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    Running OpenSuse Live from a USB?

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    • Mike RalstonM
      Mike Ralston
      last edited by

      That may be an issue, it doesn't say it in the file name. It just says openSUSE 13_1

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
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        I would expect to see that. Hmmm...

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
          last edited by

          Try the Live GNOME 64bit option.

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          • Mike RalstonM
            Mike Ralston
            last edited by Mike Ralston

            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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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @Mike Ralston
              last edited by

              @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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              • Mike RalstonM
                Mike Ralston
                last edited by Mike Ralston

                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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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
                  last edited by

                  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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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
                    last edited by

                    Explicitly: what ISO is doing this?

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                    • Mike RalstonM
                      Mike Ralston
                      last edited by

                      The ISO you gave me for OpenSUSE.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @Mike Ralston
                        last edited by

                        @Mike-Ralston said:

                        The ISO you gave me for OpenSUSE.

                        Which one of the two is that?

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                        • PSX_DefectorP
                          PSX_Defector
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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.

                          opensuse live.jpg

                          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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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
                            last edited by

                            That's what I was expecting, default to Live.

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                            • PSX_DefectorP
                              PSX_Defector
                              last edited by

                              The full blown installer looks slightly different though.

                              suseinstaller.jpg

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
                                last edited by

                                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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                                • PSX_DefectorP
                                  PSX_Defector
                                  last edited by

                                  I would grab a LiveCD version and use Pendrive to set it up on the USB stick.

                                  http://www.pendrivelinux.com/

                                  Then it's just a matter of fixing the host to ensure it will boot from USB.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller
                                    last edited by

                                    The booting portion must be working because it has been doing what it has been via USB all this time.

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                                    • Mike RalstonM
                                      Mike Ralston
                                      last edited by

                                      Second image is what we got. I did use a live CD version, but I used both the studio tool and Rufus to try to get it set up. I'll use Pendrive as per your recommendation. Thank you guys sooooooo much.

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                                      • Mike RalstonM
                                        Mike Ralston @scottalanmiller
                                        last edited by

                                        @scottalanmiller One final question, is it using 32 Bit or 64 Bit?

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @Mike Ralston
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                                          @Mike-Ralston said:

                                          @scottalanmiller One final question, is it using 32 Bit or 64 Bit?

                                          64bit

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                                          • Mike RalstonM
                                            Mike Ralston
                                            last edited by

                                            It's up! Thanks for the help.

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