http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=623226 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=623226#c0 Summary: Installation from USB flash drive which is created from installation DVD iso is impossible Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.3 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.3 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: j9002j@yahoo.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-US; rv:1.9.0.18) Gecko/2010020400 SUSE/3.0.18-0.1 Firefox/3.0.18 Attempt to install from a USB flash drive. Proceed as described in the manual http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick First process the main installation DVD image with isohybrid file.iso Then prepare the USB flash drive with dd if=./file.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M; sync Boot the laptop from the USB flash drive and proceed with installation. When it comes to package selection, no repository can be found and the size of packages to be installed is 0. Same story with different computers, 32 and 64 bit, and different USB flash drives. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Follow manual http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick Actual Results: Unable to create repository from URL 'hd://?device=/dev/sdb1' Details: Empty destination URI: hd:///?device=/dev/sdb1 Expected Results: Normal installation. With opensuse 11.2, the supplied iso image could not be directly used for creating installation USB flash drive with dd if=... However, there was a Linux professional from Indonesia (unfortunately have forgotten his name, but he should be still alive and well) who has published steps that allowed me to prepare an installation USB flash drive. The procedure did not work with opensusue 11.3 because of missing menu.lst or other reasons. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.