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*# Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card<sup> [[#Notes|Notes]]</sup>) with 2 GB or more of free space into your computer. | *# 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. | *# [[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/ | + | *# 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. | *# 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}} | *# Change the working directory, by entering {{Code|cd /run/initramfs/live/LiveOS}} | ||
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<ol start="8"> | <ol start="8"> | ||
<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> 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: | + | <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> |
</li> | </li> | ||
− | (The '''500''' and ''' | + | (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: | {{Show|The installation transcript should look like the following: | ||
|<pre> | |<pre> | ||
− | [root@localhost LiveOS]# | + | [root@localhost LiveOS]# livecd-iso-to-disk --overlay-size-mb 500 --home-size-mb 800 --unencrypted-home /run/initramfs/livedev /dev/sdb1 |
Verifying image... | Verifying image... | ||
− | /dev/sr0: | + | /dev/sr0: b0a9414ff7eb79b680d5c86440e19587 |
− | Fragment sums: | + | Fragment sums: 9bfe23577651c88dcfb78c76ac3a28a5c53eead4561e3bdc5921b8b2e748 |
Fragment count: 20 | Fragment count: 20 | ||
Press [Esc] to abort check. | Press [Esc] to abort check. | ||
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Copying live image to target device. | Copying live image to target device. | ||
squashfs.img | squashfs.img | ||
− | + | 630,784,000 100% 1.96MB/s 0:05:06 (xfr#1, to-chk=0/1) | |
osmin.img | osmin.img | ||
8,192 100% 0.00kB/s 0:00:00 (xfr#1, to-chk=0/1) | 8,192 100% 0.00kB/s 0:00:00 (xfr#1, to-chk=0/1) | ||
Updating boot config file | Updating boot config file | ||
Initializing persistent overlay 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 | 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 | Formatting unencrypted /home | ||
mke2fs 1.42.8 (20-Jun-2013) | mke2fs 1.42.8 (20-Jun-2013) | ||
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Fragment size=4096 (log=2) | Fragment size=4096 (log=2) | ||
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks | Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks | ||
− | + | 51296 inodes, 204800 blocks | |
− | + | 10240 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user | |
First data block=0 | First data block=0 | ||
− | Maximum filesystem blocks= | + | Maximum filesystem blocks=209715200 |
− | + | 7 block groups | |
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group | 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group | ||
− | + | 7328 inodes per group | |
Superblock backups stored on blocks: | Superblock backups stored on blocks: | ||
− | 32768, 98304, 163840 | + | 32768, 98304, 163840 |
Allocating group tables: done | Allocating group tables: done | ||
Writing inode tables: done | Writing inode tables: done | ||
− | Creating journal ( | + | Creating journal (4096 blocks): done |
− | Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done | + | Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done |
tune2fs 1.42.8 (20-Jun-2013) | tune2fs 1.42.8 (20-Jun-2013) | ||
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<li> Shutdown the physical machine.</li> | <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> | <li> [[Sugar on a Stick/Boot|Reboot your computer]] from the newly-installed Live USB with Sugar on a Stick.</li> | ||
− | </ol | + | </ol> |
* '''2. Use Fedora Live USB Creator''' | * '''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.]]) | *: (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]. | + | *# 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. | *# 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. | *# Launch Live USB Creator. | ||
− | *# Select the 'Browse' button to 'Use existing Live CD' and find the downloaded .iso file image on your system. | + | *# Select Either |
− | *# Adjust the Persistent Storage slider. This enables you to save changes to the system and additional Sugar Activities onto the device. | + | *# 1) the 'Browse' button to 'Use existing Live CD' and find the downloaded .iso file image on your system. |
− | *# Select your flash drive as the target, and click the '''Create Live USB''' button. | + | *# 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. | *# 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. | *# Stop your flash drive with the '''Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media''' notification area icon dialog, and eject it. |
Latest revision as of 17:57, 30 April 2019
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 Sugar on a Stick talk page. If you can improve these instructions, please edit the page and do so!
with Microsoft Windows
There are three ways to do this:
- 1. Burn a CD-ROM disc, boot from it, then run the script, livecd-iso-to-disk
- Use Windows 7 built-in Disk Image Burner or a free utility, like ImgBurn, to write the downloaded Sugar on a Stick .iso file onto a blank CD.
- Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card Notes) with 2 GB or more of free space into your computer.
- 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,
, from the Home list View.
- Switch to run commands with 'root' user permissions by entering
su -
on the command line. - Change the working directory, by entering
cd /run/initramfs/live/LiveOS
- Verify the USB/SD scsi drive 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,
/dev/sdb1
.- The
df -Th
command shows your device filesystem on a device node, for example, /dev/sdb1, mounted on a directory mount point, such as /run/media/liveuser/<USBdeviceManufacturer>
- The
- Unmount the USB device filesystem with this command:
umount /run/media/liveuser/MyUSBdiscMountPoint
, whereMyUSBdiscMountPoint
isSanDisk
in the dropdown example, above. - Execute this command line: (Substitute the
/dev/sd?1
, below, with the node name you determined in step 7, above.)./livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --overlay-size-mb 500 --home-size-mb 800 --delete-home --unencrypted-home /run/initramfs/livedev /dev/sd?1
(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.)
- Shutdown the physical machine.
- Reboot your computer from the newly-installed Live USB with Sugar on a Stick.
- 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! See why.)
- Download the Live USB Creator from Fedora.
- Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card Notes) 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 screenshot tutorial for this.
- See a 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.
df -Th
shows your device filesystem on a device node, for example, /dev/sda1, mounted on a directory mount point, such as /run/media/<AccountName>/<USBdeviceManufacturer>
- Continue from step #4 in the Burn a CD-ROM disc section above.
- Shutdown the virtual machine.
- Reboot your physical computer from the newly-installed Live USB with Sugar on a Stick.
- Check the disk partition table for a device, such as
/dev/sdc
, sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdc
<----that's a lowercase letter 'L' for the list option.parted /dev/sdc
toggle 1 boot
quit
You should see something like the following:
[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
The installation transcript should look like the following:
[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!
You should see something like the following:
[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
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:
You should see something like the following:
$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdc Disk /dev/sdc: 4012 MB, 4012900352 bytes 124 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1019 cylinders, total 7837696 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0000a9c7 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 * 62 7834071 3917005 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
The asterisk, * , under the Boot column indicates that the partition is bootable.
If it is missing, then execute the commands here: