Hi, I really want to try openSUSE but there are some apps which require windows(or macOS)
Can I have both OS on one HDD? Will it be trouble free?
And how to do it?
I want to do this on HP Compaq laptop that is SLED 10 certified. The HDD is 120GB(or around 110GB real), so 30GB for win7 and the remaining 80GB for openSUSE or less with a swap partition if its possible.
I have never done gnu/linux NET install before. It seems very simple and user friendly with openSUSE.
The laptop wifi is Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AG. Will the intaller connect with my available wireless network?
In windows reduce the size of the Windows partition(s) to give you the 80 gig (continues space) then follw instruction on down load page
Sounds fine
Don’t know wireless is not too bad thses days but there are still some chips you have to kick to get them to work. Don’t know if that is one.
I recomend on first boot to connect by wire until you get all the updates at least. On the other hand wifi may work just fine.
Just download and burn a live-cd with the desktop of your choice and try it. This will give you a chance to see what hardware will work, etc… Then when you are happy it all works just hit install. The installer should suggest to shrink the Windows partition down and install openSUSE in the new free space. Should be straight forward enough.
I have both on one disk on my laptop. It is trouble free.
It should. I used an ethernet cable connection when I last tried that.
More recently, I installed from the DVD (for a 13.1 pre-release beta), and selected the option to configure online repos before installation. I think that gives about the same prompts as the NET installer gives.
A configuration screen will come up to configure the network. You will need to select the wifi interface, then enter the SSID and any security key information.
If an ethernet connection is possible, I would suggest you try that instead. There is less that can go wrong with an ethernet connection than a WiFi connection.
I also suggest a minimalist install. Just install the desktop you want, and not much else. You can add more software later.
I installed win7 on 30gb partition. Later today I installed OS12.3 on the remaining 119GB.
It seemed ok but the win7 installation crashed - I don`t know if it has anything to do with OS12.3
The last time at the choose which OS to book I selected win7, it crashed, rebooted and I never got the choose your OS screen again.
PS: just after OS12.3 install finished I pressed fn+f10 because I thought it would show brightness level but instead deactivated the touch pad and mouse buttons - is there a way to re-enable it?
I made a live-usb with the imagewriter.
The usb flash drive is kingston data traveler 2gb.
I downloaded a format tool from kingston.com but it doesnt recognize it. How can I format my usb flash drive to its former default state?
It was fat32.
Change “/dev/sdX” to the device name for your USB when running opensuse (or other linux). If you are not sure of the device, try
# tail /var/log/messages
The “tail” command just prints the last few lines of that log file.
If you are still unsure of the device name then, with the USB plugged in (while running linux), post the output of
# fdisk -l
We can probably recognize from that, which is your USB device.
The “dd” command that I gave will simply write one sector of zeros over the MBR of the USB device. But it is important to get the correct device for that. After done, your usual formatting tools should work.
I use gparted which you can just install using your favourite method. You can then delete the hidden partition and create a new fat32 partition. The DD method is good but I personally prefer gparted.