Tutorials/Installation/How to make a SoaS.img file for repeated installs to 4 GB USB's

=How to make a SoaS.img file for repeated installs to 4 GB USB's= updated 01/19/;2013
 * These are full installs of Sugar-Desktop
 * This is a workaround for the fact that f18 SoaS live.iso's do not install to USB or HD with "liveinst"
 * This procedure yields fully installed ext4 filesystem on / (root) of the USB

write dd 4 GB USB with netinstall

 * Download

http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-18-x86_64-netinst.iso
 * Write netinstall USB

dd if=Fedora-18-x86_64-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=2M

Boot netinstall USB

 * look at this tutorial for installer information and guide
 * Tutorial describes features of the f18 anaconda installer


 * Wait for Download and error checking of default software to finish

Installation Destination
select 2nd 4 GB USB (not the one you booted from) [continue] Select the Partitioning type first Partition scheme: Standard Partition [+]"I don't not need help: Let me customize disk partitioning" add partition: / 3.6 GB  [Reclaim space]

Software selection

 * select sugar-desktop from left list (scroll down if necessary)
 * [Back]
 * Finish install as shown in tutorial

Make a USB .img file of USB prior to running it

 * (firstboot will not have been run)

dd if=/dev/sdc of=Soas_8.img bs=2M [root@localhost Desktop]# dd if=/dev/sdc of=Soas_8.img bs=2M 1912+0 records in 1912+0 records out 4009754624 bytes (4.0 GB) copied, 207.237 s, 19.3 MB/s [root@localhost Desktop]#

Download a Soas_8.img file
http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Soas_8.img 3.7G
 * For a 4 GB USB
 * Full netinstall of Sugar-desktop to a ext4 / on 4 Gb USB

Download a Soas_8_litd.img file
http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Soas_8_litd.img  1.9G
 * For a 2 GB USB
 * Built with livecd-iso-to-disk
 * Transcript: http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Li-t-d-Soas-8.txt
 * persistence - overlay 500 mb /home 500 mb
 * This will not be as rugged as the above 4 GB .img and will fill up eventually


 * Persistence tested after download and dd write to another USB 01/20/2013 tg

Write to new USB
dd if=Soas_8.img of=/dev/sd(x)* bs=2M
 * This command can be repeated for multiple USB's
 * In root terminal:
 * or

dd if=Soas_8_litd.img of=/dev/sd(x)* bs=2M
 * of=/dev/sd(x)* = find USB device name with "mount" command

Examples
[root@localhost Desktop]# dd if=Soas_8.img of=/dev/sdc bs=2M 1912+0 records in 1912+0 records out 4009754624 bytes (4.0 GB) copied, 587.133 s, 6.8 MB/s [root@localhost Desktop]#
 * Successful copy

Repeat this command for each new SoaS USB
yum install gparted
 * NOTE: You can use gparted to shrink the ext4 partition on the USB
 * This will allow use of smaller 4 GB USB's


 * Case of using a smaller 4 GB USB  Successful in spite of error message
 * This seems to be true in tests on smaller 4 GB USB's

dd: writing ‘/dev/sdc’: No space left on device 1851+0 records in 1850+0 records out 3880452096 bytes (3.9 GB) copied, 676.209 s, 5.7 MB/s [root@localhost Desktop]#