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<li> '''Prepare''': (with [[olpc:Root|'''root''' user]] permissions)
 
<li> '''Prepare''': (with [[olpc:Root|'''root''' user]] permissions)
 
<ul><li> Create a mount point directory: {{Code|mkdir /media/soas}}</li>
 
<ul><li> Create a mount point directory: {{Code|mkdir /media/soas}}</li>
<li> Mount the .iso file as a disk: {{Code|mount '''/path/to/downloaded'''.iso /media/soas/}}</li>
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<li> Mount the .iso file as a disk: {{Code|mount '''/path/to/downloaded'''.iso /media/soas/}}<br>
 
: <small>(Where '''/path/to/downloaded'''.iso is the [[Wikipedia:File system|filesystem]] [[Wikipedia:Path_(computing)|path, or fully specified name,]] of the downloaded .iso file.)</small>
 
: <small>(Where '''/path/to/downloaded'''.iso is the [[Wikipedia:File system|filesystem]] [[Wikipedia:Path_(computing)|path, or fully specified name,]] of the downloaded .iso file.)</small>
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<li> Insert a USB stick of 2 GB or greater capacity into your computer.</li>
 
<li> Insert a USB stick of 2 GB or greater capacity into your computer.</li>
 
<li> Use the {{Code|blkid}} or {{Code|df -Th}} command to get the USB device node name.</li>
 
<li> Use the {{Code|blkid}} or {{Code|df -Th}} command to get the USB device node name.</li>
{{Show|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You should see something like the following:
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{{Show|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You should see something like the following:
 
|<pre>
 
|<pre>
 
[root@MyComputer ~]# df -Th
 
[root@MyComputer ~]# df -Th
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</pre>
 
</pre>
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;where the mount point and filesystem sizes should help you identify what you want.}}
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;where the mount point and filesystem sizes should help you identify what you want.}}
<li> Unmount the USB device filesystem:<br>{{Code|umount /run/media/MyAccount/MyUSBdiscMountPoint}}</li>
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<li> Unmount the USB device filesystem:<br>{{Code|umount /run/media/MyAccount/MyUSBdiscMountPoint}}<br>
<li> (You should have the isomd5sum package installed so that the following installation script can verify the download.)<br><br></li></ul>
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: <small>(The {{Code|/run/media/MyAccount/}} path is the new, Fedora 17 standard mount point. Other operating systems may use {{Code|/media/MyMountPoint}}.)</small></li>
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<li> (You should have the isomd5sum package installed so that the following installation script can verify the download.)<br><br>
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</li></ul>
 
<li> '''Load''': Execute, as the '''root''' user in <u>one</u> command with arguments, the following:<br><div style="padding: 1em; border: 1px dashed #2F6FAB; background-color: #FBFBFB; margin: 1em 0px 1em 1.6em; font-family: Courier;">/media/soas/LiveOS/livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --overlay-size-mb '''500''' --home-size-mb '''900''' --delete-home --unencrypted-home '''/path/to/downloaded'''.iso /dev/sd'''?'''1</div>
 
<li> '''Load''': Execute, as the '''root''' user in <u>one</u> command with arguments, the following:<br><div style="padding: 1em; border: 1px dashed #2F6FAB; background-color: #FBFBFB; margin: 1em 0px 1em 1.6em; font-family: Courier;">/media/soas/LiveOS/livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --overlay-size-mb '''500''' --home-size-mb '''900''' --delete-home --unencrypted-home '''/path/to/downloaded'''.iso /dev/sd'''?'''1</div>
 
: where '{{Code|'''?'''}}' in the final parameter represents the target USB device '''''s'''csi '''d'''rive'' node, such as {{Code|sd'''b'''1}} or {{Code|sd'''c'''1}}, etc., and {{Code|'''/path/to/downloaded'''.iso}} is the location and name of the .iso file.
 
: where '{{Code|'''?'''}}' in the final parameter represents the target USB device '''''s'''csi '''d'''rive'' node, such as {{Code|sd'''b'''1}} or {{Code|sd'''c'''1}}, etc., and {{Code|'''/path/to/downloaded'''.iso}} is the location and name of the .iso file.

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