On 2017-08-09 06:11, Joseph Comfort wrote:
Thanks to all for comments and suggestions. Here is my status:
I am sure I made a mistake in trying to run cdrecord. I don't think I changed the 'isofile' in the command [under How to burn a DVD under Linux] to the actual file name. So cdrecord is probably OK. Sorry.
Don't worry, you got it burnt on another system, but we still could find out whether you can burn under 42.2 or not, and correct the situation :-)
digikam 5.6 needs additional rpms (no surprise, of course) but I am not in the mood to go that way.
I think the same way.
The document "How to create a bootable USB stick under Linux" is rather awkward and scary for those who are not experienced with it. It seems to involve a utility download, and reformats (possibly 2). Also the 1-click install does not have an option for Leap 42.2 (or.3).
Download you already did, you do not need to do it again. The only thing is that you should check its checksum to know for sure that the download was correct - no matter if you are going to create the DVD or the USB stick. And then you simply need to copy the image file to the stick, an operation for which you can use a simple copy command. The snag is that you have to do the copy to the raw device, for which you need to be root. For example, if the stick is /dev/sdc (never sdc1, that's a partition), then you can do: cp image.iso /dev/sdc and wait it out. Simple. Of course, if you copy the image to the wrong device, you convert that other disk into an openSUSE install disk, erasing whatever it had previously. And there are some GUI tools to automate this somewhat.
Both DVDs and sticks have good and poor aspects. I still favor DVDs, for reasons given by others.
Solution: I found a solution. I have a laptop still running v13.2. I copied the .iso to the laptop and used the k3b there. The DVD appears to run fine on v42.2. I plan to wait a little while before actually doing the install so that the bugs in v42.3 are identified and patched. The pictures can wait.
Ok! :-) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)