SELECT PARTITION 1 - Selects partition 1.ĪCTIVE - Marks the current partition as active.įORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK - This formats the partition. SELECT DISK X (Replace X with your USB flash drive number, we are using 2 in this example).ĬREATE PARTITION PRIMARY - Creates a partition. In the image below the USB flash drive shows as Disk 2. LIST DISK - This shows the disk number of your USB flash drive. When the Command Prompt opens, enter the following commands followed by Enter: Select Start and type CMD in the search field, right click on CMD.exe and select Run as administrator.Īlternatively, go to Start > All programs > Accessories > right click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.Ī User Account Control (UAC) dialog Window may appear. If you have Homebrew or MacPorts, you can get a progress bar by installing the "pv" command and using that instead of "cat".Warning: Following the remaining steps results in all data on the USB flash drive being lost. Ensure that you back up any data to another device before proceeding. No progress is shown while writing this way. You will be prompted for the administrator's password. r is for raw disk, as writing to /dev/rdisk2 is much faster than writing to /dev/disk2. dev/rdiskN is the same disk you have found previously, with an r in front. # sudo sh -c "cat /path/to/downloaded.iso > /dev/rdiskN" Where /dev/diskN is the one you have found in previous step as per our example it would be "/dev/disk2". In this case "/dev/disk2" is the one we want.
Then note the corresponding /dev/diskN, where "N" is for index of your disk.
This will print out the list of currently mapped devices/partitions. Plug-in your USB stick and find what "/dev/diskN" it is mapped to by opening Terminal (where "N" stands for "disk0", "disk1", "disk2" etc). It now contains a bootable openSUSE installation media. The process of burning can last from 1 to up to 30 minutes depending on your drive and on the iso file. The drive can be reformatted and used as a normal drive again after the setup is finished. Warning: All data on the drive will be destroyed.
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