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| − | Installing SUSE Linux on netbooks is hard because
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| − | * netbooks tend to have the 32bit instruction set
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| − | * netbooks tend to have less RAM
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| − | * netbooks tend to not have a DVD drive
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| − | = Approaches =
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| − | * using unetbootin to install SUSE Linux onto a USB drive does not work
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| − | * creating a USB disk from a SUSE Linux installation is tedious
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| − | * dumping the install media to a USB stick works and is described below
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| − | = Steps =
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| − | * download the 32bit install DVD from http://software.opensuse.org
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| − | * the media size will be about 4.7 GB
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| − | * use a 8 GB [[USB stick]] or bigger, attach it to your computer
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| − | * in this example we assume it is attached as /dev/sdx
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| − | * dump the install media to the USB stick
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| − | [[dd]] if=suse12.1-32bit.iso of=/dev/sdx
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| − | * boot from the USB stick and you will find an installation routine just as if you had booted from DVD
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Revision as of 17:17, 13 October 2012
