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Mention unetbootin as a working alternative to the livecd-iso-to-disk.sh
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=====From Linux=====
=====From Linux=====
You can use the shell script [http://katzj.fedorapeople.org/olpc/livecd-iso-to-disk.sh livecd-iso-to-disk.sh]
 
# 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]
# Run it as root, making sure to pass the correct device and to set overlay and home size appropriately, depending on stick size.
sh ./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --overlay-size-mb 500 --home-size-mb 500 Soas-200902201251.iso /dev/sdb1
 
There has been one report where this script does not work in Ubuntu. If that happens with you, install [ http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ unetbootin] and when running it, select Diskimage ISO, and choose downloaded iso.
There has been one report where this script does not work in Ubuntu. If that happens with you, install [ http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ unetbootin] and when running it, select Diskimage ISO, and choose downloaded iso.