Sugar on a Stick/Windows

2016-04-05T00:42:24Z

Corey84: /* with Microsoft Windows */

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[[Category:HowTo]]

== Introduction ==

This page is designed to help you to put your [[Sugar on a Stick]] image on a thumbdrive using Microsoft Windows. If you have questions, trouble or feedback, please let us know on the [[Talk:Sugar on a Stick|Sugar on a Stick talk]] page. If you can improve these instructions, please edit the page and do so!</noinclude>
=== with Microsoft Windows ===
[[File:Windows.gif|link=Sugar on a Stick/Windows]]
There are three ways to do this:

{{Anchor|Burn a CD-ROM}}
* '''1. Burn a CD-ROM disc, boot from it, then run the script, ''livecd-iso-to-disk'''''
*# Use [http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2009/04/13/burn-iso-images-natively-in-windows-7.aspx Windows 7 built-in Disk Image Burner] or a free utility, like [http://www.imgburn.com/ ImgBurn], to write the downloaded Sugar on a Stick .iso file onto a blank CD.
*# Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card<sup> [[#Notes|Notes]]</sup>) with 2 GB or more of free space into your computer.
*# [[Sugar on a Stick/Boot|Boot your computer]] with the CD-ROM disc. You probably need to press F1, F10, F12, Esc, or a similar key as the computer starts up in order to set the boot source for your computer to the CD-ROM device.
*# A successful boot will take you into ''Sugar on a Stick''. You can From there, open the Terminal Activity, [[File:Activity-terminal.png|bottom|link=http://en.flossmanuals.net/terminal]], from the <span class=plainlinks>[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/images/9/9b/Home_ListView_button.png Home list View]</span>.
*# Switch to run commands with 'root' user permissions by entering {{Code|su -}} on the command line.
*# Change the working directory, by entering {{Code|cd /run/initramfs/live/LiveOS}}
*# ''Verify the USB/SD '''s'''csi '''d'''rive node name (such as sda, sdb, etc.) and partition (such as 1, 2, etc.) for your USB/SD device.'' It would look like, for example, {{Code|/dev/sd'''b'''1}}.
*#* The {{Code|df -Th}} command shows your device filesystem on a device node, for example, /dev/sdb1, mounted on a directory [[wikipedia:Mount (computing)|mount point]], such as /run/media/liveuser/<USBdeviceManufacturer>
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{{Show|You should see something like the following:
|<pre>
[root@localhost ~]# df -Th
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/live-rw ext4 2.9G 2.1G 773M 74% /
devtmpfs devtmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 2.0G 72K 2.0G 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs tmpfs 2.0G 632K 2.0G 1% /run
tmpfs tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sr0 iso9660 670M 670M 0 100% /run/initramfs/live
tmpfs tmpfs 2.0G 32K 2.0G 1% /tmp
varcacheyum tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /var/cache/yum
vartmp tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /var/tmp
/dev/sdb1 vfat 3.8G 4.0K 3.8G 1% /run/media/liveuser/SanDisk
</pre>}}</ul></ul></ul>
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<li> Unmount the USB device filesystem with this command: {{Code|umount /run/media/liveuser/'''MyUSBdiscMountPoint'''}}, where {{Code|'''MyUSBdiscMountPoint'''}} is {{Code|SanDisk}} in the dropdown example, above.</li>
<li> Execute this command line:  (Substitute the {{Code|/dev/sd'''?'''1}}, below, with the node name you determined in step 7, above.)<br><div style="padding: 1em; border: 1px dashed #2F6FAB; background-color: #FBFBFB; margin: 1em 0px 1em 0em; font-family: monospace,Consolas; overflow: auto;">./livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --overlay-size-mb '''500''' --home-size-mb '''800''' --delete-home --unencrypted-home /run/initramfs/livedev /dev/sd'''?'''1</div>
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(The '''500''' and '''800''' size values, above, are suitable for a 2 GB USB device. For a 4 GB device, one might use '''1000''' and '''1600''' megabytes instead.)
{{Show|The installation transcript should look like the following:
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[root@localhost LiveOS]# ./livecd-iso-to-disk --overlay-size-mb 500 --home-size-mb 800 --unencrypted-home /run/initramfs/livedev /dev/sdb1
Verifying image...
/dev/sr0: b0a9414ff7eb79b680d5c86440e19587
Fragment sums: 9bfe23577651c88dcfb78c76ac3a28a5c53eead4561e3bdc5921b8b2e748
Fragment count: 20
Press [Esc] to abort check.
Checking: 100.0%

The media check is complete, the result is: PASS.

It is OK to use this media.
Copying live image to target device.
squashfs.img
630,784,000 100% 1.96MB/s 0:05:06 (xfr#1, to-chk=0/1)
osmin.img
8,192 100% 0.00kB/s 0:00:00 (xfr#1, to-chk=0/1)
Updating boot config file
Initializing persistent overlay file
500+0 records in
500+0 records out
524288000 bytes (524 MB) copied, 216.717 s, 2.4 MB/s
Initializing persistent /home
800+0 records in
800+0 records out
838860800 bytes (839 MB) copied, 344.643 s, 2.4 MB/s
Formatting unencrypted /home
mke2fs 1.42.8 (20-Jun-2013)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
51296 inodes, 204800 blocks
10240 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=209715200
7 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
7328 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840

Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (4096 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

tune2fs 1.42.8 (20-Jun-2013)
Setting maximal mount count to -1
Setting interval between checks to 0 seconds
Installing boot loader
Target device is now set up with a Live image!
</pre>}}
<li> Shutdown the physical machine.</li>
<li> [[Sugar on a Stick/Boot|Reboot your computer]] from the newly-installed Live USB with Sugar on a Stick.</li>
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* '''2. Use Fedora Live USB Creator'''
*: (This installation method is NOT recommended for LONG-TERM usage of Sugar on a Stick!! Catastrophic data corruption may occur when the USB stick gets full! [[fedora:LiveOS_image#Home_filesystem|See why.]])
*# Download the Live USB Creator from [http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/ Fedora].
*# Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card<sup> [[#Notes|Notes]]</sup>) with 2 GB or more of free space into your computer.
*# Launch Live USB Creator.
*# Select Either
*# 1) the 'Browse' button to 'Use existing Live CD' and find the downloaded .iso file image on your system.
*# 2) Download Fedora and select Fedora-SoaS-{i386|x86_64}-{22|23} (This automates the download and checksum routine and directly burns to the USB/ SDCard
*# Adjust the Persistent Storage slider. This enables you to save changes to the system and additional Sugar Activities onto the device. (aka persistence file or Overlay --this space by default is write once only) --see below for additional way to make /home a rw overlay
*# Select your flash drive as the target, and click the '''Create Live USB''' button.
*# With the latest version of Fedora LiveUSB Creator you have TWO (2) option for burning method
*# 1) CP (non destructive) -- meaning you can still use the unused space on a larger (8-16-32-64Gb) usb for whatever post burn.
*# 2) DD ( the old school way) Note: THIS WILL destroy any previous data make sure you properly select the drive to use AND make backups of any pre-existing important data (you will not be easily able to retrieve overwritten data)
*# Wait for the process to finish, then close the Live USB Creator program.
*# Stop your flash drive with the '''Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media''' notification area icon dialog, and eject it.
::: See a [[Tutorials/Installation/Create_a_SoaS_v7_Live_USB_in_Windows|screenshot tutorial]] for this.
::: See a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieIj4aECk88 video] of an earlier version of this process.

* '''3. Launch a virtual machine with the Sugar on a Stick .iso file, then run the script, ''livecd-iso-to-disk'''''
*# Download and install [[VirtualBox]] (for example; you could do something similar with another vm).
*# Create a new virtual machine.
*# Choose Linux for the Operating System and Version Fedora (64 bit) if available, or Fedora, on systems lacking 64-bit functionality.
*# Attach the Sugar on a Stick .iso file as a CD in the Storage Section
*# Insert a USB storage device into your physical computer and enable the VirtualBox USB controller. Then add a filter to recognize the inserted device in the USB section of the VirtualBox machine setup.
*# Start the new virtual machine.
*# Verify that the USB device is recognized in the running virtual machine.
*#* Your device appears in the hover box for the USB stick icon in the virtual machine bottom frame.
*#* {{Code|df -Th}} shows your device filesystem on a device node, for example, /dev/sda1, mounted on a directory [[wikipedia:Mount (computing)|mount point]], such as /run/media/<AccountName>/<USBdeviceManufacturer>
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{{Show|You should see something like the following:
|<pre>
[root@localhost LiveOS]# df -Th
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
rootfs rootfs 4.0G 2.5G 1.5G 63% /
devtmpfs devtmpfs 1.6G 0 1.6G 0% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 1.6G 84K 1.6G 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs tmpfs 1.6G 1.2M 1.6G 1% /run
/dev/sr0 iso9660 509M 509M 0 100% /run/initramfs/live
/dev/mapper/live-rw ext4 4.0G 2.5G 1.5G 63% /
tmpfs tmpfs 1.6G 0 1.6G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs tmpfs 1.6G 0 1.6G 0% /media
varcacheyum tmpfs 1.6G 0 1.6G 0% /var/cache/yum
tmp tmpfs 1.6G 40K 1.6G 1% /tmp
vartmp tmpfs 1.6G 0 1.6G 0% /var/tmp
/dev/sda1 vfat 3.7G 2.1G 1.7G 56% /run/media/liveuser/TOSHIBA
</pre>}}</ul></ul>
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<li> Continue from step #4 in the '''Burn a CD-ROM disc''' section above.</li>
<li> Shutdown the virtual machine.</li>
<li> Reboot your physical computer from the newly-installed Live USB with Sugar on a Stick.</li>
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</ul>

===Notes===
A Secure Digital (SD) card may not be marked as a bootable device. To check this, use these instructions at a Linux terminal or console:
{{:Sugar on a Stick/Linux/bootable device}}

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