I've just downloaded 15.3 and am making a USB install stick. With a 500/20 Mb Internet connection, writing the USB stick is taking much longer than the download.
On 02/06/2021 21.48, James Knott wrote:
I've just downloaded 15.3 and am making a USB install stick. With a 500/20 Mb Internet connection, writing the USB stick is taking much longer than the download.
dd if=ISO of=DEV bs=16M oflag=direct status=progress That flag avoids your system becoming slow during the write. The kernel will try to cache the entire image in RAM in case you want it again for whatever, thus emptying every other file operation of buffer space. In case of errors: conv=sync,noerror -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 2021-06-02 4:15 p.m., Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 02/06/2021 21.48, James Knott wrote:
I've just downloaded 15.3 and am making a USB install stick. With a 500/20 Mb Internet connection, writing the USB stick is taking much longer than the download.
dd if=ISO of=DEV bs=16M oflag=direct status=progress
That flag avoids your system becoming slow during the write. The kernel will try to cache the entire image in RAM in case you want it again for whatever, thus emptying every other file operation of buffer space.
In case of errors: conv=sync,noerror
I was lazy and used Studio Image Writer, though I have often used dd in the past.
On 2021-06-02 3:48 p.m., James Knott wrote:
I've just downloaded 15.3 and am making a USB install stick. With a 500/20 Mb Internet connection, writing the USB stick is taking much longer than the download.
I noticed one undesirable "feature". I ran the media check on the USB stick and immediately after successful completion, it started the installation process, even before I had a chance to select upgrade. When media check is selected, that's all it should do and then go back to the menu, where install, upgrade or nothing may be selected.
On 02.06.2021 23:15, James Knott wrote:
On 2021-06-02 3:48 p.m., James Knott wrote:
I've just downloaded 15.3 and am making a USB install stick. With a 500/20 Mb Internet connection, writing the USB stick is taking much longer than the download.
I noticed one undesirable "feature". I ran the media check on the USB stick and immediately after successful completion, it started the installation process, even before I had a chance to select upgrade. When media check is selected, that's all it should do and then go back to the menu, where install, upgrade or nothing may be selected.
You are aware that if you really care and want it to be improved you need to open bug report, are not you?
On 2021-06-03 12:52 a.m., Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
On 02.06.2021 23:15, James Knott wrote:
On 2021-06-02 3:48 p.m., James Knott wrote:
I've just downloaded 15.3 and am making a USB install stick. With a 500/20 Mb Internet connection, writing the USB stick is taking much longer than the download.
I noticed one undesirable "feature". I ran the media check on the USB stick and immediately after successful completion, it started the installation process, even before I had a chance to select upgrade. When media check is selected, that's all it should do and then go back to the menu, where install, upgrade or nothing may be selected.
You are aware that if you really care and want it to be improved you need to open bug report, are not you?
Actually, it's a bit more than that. The media check in Yast can check ISOs and DVDs, but not USB sticks. It seems these days, checking those is more useful than checking spinning media. It's been quite a while since the last time I burned a DVD for anything, let alone an install disc.
* James Knott
On 2021-06-03 12:52 a.m., Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
On 02.06.2021 23:15, James Knott wrote:
On 2021-06-02 3:48 p.m., James Knott wrote:
I've just downloaded 15.3 and am making a USB install stick. With a 500/20 Mb Internet connection, writing the USB stick is taking much longer than the download.
I noticed one undesirable "feature". I ran the media check on the USB stick and immediately after successful completion, it started the installation process, even before I had a chance to select upgrade. When media check is selected, that's all it should do and then go back to the menu, where install, upgrade or nothing may be selected.
You are aware that if you really care and want it to be improved you need to open bug report, are not you?
Actually, it's a bit more than that. The media check in Yast can check ISOs and DVDs, but not USB sticks. It seems these days, checking those is more useful than checking spinning media. It's been quite a while since the last time I burned a DVD for anything, let alone an install disc.
and the bug report number is? -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode
On 2021-06-03 9:51 a.m., Patrick Shanahan wrote:
Actually, it's a bit more than that. The media check in Yast can check ISOs and DVDs, but not USB sticks. It seems these days, checking those is more useful than checking spinning media. It's been quite a while since the last time I burned a DVD for anything, let alone an install disc. and the bug report number is?
Would this be a bug? Or a need to update software to meet today's reality. The first time I installed Linux (Slackware) it was from floppies. I haven't done that in a while either.
* James Knott
On 2021-06-03 9:51 a.m., Patrick Shanahan wrote:
Actually, it's a bit more than that. The media check in Yast can check ISOs and DVDs, but not USB sticks. It seems these days, checking those is more useful than checking spinning media. It's been quite a while since the last time I burned a DVD for anything, let alone an install disc. and the bug report number is?
Would this be a bug? Or a need to update software to meet today's reality. The first time I installed Linux (Slackware) it was from floppies. I haven't done that in a while either.
wouldn't a bug report initiate what is required/necessary? or at least define the need. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode
On 2021-06-03 08:54:13 James Knott wrote:
|On 2021-06-03 9:51 a.m., Patrick Shanahan wrote: |>> Actually, it's a bit more than that. The media check in Yast can check |>> ISOs and DVDs, but not USB sticks. It seems these days, checking those |>> is more useful than checking spinning media. It's been quite a while |>> since the last time I burned a DVD for anything, let alone an install |>> disc. |> |> and the bug report number is? | |Would this be a bug? Or a need to update software to meet today's |reality. The first time I installed Linux (Slackware) it was from |floppies. I haven't done that in a while either.
The term "bug report" is a misnomer because it implies that it can only be used if something is actually broken; in many situations it should be thought of as an "issue report" (e.g. documentation fix, feature request, etc.). :-) Leslie -- openSUSE Leap 15.2 x86_64
|Would this be a bug? Or a need to update software to meet today's |reality. The first time I installed Linux (Slackware) it was from |floppies. I haven't done that in a while either.
The term "bug report" is a misnomer because it implies that it can only be used if something is actually broken; in many situations it should be thought of as an "issue report" (e.g. documentation fix, feature request, etc.). :-)
Nonetheless, most software development organizations use bug tracking
systems to track all kinds of things, including feature requests and bug reports. I'd say "file away". -Nick
On 2021-06-03 9:54 a.m., James Knott wrote:
On 2021-06-03 9:51 a.m., Patrick Shanahan wrote:
Actually, it's a bit more than that. The media check in Yast can check ISOs and DVDs, but not USB sticks. It seems these days, checking those is more useful than checking spinning media. It's been quite a while since the last time I burned a DVD for anything, let alone an install disc. and the bug report number is?
Would this be a bug? Or a need to update software to meet today's reality.
Yes, that too is a bug. Every bit as much as dealing with modern machines, slimline laptops and Chromebooks, that don't have DVD players. -- “Reality is so complex, we must move away from dogma, whether it’s conspiracy theories or free-market,” -- James Glattfelder. http://jth.ch/jbg
On 03/06/2021 15.45, James Knott wrote:
On 2021-06-03 12:52 a.m., Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
On 02.06.2021 23:15, James Knott wrote:
On 2021-06-02 3:48 p.m., James Knott wrote:
I've just downloaded 15.3 and am making a USB install stick. With a 500/20 Mb Internet connection, writing the USB stick is taking much longer than the download.
I noticed one undesirable "feature". I ran the media check on the USB stick and immediately after successful completion, it started the installation process, even before I had a chance to select upgrade. When media check is selected, that's all it should do and then go back to the menu, where install, upgrade or nothing may be selected.
You are aware that if you really care and want it to be improved you need to open bug report, are not you?
Actually, it's a bit more than that. The media check in Yast can check ISOs and DVDs, but not USB sticks. It seems these days, checking those is more useful than checking spinning media. It's been quite a while since the last time I burned a DVD for anything, let alone an install disc.
That YaST can not check USB sticks but doesn't know it is checking an USB stick is known for decades. It seems that adding that feature is very difficult or impossible. I hope that the text says clearly that it is a DVD test thing. If it doesn't (I do not know) it is a bug you should report. That it starts the installation without asking is a different and new bug which you have to report, as the discoverer. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)
James Knott wrote:
On 2021-06-03 12:52 a.m., Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
On 02.06.2021 23:15, James Knott wrote:
On 2021-06-02 3:48 p.m., James Knott wrote:
I've just downloaded 15.3 and am making a USB install stick. With a 500/20 Mb Internet connection, writing the USB stick is taking much longer than the download.
I noticed one undesirable "feature". I ran the media check on the USB stick and immediately after successful completion, it started the installation process, even before I had a chance to select upgrade. When media check is selected, that's all it should do and then go back to the menu, where install, upgrade or nothing may be selected.
You are aware that if you really care and want it to be improved you need to open bug report, are not you?
Actually, it's a bit more than that. The media check in Yast can check ISOs and DVDs, but not USB sticks.
The media check is probably aimed at media where there is a risk of getting it wrong. How about a media check for harddisks - we don't have that either. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (25.5°C)
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