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| 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|SoaS talk]] page. If you can improve these instructions, please edit the page and do so!</noinclude> | | 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|SoaS talk]] page. If you can improve these instructions, please edit the page and do so!</noinclude> |
− | ===with Microsoft Windows=== | + | === with Microsoft Windows === |
| + | There are three ways to do this: |
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| [[File:Windows.gif|link=Sugar on a Stick/Windows]] | | [[File:Windows.gif|link=Sugar on a Stick/Windows]] |
− | * Either use '''Fedora Live USB Creator''' | + | * '''1. Use Fedora Live USB Creator''' |
| *# Download the Live USB Creator from [http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/#Download FedoraHosted here]. | | *# Download the Live USB Creator from [http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/#Download FedoraHosted here]. |
| *# Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card) with 1 GB or more of free space into your computer. (See [[LiveOS image]] and [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation/Variations#Cautions with using Live USB devices|Cautions with using Live USB devices]] regarding flash drive size and usage.) | | *# Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card) with 1 GB or more of free space into your computer. (See [[LiveOS image]] and [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation/Variations#Cautions with using Live USB devices|Cautions with using Live USB devices]] regarding flash drive size and usage.) |
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| ::: See a video of an earlier version of this process [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieIj4aECk88 here]. | | ::: See a video of an earlier version of this process [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieIj4aECk88 here]. |
| :'''Note:''' The above installation method does not allow the full [[LiveOS image|optimization]] of data storage that comes from installing a separate, persistent home directory—see the alternate method just below. | | :'''Note:''' The above installation method does not allow the full [[LiveOS image|optimization]] of data storage that comes from installing a separate, persistent home directory—see the alternate method just below. |
− | * or '''Burn a CD-ROM disc''' with the SoaS Mirabelle .iso file. | + | |
| + | * '''2. Burn a CD-ROM disc, then run 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 SoaS .iso file onto a blank CD. | | *# 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 SoaS .iso file onto a blank CD. |
| *# Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card) with 1 GB or more of free space into your computer. (See [[LiveOS image]] and [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation/Variations#Cautions with using Live USB devices|Cautions with using Live USB devices]] regarding flash drive size and usage.) | | *# Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card) with 1 GB or more of free space into your computer. (See [[LiveOS image]] and [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation/Variations#Cautions with using Live USB devices|Cautions with using Live USB devices]] regarding flash drive size and usage.) |
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| *# Shutdown the physical machine. | | *# Shutdown the physical machine. |
| *# Reboot from the newly-installed Live USB with Mirabelle. | | *# Reboot from the newly-installed Live USB with Mirabelle. |
− | * or '''Launch a virtual machine''', such as VirtualBox with the SoaS Mirabelle .iso file. | + | |
− | *# Download and install [[VirtualBox]]. | + | * '''3. Launch a virtual machine, then use livecd-iso-to-disk''' |
| + | *# Download and install [[VirtualBox]] (for example; you could do something similar with another vm). |
| *# Create a new virtual machine, choose a name, such as Mirabelle. | | *# Create a new virtual machine, choose a name, such as Mirabelle. |
| *# Choose Linux for the Operating System and Version Fedora (64 bit) if available, or Fedora, on systems lacking 64-bit functionality. | | *# Choose Linux for the Operating System and Version Fedora (64 bit) if available, or Fedora, on systems lacking 64-bit functionality. |