Couldn't install OpenMandriva Lx

amsonia · October 28, 2016, 1:28pm

I was excited to read about the OpenMadriva in Distowatch. I downloaded the installation in Windows (a sin) and put it on a usb 3.0 stick using Rufus. But it won’t boot. I have installed Fedora and Kubuntu without hitch using this method.

rugyada · October 28, 2016, 1:59pm

Would you try with ROSA ImageWriter instead ?
http://wiki.rosalab.ru/en/index.php/ROSA_ImageWriter

ben79 · October 28, 2016, 5:49pm

FWIW: I have successfully used SUSE Studio Imagewriter to burn OpenMandriva and other .iso’s as well.

amsonia · October 28, 2016, 10:21pm

I was able to install with ROSA ImageWRiter!

ben79 · October 28, 2016, 10:33pm

Outstanding! My understanding is that Rufus changes (shortens) file names or something like that causing Linux installs to fail.

rugyada · November 12, 2016, 6:26pm

Right.
Please read our wiki here

Please do not use other usb-writing tools as some Windows tools (e.g. Rufus) truncate the volume name. This breaks the boot process.