Feature changed by: Todd R (TheBlackCat) Feature #305658, revision 33 Title: Official USB stick images openSUSE-11.2: Evaluation Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Stephan Binner (beineri) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: It would like to see openSUSE releases with official USB images (one with KDE, one with GNOME) next to the Live-CDs. As alternative the Live-CD images could be mastered in a way that they also can boot from USB (afaik they are not able atm) together with a small app/script to install them to USB - other distributions offer that. Discussion: #1: John Thomas (john_tomas) (2009-01-13 16:28:57) Official USB images together with a small app/script to install them would be extremely cool!!! Anyway, since you said "afaik they are not able atm" i can tell that there's 2 workarounds already please see: UNetbootin (http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/) wich is actually simple and easy Portable Suse (http://en.opensuse.org/Portable_SUSE) for wich there's also a very good toturial at PenDrive Linux (http://www.pendrivelinux.com/usb-suse-flash-drive-install/) Hope i've been of any help #2: Martin Schlander (cb400f) (2009-01-15 22:15:45) Just for clarification. The images should be installable, and preferably tested on top selling netbooks. Usb-images with only live capabilities "won't do". #3: Maksym Grytsenko (maksymgrytsenko) (2009-01-16 14:28:55) That would be nice! Lots of people already bought their netbooks, but the ease of installation is not always obvious #4: Andrey S (seld) (2009-01-16 15:12:02) This is a very good idea, since some notebooks don't even have a CD/DVD- drive (including mine), so sometimes you are unable to install from the CD and have to rely on unofficial live-USB guides. #5: Marcus Moeller (marcusmoeller) (2009-01-16 20:34:13) kiwi already allows usb installations. #6: hou ghi (houghi) (2009-01-17 11:16:02) This will not only be interesting for portables. I would rather use a USB key then burn a CD/DVD that I then trow away when the new version comes out. I believe this was also partly duscussed on FOSDEM last year. If all images would be available for download, this would be nice. Otherwise my preference would be Network, DVD version (4GB), Live CD's. Software to place the images on the USB stick must be available for Linux in GUI and CLI and also for Windows. Then instead of a flashlight in the boxed set, you could put a USB key in the boxed set. #7: Jimmy Berry (boombatower) (2009-01-18 10:40:56) SUSE Studio support a RAW format that can just be placed on a USB stick using dd. That would work for me...expect that you can't install from it. #8: Armin Moradi (amoradi) (2009-01-19 16:30:29) I think a software (GUI preferred) to make a live USB stick is not only a good idea, but a necessary one. I, too, would like to stick in my USB stick rather than burning another CD/DVD. Plus, KIWI method is not so obvious for new users, and SUSEstudio is not yet public. #9: Greg Kroah-Hartman (gregkh) (2009-01-20 05:05:01) So if we just turn the .iso live-cd images into usb images that can be copied with 'dd' to the stick, that's all that would be needed? #10: Tristan Hoffmann (tristanhoffmann) (2009-01-20 16:25:24) What about a yast module that makes it possbile to create openSUSE USB- Sticks? You have to think about people, who don't know what dd is, the normal users. It should be done in 3 Clicks ("Create openSUSE bootable USB Stick", Select the right USB device and "Yes, I am sure"). + #11: Todd R (theblackcat) (2009-01-22 22:05:28) + Would it be possible for a single USB stick image to be both bootable + and be able to be launched in a virtual machine inside another OS? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305658