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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
This page is designed to help you to put your [[Sugar on a Stick]] image on a thumbdrive using Microsoft Windows. If you have questions, trouble or feedback, please let us know on the [[Talk:Sugar on a Stick|SoaS talk]] page. If you can improve these instructions, please edit the page and do so!
This page is designed to help you to put your [[Sugar on a Stick]] image on a thumbdrive using Microsoft Windows. If you have questions, trouble or feedback, please let us know on the [[Talk:Sugar on a Stick|SoaS talk]] page. If you can improve these instructions, please edit the page and do so!</noinclude>
===with Microsoft Windows===
===with Microsoft Windows===
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*# Select your flash drive as the target, and click the '''Create Live USB''' button.
*# Select your flash drive as the target, and click the '''Create Live USB''' button.
*# Wait for the process to finish, then close the Live USB Creator program.
*# Wait for the process to finish, then close the Live USB Creator program.
*# Stop your flash drive using the '''Safely Remove Hardware''' dialog, and eject it.
*# Stop your flash drive with the '''Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media''' notification area icon dialog, and eject it.
:'''Note:''' The above installation method does not allow the full [[LiveOS image|optimization]] of data storage that comes from installing a separate, persistent home directory—see the alternate method below.
::: See a video of an earlier version of this process [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieIj4aECk88 here].
* or '''Burn a CD-ROM disc''' with the soas-mirabelle.iso file.
:'''Note:''' The above installation method does not allow the full [[LiveOS image|optimization]] of data storage that comes from installing a separate, persistent home directory—see the alternate method just below.
*# 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 SoaS.iso file onto a blank CD.
* or '''Burn a CD-ROM disc''' with the SoaS Mirabelle .iso file.
*# 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 SoaS .iso file onto a blank CD.
*# Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card) with 1 GB or more of free space into your computer. (See [[LiveOS image]] and [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation/Variations#Cautions with using Live USB devices|Cautions with using Live USB devices]] regarding flash drive size and usage.)
*# Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card) with 1 GB or more of free space into your computer. (See [[LiveOS image]] and [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation/Variations#Cautions with using Live USB devices|Cautions with using Live USB devices]] regarding flash drive size and usage.)
*# Boot your computer with the CD-ROM disc. You probably need to press F1, F12, Esc, or a similar key as the computer starts up to adjust the boot source to the CD-ROM device.
*# 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 Mirabelle''. From there, open the Terminal Activity, [[File:Activity-terminal.png|bottom|link=http://en.flossmanuals.net/terminal]], from the Home view.<br>{{Iframe|[http://en.flossmanuals.net/terminal ''See the Terminal Activity manual.''] |http://en.flossmanuals.net/terminal|945|400|1}}
*# A successful boot will take you into ''Sugar on a Stick Mirabelle''. From there, open the Terminal Activity, [[File:Activity-terminal.png|bottom|link=http://en.flossmanuals.net/terminal]], from the Home view.<br>{{Iframe|[http://en.flossmanuals.net/terminal ''See the Terminal Activity manual.''] |http://en.flossmanuals.net/terminal|945|400|1}}
*# Click the 'Become root' icon, [[File:Activity-become-root.svg|40px|bottom|link=http://en.flossmanuals.net/terminal]], to gain administrative permissions in the Terminal session.
*# Click the 'Become root' icon, [[File:Activity-become-root.svg|40px|bottom|link=http://en.flossmanuals.net/terminal]], to gain administrative permissions in the Terminal session.
::: Use the {{Code|df -Th}} command to confirm your devices before executing the script.
::: Use the {{Code|df -Th}} command to confirm your devices before executing the script.
:'''Note:''' Every ''[[Sugar on a Stick/Mirabelle|Mirabelle]] or [[Sugar on a Stick/Strawberry|Strawberry]] Sugar on a Stick'' can copy its original installation to another USB stick or SD card by following the above instructions. See [[Sugar on a Stick/Sugar Clone]] for instructions on how to customize the contents of a Sugar on a Stick device.
:'''Note:''' Every ''[[Sugar on a Stick/Mirabelle|Mirabelle]] or [[Sugar on a Stick/Strawberry|Strawberry]] Sugar on a Stick'' can copy its original installation to another USB stick or SD card by following the above instructions. See [[Sugar on a Stick/Sugar Clone]] for instructions on how to customize the contents of a Sugar on a Stick device.
* or '''Launch a virtual machine''', such as VirtualBox with the soas-mirabelle.iso file.
* or '''Launch a virtual machine''', such as VirtualBox with the SoaS Mirabelle .iso file.
*: See [[#SoaS on VirtualBox|SoaS on VirtualBox]] below.
*: See [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation#SoaS on VirtualBox|SoaS on VirtualBox]].