Sugar on a Stick: Difference between revisions

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====On Linux using the shell script====

This is known to work in Fedora and might work in other Linux distributions. ~~There has been one report where this script does not work in Ubuntu.~~

This is known to work in Fedora and might work in other Linux distributions.

* Make sure you have the isomd5sum package installed in your distribution, as it will be needed by the script later on.

* 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]

* Check the USB device. In the example below the device is /dev/~~sda~~.

* Check the USB device. In the example below the device is /dev/sdb,<br>

: df -h

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on

/dev/sda1 19G 7.0G 11G 40% /

tmpfs 1.5G 0 1.5G 0% /lib/init/rw

varrun 1.5G 96K 1.5G 1% /var/run

varlock 1.5G 0 1.5G 0% /var/lock

udev 1.5G 2.9M 1.5G 1% /dev

tmpfs 1.5G 104K 1.5G 1% /dev/shm

lrm 1.5G 2.0M 1.5G 1% /lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/volatile

/dev/sdb1 996M 913M 84M 92% /mnt/myUSBdisc

~~marcopg@marcopg-laptop~~:~~~$ df~~ -h

* Then check to see that the partition is marked as bootable,<br>

~~Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on~~

: sudo fdisk -l

/dev/~~hda3 36G~~ 3.9G ~~30G~~ ~~12% /~~

You should see output that looks like this:

/dev/~~sda1 7~~.~~5G 716M 6~~.8G 10% /~~media~~/~~disk~~

Disk /dev/sdb: 1047 MB, 1047265280 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 127 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x0008325f

.

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/sdb1 * 1 127 1020096 6 FAT16

The '*' under the Boot column is what you want to see.

: If not, then

:* Try this (at least in Ubuntu 8.10) menu: System -> Administration -> Partition Editor (GParted).

::# Select your USB device (/dev/sdb in your case),

::# then your partition (/dev/sdb1),

::# then menu: Partition -> Manage Flags,

::# check the boot box,

::# and Close to mark the partition as bootable.

* Unmount the drive,<br>

: sudo umount /dev/sdb1

* Run it as root, making sure to pass the correct USB device and to set overlay and home size appropriately, depending on the stick size.

sh ./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --overlay-size-mb 500 --home-size-mb 500 Soas-200902201251.iso /dev/sdb1

sudo ./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --overlay-size-mb 500 --home-size-mb 500 Soas-200902201251.iso /dev/sdb1

====On Windows or Linux using UNetbootin====

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 ====On Linux using the shell script====
-This is known to work in Fedora and might work in other Linux distributions. There has been one report where this script does not work in Ubuntu.
+This is known to work in Fedora and might work in other Linux distributions.
 * Make sure you have the isomd5sum package installed in your distribution, as it will be needed by the script later on.
 * 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]
-* Check the USB device. In the example below the device is /dev/sda.
+* Check the USB device. In the example below the device is /dev/sdb,<br>
+: df -h
+ Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
+ /dev/sda1              19G  7.0G   11G  40% /
+ tmpfs                 1.5G     0  1.5G   0% /lib/init/rw
+ varrun                1.5G   96K  1.5G   1% /var/run
+ varlock               1.5G     0  1.5G   0% /var/lock
+ udev                  1.5G  2.9M  1.5G   1% /dev
+ tmpfs                 1.5G  104K  1.5G   1% /dev/shm
+ lrm                   1.5G  2.0M  1.5G   1% /lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/volatile
+ /dev/sdb1             996M  913M   84M  92% /mnt/myUSBdisc
- marcopg@marcopg-laptop:~$ df -h
+* Then check to see that the partition is marked as bootable,<br>
- Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
+: sudo fdisk -l
-  /dev/hda3              36G  3.9G   30G  12% /
+You should see output that looks like this:
-  /dev/sda1             7.5G  716M  6.8G  10% /media/disk
+  Disk /dev/sdb: 1047 MB, 1047265280 bytes
+heads, 63 sectors/track, 127 cylinders
+ Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
+ Disk identifier: 0x0008325f
+  .
+  Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
+  /dev/sdb1   *           1         127     1020096    6  FAT16
+The '*' under the Boot column is what you want to see.
+: If not, then
+:* Try this (at least in Ubuntu 8.10) menu: System -> Administration -> Partition Editor (GParted).
+::# Select your USB device (/dev/sdb in your case),
+::# then your partition (/dev/sdb1),
+::# then menu: Partition -> Manage Flags,
+::# check the boot box,
+::# and Close to mark the partition as bootable.
+* Unmount the drive,<br>
+: sudo umount /dev/sdb1
 * Run it as root, making sure to pass the correct USB device and to set overlay and home size appropriately, depending on the stick size.
-  sh ./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --overlay-size-mb 500 --home-size-mb 500 Soas-200902201251.iso /dev/sdb1
+  sudo ./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --overlay-size-mb 500 --home-size-mb 500 Soas-200902201251.iso /dev/sdb1
 ====On Windows or Linux using UNetbootin====