installing linux on a netbook without any dvd-drive - doable?

[Maze]

how to install linux on a netbook without a dvd-drive.

 

i think about buying a new notebook

there are several ones that come up to mind.

question should i buy one without a dvd-drive?

there are many many out there - eg the ACER Aspire V3-371-36MA

but many of them do not have a dvd.

question: how can i install suse linux on this notebook

and how should / could i do an update.

well - do you reccomend to buy a notebook with

a. a dvd drive - is this mandantory
b. a notebook with more than 4 gb ram!?


love to hear from you

[QuickOldCar]

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/

[Ch0cu3r]

Alternatively you could get an external dvd drive.

[Maze]

hello dear quick old car and chOcu3r

 

first of all - many many thanks for the hints - great hints that i like very much.

 

i have tried to figure out a way...what is the procedure to install OpenSuse linux from a USB flash drive

Acquire the correct OpenSuse installation files ('the ISO')
Put OpenSuse onto your USB flash drive
Configure the computer to boot from USB flash drive and boot from it

how to install opensuse to my internal drive (hard disk drive or solid state drive)


note: i plan to buy a subnetbook that has no CD or DVD-Drive.

which ways do we have to do a

a. fresh installation on a notebook
b. do do updates from time to time



love to hear from you

cheers
dilbertone


btw: i allready did some steps:


a. i allready have created a rescue-system for the emergency-situation:

i created a little resque-usb for SUSE-DVD on USB-Stick

a litle Rescue-USB while using Suse-ISO DVD on a USB medium 1:1 copied

step 1. Suse-ISO download:

here: http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/opensuse/distribution/13.2/iso/openSUSE-13.2-Rescue-CD-x86_64.iso

step 2 copy the file onto a USB stick with the following command

dd if=openSUSE-13.2-Rescue-CD-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=32k

where sdX=sdb or sdc is the USB stick
ready - now i can test the rescue-usb - and the best thing: with that i can install opensuse linux on notebook that does not have any dvd-drive.




see more:

linux-70ce:/home/martin # dd if=openSUSE-13.2-Rescue-CD-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=32k
18925+0 Datensätze ein
18925+0 Datensätze aus
620134400 Bytes (620 MB) kopiert, 71,5018 s, 8,7 MB/s
linux-70ce:/home/martin #
 

other ways to do this are the following:

a. "SystemRescueCD" - but this is the way with a CD
http://www.sysresccd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage

b. However, the openSUSE website has much information on doing this exact thing already,
both with command-line tools and via GUI:

https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick#Using_commandline_tools