8,288
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 43:
Line 43: − + − + + + + + + + + + + + − marcopg@marcopg-laptop:~$ df -h+ − Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on+ − + − + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − sh ./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --overlay-size-mb 500 --home-size-mb 500 Soas-200902201251.iso /dev/sdb1 +
→On Linux using the shell script: assure bootable partition
====On Linux using the shell script====
====On Linux using the shell script====
This is known to work in Fedora and might work in other Linux distributions. There has been one report where this script does not work in Ubuntu.
This is known to work in Fedora and might work in other Linux distributions.
* Make sure you have the isomd5sum package installed in your distribution, as it will be needed by the script later on.
* Make sure you have the isomd5sum package installed in your distribution, as it will be needed by the script later on.
* Plug in a 1GB or larger USB stick into your computer.
* Plug in a 1GB or larger USB stick into your computer.
* Download the shell script [http://katzj.fedorapeople.org/olpc/livecd-iso-to-disk.sh livecd-iso-to-disk.sh]
* Download the shell script [http://katzj.fedorapeople.org/olpc/livecd-iso-to-disk.sh livecd-iso-to-disk.sh]
* Check the USB device. In the example below the device is /dev/sda.
* Check the USB device. In the example below the device is /dev/sdb,<br>
: df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 19G 7.0G 11G 40% /
tmpfs 1.5G 0 1.5G 0% /lib/init/rw
varrun 1.5G 96K 1.5G 1% /var/run
varlock 1.5G 0 1.5G 0% /var/lock
udev 1.5G 2.9M 1.5G 1% /dev
tmpfs 1.5G 104K 1.5G 1% /dev/shm
lrm 1.5G 2.0M 1.5G 1% /lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/volatile
/dev/sdb1 996M 913M 84M 92% /mnt/myUSBdisc
* Then check to see that the partition is marked as bootable,<br>
: sudo fdisk -l
/dev/hda3 36G 3.9G 30G 12% /
You should see output that looks like this:
/dev/sda1 7.5G 716M 6.8G 10% /media/disk
Disk /dev/sdb: 1047 MB, 1047265280 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 127 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0008325f
.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 127 1020096 6 FAT16
The '*' under the Boot column is what you want to see.
: If not, then
:* Try this (at least in Ubuntu 8.10) menu: System -> Administration -> Partition Editor (GParted).
::# Select your USB device (/dev/sdb in your case),
::# then your partition (/dev/sdb1),
::# then menu: Partition -> Manage Flags,
::# check the boot box,
::# and Close to mark the partition as bootable.
* Unmount the drive,<br>
: sudo umount /dev/sdb1
* Run it as root, making sure to pass the correct USB device and to set overlay and home size appropriately, depending on the stick size.
* Run it as root, making sure to pass the correct USB device and to set overlay and home size appropriately, depending on the stick size.
sudo ./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --overlay-size-mb 500 --home-size-mb 500 Soas-200902201251.iso /dev/sdb1
====On Windows or Linux using UNetbootin====
====On Windows or Linux using UNetbootin====