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*: (This installation method is not recommended for long-time usage of Sugar on a Stick. [[LiveOS image#Home filesystem|See why.]])
*: (This installation method is not recommended for long-time usage of Sugar on a Stick. [[LiveOS image#Home filesystem|See why.]])
*# Download the Live USB Creator from [http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/ Fedora].
*# Download the Live USB Creator from [http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/ Fedora].
*# Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card) 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.
*# Launch Live USB Creator.
*# Launch Live USB Creator.
*# Select the 'Browse' button to 'Use existing Live CD' and find the downloaded .iso file image on your system.
*# Select the 'Browse' button to 'Use existing Live CD' and find the downloaded .iso file image on your system.
*# Stop your flash drive with the '''Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media''' notification area icon dialog, and eject it.
*# Stop your flash drive with the '''Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media''' notification area icon dialog, and eject it.
::: See a video of an earlier version of this process [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieIj4aECk88 here].
::: See a video of an earlier version of this process [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieIj4aECk88 here].
{{Anchor|Burn a CD-ROM}}
{{Anchor|Burn a CD-ROM}}
*# Change the working directory to {{Code|/run/initramfs/live/LiveOS}}
*# Change the working directory to {{Code|/run/initramfs/live/LiveOS}}
*#: <small>(Versions earlier than Fedora 17 would use {{Code|/mnt/live/LiveOS}} or {{Code|/LiveOS}}.)</small>
*#: <small>(Versions earlier than Fedora 17 would use {{Code|/mnt/live/LiveOS}} or {{Code|/LiveOS}}.)</small>
*# ''Be certain of your USB/SD '''s'''csi '''d'''rive node name (such as sda, sdb, etc.) and partition (such as 1, 2, etc.), yielding, for example,'' {{Code|/dev/sd'''b'''1}}.
*# ''Be certain of 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}}.
*#: Use the {{Code|df -Th}} command to confirm your devices before executing the following script.
*#* 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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{{Show|You should see something like the following:
|<pre>
[root@localhost LiveOS]# df -Th
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
rootfs rootfs 4.0G 2.5G 1.5G 63% /
devtmpfs devtmpfs 1.6G 0 1.6G 0% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 1.6G 84K 1.6G 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs tmpfs 1.6G 1.2M 1.6G 1% /run
/dev/sr0 iso9660 509M 509M 0 100% /run/initramfs/live
/dev/mapper/live-rw ext4 4.0G 2.5G 1.5G 63% /
tmpfs tmpfs 1.6G 0 1.6G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs tmpfs 1.6G 0 1.6G 0% /media
varcacheyum tmpfs 1.6G 0 1.6G 0% /var/cache/yum
tmp tmpfs 1.6G 40K 1.6G 1% /tmp
vartmp tmpfs 1.6G 0 1.6G 0% /var/tmp
/dev/sda1 vfat 3.7G 2.1G 1.7G 56% /run/media/liveuser/TOSHIBA
</pre>}}</ul></ul></ul>
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<li> Unmount the USB device filesystem: {{Code|umount /run/media/MyAccount/MyUSBdiscMountPoint}}</li>
<li> Execute the Linux 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>
: <small>(Versions earlier than Fedora 17 would use {{Code|/dev/live}} or {{Code|/dev/sr0}} instead of {{Code|/run/initramfs/livedev}}.)</small></li>
<li> Shutdown the physical machine.</li>
<li> Reboot from the newly-installed Live USB with Sugar on a Stick.</li>
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* '''3. Launch a virtual machine, then run the script, ''livecd-iso-to-disk'''''
* '''3. Launch a virtual machine with the Sugar on a Stick .iso file, then run the script, ''livecd-iso-to-disk'''''
*# Download and install [[VirtualBox]] (for example; you could do something similar with another vm).
*# Download and install [[VirtualBox]] (for example; you could do something similar with another vm).
*# Create a new virtual machine.
*# Create a new virtual machine.
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===Notes===
A Secure Digital (SD) card may not be marked as a bootable device. To check this, use these instructions:
{{:Sugar on a Stick/Linux/bootable device}}