Running OpenSuse Live from a USB?
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@Mike-Ralston said:
Shall I try it again?
I thought that you were trying each time that I asked so that you were sure that no options were being missed. Did you watch it boot thoroughly because often the options time out and just take defaults.
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I tried it twice and did watch everything, nothing going on.
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Well, it now says Disk drive 3 is dead. Is that a problem?
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@Mike-Ralston said:
Well, it now says Disk drive 3 is dead. Is that a problem?
In a general sense it is a problem. But it has no effect on us since we aren't up to the point where drives should be being touched yet.
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@Mike-Ralston said:
I tried it twice and did watch everything, nothing going on.
Double check that the downloaded media really says live in the ISO name. Maybe the torrent linked to the wrong file.
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That may be an issue, it doesn't say it in the file name. It just says openSUSE 13_1
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I would expect to see that. Hmmm...
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Try the Live GNOME 64bit option.
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There is no Live anything. I'll try to get it to run with the GNOME UI, but I can't even get back to the windows bit.
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@Mike-Ralston said:
There is no Live anything. I'll try to get it to run with the GNOME UI, but I can't even get back to the windows bit.
Is that after you downloaded the Gnome Live CD that I mentioned? Can't tell the context of your statement.
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At this point, I've gone through every menu, every screen I can find. I'm not seeing a run live option, and the only way to install it is to erase all hard drive partitions. I know this may sound dumb, but can someone give me a very simple set of instructions as to how to do this, and make it rather simple? Emphasis on the word simple there
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If we get to the point of the word "install" it's too far. All options should steer away from installation before that point.
A normal LiveCD boots directly into a working desktop and stops there. If anything else happens, something is wrong earlier on.
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Explicitly: what ISO is doing this?
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The ISO you gave me for OpenSUSE.
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Sorry I haven't got back to you Mike, been dealing with stuff and finally got my lab back online. Always remember to eject your media after you are done with installing things.
Well, it's been a while since I setup SuSE, but it looks as though for 13.x, they did away with the usual booting from LiveCD and having a full blown installer for YaST.
For the live media, you should be seeing this on boot.
If you are not, it's most likely the wrong image. Check the MD5 hash to ensure you got the right one that you need. Or just grab another ISO. That's easy as pie.
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That's what I was expecting, default to Live.
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The full blown installer looks slightly different though.
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Yes, the second image is what the DVD should look like.... install or hard disk which is what we saw happen the first time with the install happening, then a reboot and falling through to the old Windows install.
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I would grab a LiveCD version and use Pendrive to set it up on the USB stick.
Then it's just a matter of fixing the host to ensure it will boot from USB.
