_Disk_058F-part2] Valid metadata not found at specified URL
History:

  • Can’t hardlink /copy /var/adn/mount/AP_0x8hCcBo/media.1 media to /var/cache/zypp/raw/hd-78e7e2d9OoCukJ
  • Can’t provide /media.1/media

Seems like it cannot find something in the USB right? Could it be that something was wrong when doing the dd from the iso to the USB? Any other idea?

2

IMHO, when you can boot from it and the installer starts, there can not be to much wrong with that creation, but when you doubt, the only thing to get comment is to explain how you made it.

3

I used the following command (I tried again with the same result):

sudo dd if=Downloads/openSUSE-Leap-42.2-DVD-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M status=progress && sync

4

Looks correct to me (when sdb is your USB device ;)).

BTW, did you checksum the ISO file?

5

Ok, stupid mistake. My USB was getting full and thus not all was correctly written. I was not seeing that error.

6

Nice you found it. It proves again that simply talking with others about a problem makes you thinking over things you skipped earlier. Very human indeed.:slight_smile: