Testing/Reports/livecd-iso-to-disk

Note USB must be prepared first

use gparted: make new MBR/ format as fat / boot flag set / label="LIVE"

f18 x86-64 Fedora-18-x86_64-Live-SoaS Li-t-d Install to USB

Installed in fedora 18

yum install livecd-tools

Transcript: http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Li-t-d-Soas-8.txt

Tutorial How to make a Soas.img file

f17 x86_64 Beta DVD Installer USB

all of the following were built in ubuntu - thus difference in commands

Note this USB will install to a HD from install repo in USB with no network required

creates 2 partitions;

/dev/sdb1 LIVE

LiveOS

syslinux

/dev/sdb2 LIVE-REPO

Fedora-17-Beta-x86_64-DVD.iso

4 GB USB formatted as fat with 750 MB /dev/sdb1 partition fat; boot flag; label= LIVE - balance of USB unformatted

# ./tools_livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --format --reset-mbr Fedora-17-Beta-x86_64-DVD.iso /dev/sdb1
Verifying image...
./tools_livecd-iso-to-disk.sh: line 900: checkisomd5: command not found
Are you SURE you want to continue?
Press Enter to continue or ctrl-c to abort

/Packages found, will copy source .iso to target
WARNING: THIS WILL DESTROY ANY DATA ON /dev/sdb!!!
Press Enter to continue or ctrl-c to abort

wipefs: WARNING: /dev/sdb: appears to contain 'gpt' partition table
Waiting for devices to settle...
mkdosfs 3.0.9 (31 Jan 2010)
mkdosfs 3.0.9 (31 Jan 2010)
Copying live image to target device.
squashfs.img
   130367488 100%   20.36MB/s    0:00:06 (xfer#1, to-check=0/1)

sent 130383477 bytes  received 31 bytes  20059001.23 bytes/sec
total size is 130367488  speedup is 1.00
Copying /home/(user)/Desktop/Fedora-17-Beta-x86_64-DVD.iso
Fedora-17-Beta-x86_64-DVD.iso
  2484076544 100%   10.41MB/s    0:03:47 (xfer#1, to-check=0/1)

sent 2484379867 bytes  received 31 bytes  10920351.20 bytes/sec
total size is 2484076544  speedup is 1.00
Updating boot config file
Installing boot loader
Target device is now set up with a Live image!
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EFI-USB-Fedora-17-Beta-x86-64-Live Soas

Boots MacBook Pro i7

Transcript

Root terminal

./tools_livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --format --efi --overlay-size-mb 300 --home-size-mb 175 --delete-home --unencrypted-home Fedora-17-Beta-x86_64-Live-SoaS.iso /dev/sdb1

Verifying image...
./tools_livecd-iso-to-disk.sh: line 900: checkisomd5: command not found
Are you SURE you want to continue?
Press Enter to continue or ctrl-c to abort

WARNING: THIS WILL DESTROY ANY DATA ON /dev/sdb!!!
Press Enter to continue or ctrl-c to abort

wipefs: WARNING: /dev/sdb: appears to contain 'gpt' partition table
Waiting for devices to settle...
mkdosfs 3.0.9 (31 Jan 2010)
Copying live image to target device.
squashfs.img
   500154368 100%    5.90MB/s    0:01:20 (xfer#1, to-check=0/1)

sent 500215497 bytes  received 31 bytes  6137613.84 bytes/sec
total size is 500154368  speedup is 1.00
osmin.img
        8192 100%    0.00kB/s    0:00:00 (xfer#1, to-check=0/1)

sent 8265 bytes  received 31 bytes  16592.00 bytes/sec
total size is 8192  speedup is 0.99
Updating boot config file
Initializing persistent overlay file
300+0 records in
300+0 records out
314572800 bytes (315 MB) copied, 71.4079 s, 4.4 MB/s
Initializing persistent /home
175+0 records in
175+0 records out
183500800 bytes (184 MB) copied, 35.3457 s, 5.2 MB/s
Formatting unencrypted /home
mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=1024 (log=0)
Fragment size=1024 (log=0)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
44880 inodes, 179200 blocks
8960 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=1
Maximum filesystem blocks=67371008
22 block groups
8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group
2040 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks: 
	8193, 24577, 40961, 57345, 73729

Writing inode tables: done                            
Creating journal (4096 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
 
This filesystem will be automatically checked every 31 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
tune2fs 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)
Setting maximal mount count to -1
Setting interval between checks to 0 seconds
Installing boot loader
Target device is now set up with a Live image!

Fedora-17-Beta-RC4-x86_64-Live-SoaS

http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/17-Beta.RC4/Live/x86_64/Fedora-17-Beta-x86_64-Live-SoaS.iso no longer available

Transcript

Desktop$ sudo ./tools_livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --reset-mbr --overlay-size-mb 500 --home-size-mb 700 --delete-home --unencrypted-home Fedora-17-Beta-x86_64-Live-SoaS.iso /dev/sdb1
[sudo] password for (user): 
Verifying image...
./tools_livecd-iso-to-disk.sh: line 900: checkisomd5: command not found
Are you SURE you want to continue?
Press Enter to continue or ctrl-c to abort

Copying live image to target device.
squashfs.img
   500154368 100%    5.71MB/s    0:01:23 (xfer#1, to-check=0/1)

sent 500215497 bytes  received 31 bytes  5990605.13 bytes/sec
total size is 500154368  speedup is 1.00
osmin.img
        8192 100%    0.00kB/s    0:00:00 (xfer#1, to-check=0/1)

sent 8265 bytes  received 31 bytes  16592.00 bytes/sec
total size is 8192  speedup is 0.99
Updating boot config file
Initializing persistent overlay file
500+0 records in
500+0 records out
524288000 bytes (524 MB) copied, 105.866 s, 5.0 MB/s
Initializing persistent /home
700+0 records in
700+0 records out
734003200 bytes (734 MB) copied, 143.745 s, 5.1 MB/s
Formatting unencrypted /home
mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
44832 inodes, 179200 blocks
8960 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=184549376
6 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
7472 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks: 
	32768, 98304, 163840

Writing inode tables: done                            
Creating journal (4096 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 30 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
tune2fs 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)
Setting maximal mount count to -1
Setting interval between checks to 0 seconds
Installing boot loader
Target device is now set up with a Live image!
Desktop$

USB Stick

EMTEC 4 GB

Fat 16; boot flag set

NOTE: use diskutility to unmount /dev/sdg1

DO NOT TRY TO UPDATE Update is too large and will fill up disk

Fedora-17-Beta-TC1-i686-Live-Desktop

Download link:http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/17-Beta.TC1/Live/i686/Fedora-17-Beta-TC1-i686-Live-Desktop.iso

TC2 Live Desktop is not available--Satellit 04:45, 21 March 2012 (EDT)
Set the tools_livecd-iso-to-disk.sh script as executable (Properties)

Download link: http://bit.ly/livecd-iso-to-disk

USB Stick

EMTEC 4 GB

Fat 16; boot flag set

NOTE: use diskutility to unmount /dev/sdg1

home 700 due to larger desktop live image

DO NOT TRY TO UPDATE Update is too large and will fill up disk

Command

/dev/sd(x)1 (x) is the device name: enter mount in terminal to what it is. eg: /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1 /dev/sdg1 be sure to add the partition number (1) to command

sudo ./tools_livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --reset-mbr --overlay-size-mb 500 --home-size-mb 700 --delete-home --unencrypted-home Fedora-17-Alpha-RC4-i686-Live-Desktop.iso /dev/sd(x)1

Transcript

:~/Desktop$  sudo ./tools_livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --reset-mbr --overlay-size-mb 500 --home-size-mb 900 --delete-home --unencrypted-home Fedora-17-Beta-TC1-i686-Live-Desktop.iso /dev/sd(x)1
[sudo] password for(user: 
Verifying image...
./tools_livecd-iso-to-disk.sh: line 806: checkisomd5: command not found
Are you SURE you want to continue?
Press Enter to continue or ctrl-c to abort

There are differences between boot sector and its backup.
Differences: (offset:original/backup)
  71:54/20, 72:43/20, 73:31/20, 74:2d/20, 75:44/20, 76:45/20, 77:53/20
  , 78:4b/20, 79:54/20, 80:4f/20, 81:50/20
  Not automatically fixing this.
Copying live image to target device.
squashfs.img
   654290944 100%    6.33MB/s    0:01:38 (xfer#1, to-check=0/1)

sent 654370889 bytes  received 31 bytes  6643359.59 bytes/sec
total size is 654290944  speedup is 1.00
osmin.img
        8192 100%    0.00kB/s    0:00:00 (xfer#1, to-check=0/1)

sent 8265 bytes  received 31 bytes  16592.00 bytes/sec
total size is 8192  speedup is 0.99
Updating boot config file
Initializing persistent overlay file
500+0 records in
500+0 records out
524288000 bytes (524 MB) copied, 89.3586 s, 5.9 MB/s
Initializing persistent /home
900+0 records in
900+0 records out
943718400 bytes (944 MB) copied, 222.15 s, 4.2 MB/s
Formatting unencrypted /home
mke2fs 1.41.11 (14-Mar-2010)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
57600 inodes, 230400 blocks
11520 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=239075328
8 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
7200 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks: 
	32768, 98304, 163840, 229376

Writing inode tables: done                            
Creating journal (4096 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 30 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
tune2fs 1.41.11 (14-Mar-2010)
Setting maximal mount count to -1
Setting interval between checks to 0 seconds
Installing boot loader
Target device is now set up with a Live image!
:~/Desktop$