Difference between revisions of "Install SUSE Linux on netbooks"
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* download the 32bit install DVD from http://software.opensuse.org | * download the 32bit install DVD from http://software.opensuse.org | ||
* the media size will be about 4.7 GB | * the media size will be about 4.7 GB | ||
| − | * use a 8 GB USB stick, attach it to your computer | + | * use a 8 GB [[USB stick]] or bigger, attach it to your computer |
| − | * in this example we assume it is attached as /dev/sdx | + | * using the [[command]] hwinfo find out how its device is called: |
| + | # hwinfo --block --short | ||
| + | disk: | ||
| + | [...] | ||
| + | '''/dev/sdx''' Hama FlashPen | ||
| + | * in this example we assume it is attached as ''/dev/sdx'' | ||
* dump the install media to the USB stick | * dump the install media to the USB stick | ||
| − | dd if=suse12.1-32bit.iso of=/dev/sdx | + | [[dd]] if=suse12.1-32bit.iso of=''/dev/sdx'' |
| − | * boot from the USB stick and you will find an installation routine just as if you had booted from DVD | + | * boot your netbook from the USB stick and you will find an installation routine just as if you had booted from DVD |
Latest revision as of 10:41, 24 November 2013
Installing SUSE Linux on netbooks is hard because
- netbooks tend to have the 32bit instruction set
- netbooks tend to have less RAM
- netbooks tend to not have a DVD drive
Approaches
- using unetbootin to install SUSE Linux onto a USB drive does not work
- creating a USB disk from a SUSE Linux installation is tedious
- dumping the install media to a USB stick works and is described below
Steps
- download the 32bit install DVD from http://software.opensuse.org
- the media size will be about 4.7 GB
- use a 8 GB USB stick or bigger, attach it to your computer
- using the command hwinfo find out how its device is called:
# hwinfo --block --short disk: [...] /dev/sdx Hama FlashPen
- in this example we assume it is attached as /dev/sdx
- dump the install media to the USB stick
dd if=suse12.1-32bit.iso of=/dev/sdx
- boot your netbook from the USB stick and you will find an installation routine just as if you had booted from DVD
