SDB:Installation on netbooks

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Installing SUSE Linux on netbooks is hard because

  • netbooks tend to have the 32bit instruction set
  • netbooks tend to have less RAM
  • netbooks tend to not have a DVD drive

Approaches

  • using unetbootin to install SUSE Linux onto a USB drive does not work
  • creating a USB disk from a SUSE Linux installation is tedious
  • dumping the install media to a USB stick works and is described below

Steps

  • download the 32bit install DVD from http://software.opensuse.org
  • the media size will be about 4.7 GB
  • use a 8 GB USB stick or larger, attach it to your computer
  • in this example we assume it is attached as /dev/sdx. If you do not know, use the command
hwinfo --block --short
to find out
  • dump the install media to the USB stick
dd if=openSUSE-12.1-DVD-i586.iso of=/dev/sdx
  • boot from the USB stick and you will find an installation routine just as if you had booted from DVD
  • to avoid performance issues use the kernel-default (i586, compiled for pentium classic) and choose the glibc for i586
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