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    Running OpenSuse Live from a USB?

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    • PSX_DefectorP
      PSX_Defector
      last edited by

      Sounds like you grabbed the installer rather than the Live version.

      Grab an account with SuSE Studio and build yourself a nice little machine.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
        last edited by

        I checked with him on that. He says he's sure it is the LiveDVD download.

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        • PSX_DefectorP
          PSX_Defector
          last edited by

          It's been a while but if I'm not mistaken, the installer also does a LiveCD choice on boot.

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          • Mike RalstonM
            Mike Ralston
            last edited by

            Shall I try it again?

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @PSX_Defector
              last edited by

              @PSX_Defector said:

              It's been a while but if I'm not mistaken, the installer also does a LiveCD choice on boot.

              I asked that too. He said that he does not.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @Mike Ralston
                last edited by

                @Mike-Ralston said:

                Shall I try it again?

                I thought that you were trying each time that I asked so that you were sure that no options were being missed. Did you watch it boot thoroughly because often the options time out and just take defaults.

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                • Mike RalstonM
                  Mike Ralston
                  last edited by

                  I tried it twice and did watch everything, nothing going on.

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                  • Mike RalstonM
                    Mike Ralston
                    last edited by

                    Well, it now says Disk drive 3 is dead. Is that a problem?

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @Mike Ralston
                      last edited by

                      @Mike-Ralston said:

                      Well, it now says Disk drive 3 is dead. Is that a problem?

                      In a general sense it is a problem. But it has no effect on us since we aren't up to the point where drives should be being touched yet.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @Mike Ralston
                        last edited by

                        @Mike-Ralston said:

                        I tried it twice and did watch everything, nothing going on.

                        Double check that the downloaded media really says live in the ISO name. Maybe the torrent linked to the wrong file.

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                        • Mike RalstonM
                          Mike Ralston
                          last edited by

                          That may be an issue, it doesn't say it in the file name. It just says openSUSE 13_1

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
                            last edited by

                            I would expect to see that. Hmmm...

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller
                              last edited by

                              Try the Live GNOME 64bit option.

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                              • Mike RalstonM
                                Mike Ralston
                                last edited by Mike Ralston

                                There is no Live anything. I'll try to get it to run with the GNOME UI, but I can't even get back to the windows bit.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @Mike Ralston
                                  last edited by

                                  @Mike-Ralston said:

                                  There is no Live anything. I'll try to get it to run with the GNOME UI, but I can't even get back to the windows bit.

                                  Is that after you downloaded the Gnome Live CD that I mentioned? Can't tell the context of your statement.

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                                  • Mike RalstonM
                                    Mike Ralston
                                    last edited by Mike Ralston

                                    At this point, I've gone through every menu, every screen I can find. I'm not seeing a run live option, and the only way to install it is to erase all hard drive partitions. I know this may sound dumb, but can someone give me a very simple set of instructions as to how to do this, and make it rather simple? Emphasis on the word simple there 😛

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by

                                      If we get to the point of the word "install" it's too far. All options should steer away from installation before that point.

                                      A normal LiveCD boots directly into a working desktop and stops there. If anything else happens, something is wrong earlier on.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
                                        last edited by

                                        Explicitly: what ISO is doing this?

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                                        • Mike RalstonM
                                          Mike Ralston
                                          last edited by

                                          The ISO you gave me for OpenSUSE.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @Mike Ralston
                                            last edited by

                                            @Mike-Ralston said:

                                            The ISO you gave me for OpenSUSE.

                                            Which one of the two is that?

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