Category:Live USB: Difference between revisions
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'''takes a downloaded soas.iso file and writes it directly to a USB stick''' | '''takes a downloaded soas.iso file and writes it directly to a USB stick''' | ||
--overlay-size-mb 800 sets size of persistence file. | Hints: | ||
1-) Use text editor to write script and be sure it is correct. Then copy-paste into the terminal.(safer) | |||
(--overlay-size-mb 800 sets size of persistence file.) | |||
*delete this command if you want a non-persistent USB | |||
2-) use "--overlay-size-mb 300" for 2GB USB | |||
$ su -c "livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr --overlay-size-mb 800 /home/xxx/Desktop/soas-i386-20100208.16.iso /dev/sdb" | $ su -c "livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr --overlay-size-mb 800 /home/xxx/Desktop/soas-i386-20100208.16.iso /dev/sdb" | ||