how to create usb boot drive with suse linux 10?

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nervegrind3r

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hey all, having some trouble, and I feel like im missing something. For a specific piece of software, I need suse linux enterprise 10 sp4. I have the iso, if I burn to a cd, it boots off the cd, I install, all good. All I want to do is put the iso on a 4gb usb stick, and have it boot/install from there. I cannot seam to accomplish this task. I am using a windows pc to do this, and I dont have alot of experience with linux

I have tried the following ways:

live usb
http://en.opensuse.org/Live_USB_stick

suse studio image writer - usb drive remains unformatted after process is complete
http://www.syncwithtech.org/2013/07/opensuse-bootable-usb.html

https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3499891 - I get stuck when syslinux is not in the correct path, so I cant proceed past step 6

passmark imageusb - writes the files okay, but wont boot off the usb drive


Can someone please help me with a foolproof way to get this version of suse to boot from usb?

thanks so much
 
KillerBee

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You can click on Diskimage then browse to your own ISO
( instead of using something from their list)

dbimage.php


It usually it works good for other Distros but I've never used Ent SUSE vs openSUSE so it may not work.
 
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whoops ...
in one of your links -It does say it should be FAT16 when formatting.

So before running unetbootin format the USB stick with FAT
and uncheck quickformat

edit: though I thought the biggest FAT partitions can be is 2G
never mind - 2G is the limit with 32k and 4G is the limit with 64k clusters (default)
so it should work with FAT

but I would also try FAT32 again if using FAT doesn't work
 
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Well I downloaded SLES-10-SP4-DVD-x86_64-GM-DVD1.iso
formatted the usb as FAT @3.75G
ran unetbootin and pointed it at above ISO

Then on bootup with USB it presents a unetbootin menu with some entries:

Default
Linux
...
memtest

I had to down arrow once to select "Linux" the second option for it to proceed - the top "Default" selection didn't work
if after proceeding you see prompts for source image location - choose HARD DISK and hopefully will see your USB listed
 
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thanks again for your help killer bee

may I have this thought out wrong. I am using unetbootin on my pc to create the usb boot drive, but it asks me to reboot that system as if it installed something on it. I am just creating the usb drive there, and am trying to boot from it on another system. So I did the process again today, I formatted fat32 first because I dont have the option to format in FAT, used unetbootin to to create from image, it was sucessful, put the usb drive on my other system I want to boot from, and it gives me a boot error.

any other ideas?
 
KillerBee

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It should work to boot another machine too - booted my old laptop with same usb.
Have you tried using another usb stick?
 
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nervegrind3r said:
thanks again for your help killer bee

may I have this thought out wrong. I am using unetbootin on my pc to create the usb boot drive, but it asks me to reboot that system as if it installed something on it. I am just creating the usb drive there, and am trying to boot from it on another system. So I did the process again today, I formatted fat32 first because I dont have the option to format in FAT, used unetbootin to to create from image, it was sucessful, put the usb drive on my other system I want to boot from, and it gives me a boot error.

any other ideas?
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When it asks you to reboot, just don't do it. It was not written correctly I guess. Another try?
Or you can try http://www.pendrivelinux.com/
 
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nervegrind3r

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so it wont boot from usb on the system I want, but it does boot on my laptop. I saw the same options like default/linux/noacpi/ etc. If I use default, it says there is a boot error. If I select linux, it gathers all the hardware information, then I get to a screen that says linuxrc that says put in cd number 1, cant get past that, going back to main menu for other options does nothing. :(
 
KillerBee

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On mine when hitting "back" after that message will bring up the language select menu and then it goes into the installation menu.

You can also press ALT-SHIFT F3 and ALT-SHIFT F4
These will show error consoles and may give you more info on what is happening.

press ALT- SHIFT F1 to get back to install console


edit: it may be CTRL-ALT F3 and CTRL-ALT F4
try SHIFT-PageUp and SHIFT-PageDown inside the consoles to scroll
 
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I need the portability of installing this from usb drive, sometimes I have to go to a client site and throw this on a server. usb dvdrom drive is not acceptable.
 
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