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=== GNU/Linux ===
 
=== GNU/Linux ===
GNU/Linux users may want to install the [[#Do_you_use_GNU.2FLinux.3F|Sugar packages]] on their favorite distro.
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GNU/Linux users may want to install the [[#Do_you_use_GNU.2FLinux.3F|Sugar packages]] on their favorite distro, apart from Sugar on a Stick.
    
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# '''Prepare''': Use this script http://bit.ly/livecd-iso-to-disk to create a bootable image.<br>(Run {{Code|chmod +x livecd-iso-to-disk.sh}} after you download the script to make it executable.)<br><br>
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# '''Prepare''': Use this script http://bit.ly/livecd-iso-to-disk to create a bootable image.<br>(Run {{Code|chmod +x livecd-iso-to-disk.sh}} after you download the script to make it executable.) <br>You should have the isomd5sum package installed so that the script can verify the download.<br><br>
 
# '''Download''': [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/#downloads Download] the Sugar-on-a-Stick iso.<br><br>
 
# '''Download''': [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/#downloads Download] the Sugar-on-a-Stick iso.<br><br>
# '''Load''': Execute, as the root user, in <u>one</u> command with arguments, the following:
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#:{{Code|./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --reset-mbr --overlay-size-mb 300 --home-size-mb 175 --delete-home --unencrypted-home /path/to/source.iso /dev/sd'''?'''1}}
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# '''Load''': Insert a USB stick of 1 GB or greater capacity. All of its contents will be erased. Execute, as the '''root''' user, in the directory where you downloaded the script, in <u>one</u> command with arguments, the following:
#: where '{{Code|'''?'''}}' in the final parameter represents the target bootable device node, such as {{Code|sdb1}} or {{Code|sdc1}}, etc.<br><br>
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#:{{Code|./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --reset-mbr --overlay-size-mb 300 --home-size-mb 175 --delete-home --unencrypted-home '''/path/to/source'''.iso /dev/sd'''?'''1}}
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#: where '{{Code|'''?'''}}' in the final parameter represents the target bootable device node, such as {{Code|sdb1}} or {{Code|sdc1}}, etc. and /path/to/source is the location and name of the ISO. You can use the df command to get the device node name.<br><br>
 
# '''Boot''': Insert the USB stick into a USB port on your computer. Set the option to "boot from USB" in your computer's <abbr title="Basic Input/Output System">BIOS</abbr> setup, and then start up the computer.
 
# '''Boot''': Insert the USB stick into a USB port on your computer. Set the option to "boot from USB" in your computer's <abbr title="Basic Input/Output System">BIOS</abbr> setup, and then start up the computer.
 
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