- Download link:http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/17-Beta.TC1/Live/i686/Fedora-17-Beta-TC1-i686-Live-Desktop.iso
- Set the tools_livecd-iso-to-disk.sh script as executable (Properties)
- Download link: http://bit.ly/livecd-iso-to-disk
USB Stick
- 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$
- Download link:no longer on server
- Alternate Link: http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Fedora-17-Nightly-20120221.07-i686-Live-soas.iso
- Fedora 17 SoaS Writing of a 2 GB Firefly USB with persistence
- Set the tools_livecd-iso-to-disk.sh script as executable (Properties)
- Download link: http://bit.ly/livecd-iso-to-disk
USB Stick
2GB USB
Fat 16
boot flag
Command
sudo ./tools_livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --reset-mbr --overlay-size-mb 500 --home-size-mb 900 --delete-home --unencrypted-home Fedora-17-Nightly-20120221.07-i686-Live-soas.iso /dev/sd(x)1
Transcript
root@ubuntu520:/home/(user)/Desktop# sudo ./tools_livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --reset-mbr --overlay-size-mb 500 --home-size-mb 900 --delete-home --unencrypted-home Fedora-17-Nightly-20120221.07-i686-Live-soas.iso /dev/sdg1
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
Copying live image to target device.
squashfs.img
489586688 100% 8.28MB/s 0:00:56 (xfer#1, to-check=0/1)
sent 489646525 bytes received 31 bytes 8515592.28 bytes/sec
total size is 489586688 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, 60.5367 s, 8.7 MB/s
Initializing persistent /home
900+0 records in
900+0 records out
943718400 bytes (944 MB) copied, 137.359 s, 6.9 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 37 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!
root@ubuntu520:/home/(user)/Desktop#