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This page is transcluded to various installation instruction pages.</noinclude>
 
This page is transcluded to various installation instruction pages.</noinclude>
 
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<li> '''Download''' the latest [[Sugar on a Stick/Downloads | Sugar on a Stick]] .iso file.<br></li>
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<li> '''Download''' the latest [[Sugar on a Stick/Downloads | Sugar on a Stick]] .iso file.<br><br></li>
<li> Install the ''livecd-tools'' package to obtain the installation script and the SYSLINUX boot loader. Use this command to obtain the installer: {{Code|sudo dnf install livecd-tools}}
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<li> '''Prepare''': (with [[olpc:Root|'''root''' user]] permissions at a terminal or [[Wikipedia:System_console|console]] command line)
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<ul><li> Create a mount point directory: {{Code|mkdir /run/soas}}</li>
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<li> Mount the .iso file to make it accessible as a disk: {{Code|mount '''/path/to/downloaded'''.iso /run/soas/}}
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: <small>(Where '''/path/to/downloaded'''.iso is the [[Wikipedia:File system|filesystem]] [[Wikipedia:Path_(computing)|path, or fully specified name,]] of the downloaded .iso file.)
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: This is the source for the installation, and must remain [[Wikipedia:Mount_(computing)|mounted]] until the installation is complete.</small>
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<li> Insert a USB stick of 2 GB or greater capacity into your computer.</li>
 
<li> Insert a USB stick of 2 GB or greater capacity into your computer.</li>
 
<li> With [[olpc:Root|'''root''' user]] permissions at a terminal or [[Wikipedia:System_console|console]] command line, use the command {{Code|sudo df -Th}} or {{Code|sudo blkid}} to get the USB device node name.</li>
 
<li> With [[olpc:Root|'''root''' user]] permissions at a terminal or [[Wikipedia:System_console|console]] command line, use the command {{Code|sudo df -Th}} or {{Code|sudo blkid}} to get the USB device node name.</li>
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[<user>@<system> <working directory>]$ sudo blkid
 
[<user>@<system> <working directory>]$ sudo blkid
/dev/sda1: LABEL="Fedora29" UUID="45e12f4a-51f2-463e-a33b-a6c0f157ab77" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="000b2340-04"  
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/dev/sda1: LABEL="Fedora30" UUID="45e12f4a-51f2-463e-a33b-a6c0f157ab77" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="000b2340-04"  
 
/dev/sdc1: LABEL="LIVE" UUID="D2AC-5056" TYPE="vfat"  PARTUUID="000056b3-01"  
 
/dev/sdc1: LABEL="LIVE" UUID="D2AC-5056" TYPE="vfat"  PARTUUID="000056b3-01"  
/dev/loop0: UUID="2018-10-25-00-02-47-00" LABEL="Fedora-SoaS-Live-29-1-2" TYPE="iso9660" PTUUID="3299e5ae" PTTYPE="dos"  
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/dev/loop0: UUID="2019-04-26-02-34-40-00" LABEL="Fedora-WS-Live-30-1-2" TYPE="iso9660" PTUUID="34258370" PTTYPE="dos"
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/dev/loop0p1: UUID="2019-04-26-02-34-40-00" LABEL="Fedora-WS-Live-30-1-2" TYPE="iso9660" PTUUID="34258370" PTTYPE="dos" PARTUUID="34258370-01"
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/dev/loop0p2: SEC_TYPE="msdos" LABEL_FATBOOT="ANACONDA" LABEL="ANACONDA" UUID="E385-716D" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="34258370-02"
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/dev/loop0p3: UUID="8f5370e2-fd7c-3f3a-9d01-aa72345be183" LABEL="ANACONDA" TYPE="hfsplus" PARTUUID="34258370-03"
 
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:: <small>(Additional disk drive partitions may be listed on your computer.)</small>
 
:: <small>(Additional disk drive partitions may be listed on your computer.)</small>
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<li> Unmount the USB device filesystem:<br>{{Code|umount /run/media/<MyAccount>/<MyUSBdiscMountPoint>}}
 
<li> Unmount the USB device filesystem:<br>{{Code|umount /run/media/<MyAccount>/<MyUSBdiscMountPoint>}}
 
: <small>(The {{Code|/run/media/<MyAccount>/}} path is the standard mount point. Other operating systems may use {{Code|/media/<MyMountPoint>}}.)</small></li>
 
: <small>(The {{Code|/run/media/<MyAccount>/}} path is the standard mount point. Other operating systems may use {{Code|/media/<MyMountPoint>}}.)</small></li>
<li> (You should have the isomd5sum package installed so that the following installation script can verify the download.)<br><br></li>
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<li> (You should have the isomd5sum package installed so that the following installation script can verify the download.)<br><br></li></ul>
<li> '''Load''': Execute the following installation command, as the [[olpc:Root|'''root''' user]], in <u>one</u> command line with many options:<br><div style="margin: 1em 0px 1em 1.6em; border: 1px dashed #2F6FAB; padding: 1em; background-color: #FBFBFB; font-family: Courier;">livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --overlay-size-mb '''500''' --home-size-mb '''500''' --unencrypted-home '''/path/to/downloaded'''.iso /dev/sd'''?'''1</div>
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<li> '''Load''': Execute the following installation command, as the [[olpc:Root|'''root''' user]], in <u>one</u> command line with many options:<br><div style="margin: 1em 0px 1em 1.6em; border: 1px dashed #2F6FAB; padding: 1em; background-color: #FBFBFB; font-family: Courier;">/run/soas/LiveOS/livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --overlay-size-mb '''500''' --home-size-mb '''500''' --unencrypted-home '''/path/to/downloaded'''.iso /dev/sd'''?'''1</div>
 
: The '{{Code|'''?'''}}' in the final parameter represents the target USB device '''''s'''csi '''d'''rive'' node, such as {{Code|sd'''b'''1}} or {{Code|sd'''c'''1}}, etc., and {{Code|'''/path/to/downloaded'''.iso}} is the location and name of the .iso file.
 
: The '{{Code|'''?'''}}' in the final parameter represents the target USB device '''''s'''csi '''d'''rive'' node, such as {{Code|sd'''b'''1}} or {{Code|sd'''c'''1}}, etc., and {{Code|'''/path/to/downloaded'''.iso}} is the location and name of the .iso file.
 
: The operating system will occupy ~960 MB, and the overlay and home size arguments, '''500''' and '''500''', were selected to fit in a 2 GB device. These may be adjusted depending on your preferences and device capacity (see [[LiveOS image]]). On a 4 GB device, one might use '''1000''' and '''1600''' for the size arguments.
 
: The operating system will occupy ~960 MB, and the overlay and home size arguments, '''500''' and '''500''', were selected to fit in a 2 GB device. These may be adjusted depending on your preferences and device capacity (see [[LiveOS image]]). On a 4 GB device, one might use '''1000''' and '''1600''' for the size arguments.

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