Sugar on a Stick/Linux/Installation: Difference between revisions

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<li> '''Download''' the latest [[Sugar on a Stick/Downloads | Sugar on a Stick]] .iso file.<br><br></li>

<li> '''Prepare''': (with '''root''' user permissions)

<li> '''Prepare''': (with [[olpc:Root|'''root''' user]] permissions)

<ul><li> Create a mount point directory: {{Code|mkdir /media/soas}}</li>

<li> Mount the .iso file as a disk: {{Code|mount '''/path/to/~~source~~'''.iso /media/soas/}}</li>

<li> Mount the .iso file as a disk: {{Code|mount '''/path/to/downloaded'''.iso /media/soas/}}</li>

: <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>

<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>

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<li> Unmount the USB device filesystem:<br>{{Code|umount /run/media/MyAccount/MyUSBdiscMountPoint}}</li>

<li> (You should have the isomd5sum package installed so that the following installation script can verify the download.)<br><br></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/~~source~~'''.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/~~source~~'''.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.

: The operating system will occupy ~510 MB, and the overlay and home size arguments, '''500''' and '''900''', were selected to fit in a 2 GB device, but may be adjusted according to your device capacity.

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 <ol start="0">
 <li> '''Download''' the latest [[Sugar on a Stick/Downloads | Sugar on a Stick]] .iso file.<br><br></li>
-<li> '''Prepare''': (with '''root''' user permissions)
+<li> '''Prepare''': (with [[olpc:Root|'''root''' user]] permissions)
 <ul><li> Create a mount point directory: {{Code|mkdir /media/soas}}</li>
-<li> Mount the .iso file as a disk: {{Code|mount '''/path/to/source'''.iso /media/soas/}}</li>
+<li> Mount the .iso file as a disk: {{Code|mount '''/path/to/downloaded'''.iso /media/soas/}}</li>
+: <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>
 <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>
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 <li> Unmount the USB device filesystem:<br>{{Code|umount /run/media/MyAccount/MyUSBdiscMountPoint}}</li>
 <li> (You should have the isomd5sum package installed so that the following installation script can verify the download.)<br><br></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/source'''.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/source'''.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.
 : The operating system will occupy ~510 MB, and the overlay and home size arguments, '''500''' and '''900''', were selected to fit in a 2 GB device, but may be adjusted according to your device capacity.
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