On 2017-05-08 22:04, John Perry wrote:
Thanks, all,
Carlos:
I don't know what that "Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.7.8.exe" is, but the way to create an openSUSE install USB stick is to copy the install iso image RAW to the USB stick. If you use something that tries to make it bootable, you break it and will not work.
Hmm. As I said to jdd, I used the process in https://en.opensuse.org/Create_installation_USB_stick. One of the recommendations from the suse community.
Ah. I see it there; then it is OK. Also you say "it's the boot menu from the iso", so it is Ok.
Also, this whole project stems from an apparent conflict between W10 and Malwarebytes's rootkit detector, which reboots W10 several times during its function. Apparently W10 had downloaded a major update which I didn't know about, and when MWB rebooted its process corrupted W10's update process, which killed my computer completely. I'm in the process now of restoring my laptop, which is what prompted this episode.
So I don't presently have a working linux to use for imagewriter.
:-( Notice that M$ now recommends against the use of antivirus on W10. Are you installing Windows from scratch now? Take the opportunity to install leaving free partition space for Linux on the disk. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)