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Line 1: − {{TOCright}}+ + + − + − + − + − + − The recommended process for creating a SoaS stick in Windows is to use the [http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/ Fedora LiveUSB Creator], a cross-platform tool for easily installing live operating systems on to USB flash drives. − # Download and then extract the [https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/ Windows executable] for Fedora LiveUSB Creator. This creates a folder named liveusb-creator-''version''.+ − # Download Sugar on a Stick http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-beta.iso+ − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − # Click "Create Live USB". It will take a few minutes.+ − # When finished, '''be sure''' to properly eject the USB device using the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the system tray. Failure to do this can render your stick unbootable.+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − == What's next? ==+ − Please return to the [[Sugar_on_a_Stick#Step_3:_Boot|Sugar on a Stick]] page for instructions how to boot from your USB key!+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − == See Also ==+ − [[#UNetbootin instructions|Unetbootin]] for an alternate method for Windows users.+ + + − == Caroline's Repeatable Process for Creating Sticks ==+ + + + + + + + + − This is the process I (Caroline Meeks) use. Some of the things I do maybe superstition, but here is it. − === Preparation: ===+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − # Download and install version 3.6.5 live usb creator for XP − # Download the iso snapshot you want to create - You only have to download it once. − − === For Each Stick === − # Insert a 1 or 2 GB Stick+ − # Format it using FAT. If it has anything on it it will be completely erased so you can reuse sticks.+ − + − + − + − + − # Move the slider for persistent storage but don't use absolutely everything on the stick. These days I use about 500 MB for a 1 GB Stick+ − # Burn the stick. It takes about 15 minutes or so for me+ − # Close the live USB creator+ − + − # Create a boot-helper CD that matches your snapshot (I use my mac for that, but I've never heard of problems so any way of creating a LiveCD should work)+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − + − [[Category:HowTo]]+ +
livecd-tools now onboard
<noinclude>
[[Category:HowTo]]
== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
This page is designed to help you to put your [[Sugar on a Stick]] image under Windows on a thumbdrive. 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|Sugar on a Stick talk]] page. If you can improve these instructions, please edit the page and do so!</noinclude>
=== with Microsoft Windows ===
== Windows Instructions ==
[[File:Windows.gif|link=Sugar on a Stick/Windows]]
There are three ways to do this:
{{Anchor|Burn a CD-ROM}}
* '''1. Burn a CD-ROM disc, boot from it, then run the script, ''livecd-iso-to-disk'''''
# Insert your stick into a USB port.
*# 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 Sugar on a Stick .iso file onto a blank CD.
# Format your USB stick using FAT or FAT32 format and name it FEDORA
*# Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card<sup> [[#Notes|Notes]]</sup>) with 2 GB or more of free space into your computer.
# Navigate to the LiveUSB folder you extracted and double-click on the <tt>liveusb-creator.exe</tt> file to open the program.
*# [[Sugar on a Stick/Boot|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.
# Browse to find the soas-beta.iso file that you downloaded in step 2.
*# A successful boot will take you into ''Sugar on a Stick''. You can From there, open the Terminal Activity, [[File:Activity-terminal.png|bottom|link=http://en.flossmanuals.net/terminal]], from the <span class=plainlinks>[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/images/9/9b/Home_ListView_button.png Home list View]</span>.
# Set the Target Device to your USB device FEDORA.
*# Switch to run commands with 'root' user permissions by entering {{Code|su -}} on the command line.
# Move the slider to set some persistent storage. (''Hint:'' Set it high, then it will tell you how much space there is, and you can adjust it to the right point. How much persistent storage space you set will depend on the size of the .iso and the size of your USB. Make sure you leave some so that people can use the Journal.)
*# Change the working directory, by entering {{Code|cd /run/initramfs/live/LiveOS}}
#:'''Note:''' persistent storage will save Journal items between reboots—but not after a Sugar system update with the LiveUSB Creator (in its current version). Watch this page for instructions on making your Journal persist between system updates.
*# ''Verify the USB/SD '''s'''csi '''d'''rive node name (such as sda, sdb, etc.) and partition (such as 1, 2, etc.) for your USB/SD device.'' It would look like, for example, {{Code|/dev/sd'''b'''1}}.
*#* The {{Code|df -Th}} command shows your device filesystem on a device node, for example, /dev/sdb1, mounted on a directory [[wikipedia:Mount (computing)|mount point]], such as /run/media/liveuser/<USBdeviceManufacturer>
<ul><ul><ul><ul>
{{Show|You should see something like the following:
|<pre>
[root@localhost ~]# df -Th
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/live-rw ext4 2.9G 2.1G 773M 74% /
devtmpfs devtmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 2.0G 72K 2.0G 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs tmpfs 2.0G 632K 2.0G 1% /run
tmpfs tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sr0 iso9660 670M 670M 0 100% /run/initramfs/live
tmpfs tmpfs 2.0G 32K 2.0G 1% /tmp
varcacheyum tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /var/cache/yum
vartmp tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /var/tmp
/dev/sdb1 vfat 3.8G 4.0K 3.8G 1% /run/media/liveuser/SanDisk
</pre>}}</ul></ul></ul>
<ol start="8">
<li> Unmount the USB device filesystem with this command: {{Code|umount /run/media/liveuser/'''MyUSBdiscMountPoint'''}}, where {{Code|'''MyUSBdiscMountPoint'''}} is {{Code|SanDisk}} in the dropdown example, above.</li>
<li> Execute this command line: (Substitute the {{Code|/dev/sd'''?'''1}}, below, with the node name you determined in step 7, above.)<br><div style="padding: 1em; border: 1px dashed #2F6FAB; background-color: #FBFBFB; margin: 1em 0px 1em 0em; font-family: monospace,Consolas; overflow: auto;">./livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --overlay-size-mb '''500''' --home-size-mb '''800''' --delete-home --unencrypted-home /run/initramfs/livedev /dev/sd'''?'''1</div>
</li>
(The '''500''' and '''800''' size values, above, are suitable for a 2 GB USB device. For a 4 GB device, one might use '''1000''' and '''1600''' megabytes instead.)
{{Show|The installation transcript should look like the following:
|<pre>
[root@localhost LiveOS]# livecd-iso-to-disk --overlay-size-mb 500 --home-size-mb 800 --unencrypted-home /run/initramfs/livedev /dev/sdb1
Verifying image...
/dev/sr0: b0a9414ff7eb79b680d5c86440e19587
Fragment sums: 9bfe23577651c88dcfb78c76ac3a28a5c53eead4561e3bdc5921b8b2e748
Fragment count: 20
Press [Esc] to abort check.
Checking: 100.0%
The media check is complete, the result is: PASS.
It is OK to use this media.
Copying live image to target device.
squashfs.img
630,784,000 100% 1.96MB/s 0:05:06 (xfr#1, to-chk=0/1)
osmin.img
8,192 100% 0.00kB/s 0:00:00 (xfr#1, to-chk=0/1)
Updating boot config file
Initializing persistent overlay file
500+0 records in
500+0 records out
524288000 bytes (524 MB) copied, 216.717 s, 2.4 MB/s
Initializing persistent /home
800+0 records in
800+0 records out
838860800 bytes (839 MB) copied, 344.643 s, 2.4 MB/s
Formatting unencrypted /home
mke2fs 1.42.8 (20-Jun-2013)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
51296 inodes, 204800 blocks
10240 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=209715200
7 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
7328 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840
Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (4096 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
tune2fs 1.42.8 (20-Jun-2013)
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!
</pre>}}
<li> Shutdown the physical machine.</li>
<li> [[Sugar on a Stick/Boot|Reboot your computer]] from the newly-installed Live USB with Sugar on a Stick.</li>
</ol>
* '''2. Use Fedora Live USB Creator'''
*: (This installation method is NOT recommended for LONG-TERM usage of Sugar on a Stick!! Catastrophic data corruption may occur when the USB stick gets full! [[fedora:LiveOS_image#Home_filesystem|See why.]])
*# Download the Live USB Creator from [http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/ Fedora].
*# 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.
*# Select Either
*# 1) the 'Browse' button to 'Use existing Live CD' and find the downloaded .iso file image on your system.
*# 2) Download Fedora and select Fedora-SoaS-{i386|x86_64}-{22|23} (This automates the download and checksum routine and directly burns to the USB/ SDCard
*# Adjust the Persistent Storage slider. This enables you to save changes to the system and additional Sugar Activities onto the device. (aka persistence file or Overlay --this space by default is write once only) --see below for additional way to make /home a rw overlay
*# Select your flash drive as the target, and click the '''Create Live USB''' button.
*# With the latest version of Fedora LiveUSB Creator you have TWO (2) option for burning method
*# 1) CP (non destructive) -- meaning you can still use the unused space on a larger (8-16-32-64Gb) usb for whatever post burn.
*# 2) DD ( the old school way) Note: THIS WILL destroy any previous data make sure you properly select the drive to use AND make backups of any pre-existing important data (you will not be easily able to retrieve overwritten data)
*# Wait for the process to finish, then close the Live USB Creator program.
*# Stop your flash drive with the '''Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media''' notification area icon dialog, and eject it.
::: See a [[Tutorials/Installation/Create_a_SoaS_v7_Live_USB_in_Windows|screenshot tutorial]] for this.
::: See a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieIj4aECk88 video] of an earlier version of this process.
* '''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).
#: See [[olpc:How to Damage a FLASH Storage Device]] before formatting. The 'Stick' probably came with a FAT file system that the Fedora LiveUSB Creator will use. You can even leave some of your files on the drive. You may want to try using the native drive formatting to see if it works before reformatting the drive.
*# Create a new virtual machine.
# Name the volume FEDORA (The File Manager's properties, General tab panel will let you rename a volume.)
*# Choose Linux for the Operating System and Version Fedora (64 bit) if available, or Fedora, on systems lacking 64-bit functionality.
# Open the live USB creator
*# Attach the Sugar on a Stick .iso file as a CD in the Storage Section
# Click Browse and find your snapshot
*# Insert a USB storage device into your physical computer and enable the VirtualBox USB controller. Then add a filter to recognize the inserted device in the USB section of the VirtualBox machine setup.
*# Start the new virtual machine.
*# Verify that the USB device is recognized in the running virtual machine.
*#* Your device appears in the hover box for the USB stick icon in the virtual machine bottom frame.
# Eject the stick
*#* {{Code|df -Th}} 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>
<ul><ul><ul>
{{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>
<ol start="9">
<li> Continue from step #4 in the '''Burn a CD-ROM disc''' section above.</li>
<li> Shutdown the virtual machine.</li>
<li> Reboot your physical computer from the newly-installed Live USB with Sugar on a Stick.</li>
</ol>
</ul>
===Notes===
A Secure Digital (SD) card may not be marked as a bootable device. To check this, use these instructions at a Linux terminal or console:
{{:Sugar on a Stick/Linux/bootable device}}