Bug 928638

Summary:	imagewriter is not able to write iso to usb stick
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE Distribution	Reporter:	Forgotten User SpTvqxsYZX <forgotten_SpTvqxsYZX>
Component:	Basesystem	Assignee:	E-mail List <bnc-team-screening>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	bwiedemann, nwr10cst-oslnx
Version:	13.2
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Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
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Description Forgotten User SpTvqxsYZX 2015-04-24 23:38:22 UTC

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When using imagewriter on opensuse 13.2, when the windows 7 iso is selected to write to a 4GB flash drive, it gives the error message:Sorry, I can't write this ISO.  You need to use another program to write it to a DVD.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Neil Rickert 2015-04-25 03:35:52 UTC

I don't think Imagewriter was ever intended for Windows isos.  It requires an iso that uses a hybrid format.  That is, the format must be valid for a disk drive (such as a USB) as well as for a DVD.  I don't think Windows uses hybrid isos.

Microsoft has instruction for preparing an install USB.  I'm told, also, that "rufus" will work (you can google for "rufus").

Comment 2 Forgotten User SpTvqxsYZX 2015-04-25 06:48:21 UTC

Then the error message should state that. Right now it just says it can't with no explanation as to what the problem is.

Comment 3 Bernhard Wiedemann 2015-04-26 12:49:42 UTC

This is nearly a dup of bug 851177

IMHO we should update the docs to point to working tools

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 851177 ***