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    Installing OpenSuse 13.1 On A Server Via USB

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    • Mike RalstonM
      Mike Ralston
      last edited by scottalanmiller

      I'm NTG's Intern, and I've been assigned a project of getting the server lab running some stuff. I've got to get OpenSuse 13.1 on a Linux server, via a USB flash drive, and I was wondering if anyone here knows if I would need to reformat the file from it's standard? And if such is the case, what format would I need to use, and would I need to use third party software to convert it? Any tips, ideas, or constructive criticism would be wonderful, thanks!

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      • ?
        A Former User
        last edited by

        do you have an ISO of your os?

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        • KatieK
          Katie
          last edited by

          I don't know much about installing Linux from a flash drive, but I can tell you that having a bootable windows flash drive was key to imaging the machines in many of my old shops.

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          • ?
            A Former User
            last edited by

            https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick there you go. Read and play.

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            • Mike RalstonM
              Mike Ralston
              last edited by

              Thank you guys!

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              • thanksajdotcomT
                thanksajdotcom @Mike Ralston
                last edited by

                @Mike-Ralston unetbootin works great for this too! Been using since the days of it not even being available for Windows. 🙂

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                • Mike RalstonM
                  Mike Ralston
                  last edited by

                  Unetbootin is wonderful, found it useful for a few other things.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
                    last edited by

                    Use the 64bit Live DVD download. That will provide the right ISO image for you.

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                    • Bill KindleB
                      Bill Kindle
                      last edited by

                      It's meme day.
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                      • thanksajdotcomT
                        thanksajdotcom @Bill Kindle
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                        @Bill-Kindle said:

                        It's meme day.
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                        • NetworkNerdN
                          NetworkNerd @Mike Ralston
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                          @Mike-Ralston
                          I would add my good friend Rufus to the mix as an option - http://rufus.akeo.ie/.

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                          • thanksajdotcomT
                            thanksajdotcom @NetworkNerd
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                            @NetworkNerd said:

                            @Mike-Ralston
                            I would add my good friend Rufus to the mix as an option - http://rufus.akeo.ie/.

                            Seen that but never used it. Heard it's good though.

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                            • Bill KindleB
                              Bill Kindle
                              last edited by

                              Thanks for sharing that, I may just replace UNETBOOTIN if it really does work faster. I like the simple interface too, give it a ISO and be done with it.

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                              • NetworkNerdN
                                NetworkNerd
                                last edited by

                                Someone told me about it recently. Unetbootin supposedly will not work with Windows 8 / 8.1, but Rufus will. Also, there's a nice how-to online to reformat a drive that you had ESXi installed on using Rufus so that you can reclaim all the space. It is a great tool.

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                                • art_of_shredA
                                  art_of_shred Banned
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                                  @mike-ralston I have a copy of Rufus handy if you want it...

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                                  • thanksajdotcomT
                                    thanksajdotcom @NetworkNerd
                                    last edited by

                                    @NetworkNerd said:

                                    Someone told me about it recently. Unetbootin supposedly will not work with Windows 8 / 8.1, but Rufus will. Also, there's a nice how-to online to reformat a drive that you had ESXi installed on using Rufus so that you can reclaim all the space. It is a great tool.

                                    As far as 8 and unet, that is correct. Sadly. I think it's something with how 8 uses UEFI and all that nonsense. As far as the ESXi tutorial, I can't remember where but I did use it and it does work. Very cool stuff.

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                                    • art_of_shredA
                                      art_of_shred Banned
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                                      My relationship with Unetbootin began pretty rough. It was suggested to me to use for Win8. Needless to say, we're not on speaking terms.

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                                      • thanksajdotcomT
                                        thanksajdotcom @art_of_shred
                                        last edited by

                                        @art_of_shred said:

                                        My relationship with Unetbootin began pretty rough. It was suggested to me to use for Win8. Needless to say, we're not on speaking terms.

                                        Yea, that was my bad. I had never used it for Windows 8 at the time and could see no reason why it wouldn't work. But then again, it's Windows 8. However, if you had seen it back in the days when there was no utility that I knew of like it, you would feel differently. Sure, there are programs that you run to generate bootable flash drives. However, to be able to take any ISO and make it bootable off a flash drive? This utility was the first I saw like that. Like I said, it was originally a straight Linux utility. Back in my Ubuntu days. I love it. Gonna take a deeper look at Rufus shortly though.

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                                        • DashrenderD
                                          Dashrender
                                          last edited by Dashrender

                                          Just to throw gas on the fire... you can always use this Microsoft utility to create a bootable USB stick from an ISO.

                                          http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool

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                                          • Mike RalstonM
                                            Mike Ralston
                                            last edited by

                                            I've had a few corruption issues with the download for OpenSuse itself, so it's taken me a bit to get this going.

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