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*# 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 Sugar on a Stick .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 Sugar on a Stick .iso file onto a blank CD. | ||
*# 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. | ||
*# 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 Home view. | *# 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 Home view. | ||
*# | *# Switch to run commands with 'root' user permissions by entering {{Code|su -}} on the command line. | ||
*# Change the working directory | *# Change the working directory, by entering {{Code|cd /run/initramfs/live/LiveOS}} | ||
*# ''Verify your USB/SD '''s'''csi '''d'''rive node name (such as sda, sdb, etc.) and partition (such as 1, 2, etc.), for example,'' {{Code|/dev/sd'''b'''1}}. | |||
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*#* The {{Code|df -Th}} command shows your device filesystem on a device node, for example, /dev/sda1, mounted on a directory [[wikipedia:Mount (computing)|mount point]], such as /run/media/<AccountName>/<USBdeviceManufacturer> | *#* The {{Code|df -Th}} command shows your device filesystem on a device node, for example, /dev/sda1, mounted on a directory [[wikipedia:Mount (computing)|mount point]], such as /run/media/<AccountName>/<USBdeviceManufacturer> | ||
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<li> Unmount the USB device filesystem: {{Code|umount /run/media/MyAccount/MyUSBdiscMountPoint}}</li> | <li> Unmount the USB device filesystem with this command: {{Code|umount /run/media/MyAccount/MyUSBdiscMountPoint}}</li> | ||
<li> Execute | <li> Execute this command line:<br><div style="padding: 1em; border: 1px dashed #2F6FAB; background-color: #FBFBFB; margin: 1em 0px 1em 0em; font-family: Courier;">./livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --overlay-size-mb '''500''' --home-size-mb '''900''' --delete-home --unencrypted-home /run/initramfs/livedev /dev/sd'''?'''1</div> | ||
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<li> Shutdown the physical machine.</li> | <li> Shutdown the physical machine.</li> | ||
<li> Reboot 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> | ||
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