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There are three ways to do this:
 
There are three ways to do this:
 
* '''1. Use Fedora Live USB Creator'''
 
*: (This installation method is not recommended for long-term usage of Sugar on a Stick. [[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 the 'Browse' button to 'Use existing Live CD' and find the downloaded .iso file image on your system.
 
*# Adjust the Persistent Storage slider. This enables you to save changes to the system and additional Sugar Activities onto the device.
 
*# 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.
 
*# 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.
 
 
  
 
{{Anchor|Burn a CD-ROM}}
 
{{Anchor|Burn a CD-ROM}}
* '''2. Burn a CD-ROM disc, boot from it, then run the script, ''livecd-iso-to-disk'''''  
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* '''1. Burn a CD-ROM disc, boot from it, then run the script, ''livecd-iso-to-disk'''''  
 
*# 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.
 
*# 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.
 
*# Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card<sup> [[#Notes|Notes]]</sup>) 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.
*# 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.
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*# [[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.
*# 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 Home view.
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*# 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>.
*# Click the 'Become root' icon, [[File:Activity-become-root.svg]], to gain administrative permissions in the Terminal session.
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*# Switch to run commands with 'root' user permissions by entering {{Code|su -}} on the command line.
*# Change the working directory to {{Code|/run/initramfs/live/LiveOS}}
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*# Change the working directory, by entering {{Code|cd /run/initramfs/live/LiveOS}}
*#: <small>(Versions earlier than Fedora 17 would use {{Code|/mnt/live/LiveOS}} or {{Code|/LiveOS}}.)</small>
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*# ''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}}.
*# ''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}}.
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*#* 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>
*#* 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>
 
 
<ul><ul><ul><ul>
 
<ul><ul><ul><ul>
 
{{Show|You should see something like the following:
 
{{Show|You should see something like the following:
 
|<pre>
 
|<pre>
[root@localhost LiveOS]# df -Th
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[root@localhost ~]# df -Th
 
Filesystem          Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
 
Filesystem          Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
rootfs              rootfs    4.0G 2.5G 1.5G 63% /
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/dev/mapper/live-rw ext4      2.9G 2.1G 773M 74% /
devtmpfs            devtmpfs  1.6G     0  1.6G   0% /dev
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devtmpfs            devtmpfs  2.0G     0  2.0G   0% /dev
tmpfs              tmpfs    1.6G   84K 1.6G   1% /dev/shm
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tmpfs              tmpfs    2.0G   72K 2.0G   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs              tmpfs    1.6G 1.2M 1.6G   1% /run
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tmpfs              tmpfs    2.0G 632K  2.0G  1% /run
/dev/sr0            iso9660  509M 509M     0 100% /run/initramfs/live
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tmpfs              tmpfs    2.0G    0 2.0G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/mapper/live-rw ext4      4.0G  2.5G  1.5G  63% /
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/dev/sr0            iso9660  670M 670M     0 100% /run/initramfs/live
tmpfs              tmpfs    1.6G    0 1.6G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
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tmpfs              tmpfs    2.0G  32K 2.0G   1% /tmp
tmpfs              tmpfs    1.6G    0  1.6G  0% /media
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varcacheyum        tmpfs    2.0G     0  2.0G   0% /var/cache/yum
varcacheyum        tmpfs    1.6G     0  1.6G   0% /var/cache/yum
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vartmp              tmpfs    2.0G     0  2.0G   0% /var/tmp
tmp                tmpfs    1.6G  40K  1.6G  1% /tmp
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/dev/sdb1           vfat      3.8G 4.0K 3.8G  1% /run/media/liveuser/SanDisk
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>
 
</pre>}}</ul></ul></ul>
 
<ol start="8">
 
<ol start="8">
<li> Unmount the USB device filesystem: {{Code|umount /run/media/MyAccount/MyUSBdiscMountPoint}}</li>
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<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 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>
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<li> Execute this command line: &nbsp;(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>
: <small>(Versions earlier than Fedora 17 would use {{Code|/dev/live}} or {{Code|/dev/sr0}} instead of {{Code|/run/initramfs/livedev}}.)</small></li>
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</li>
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(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> Shutdown the physical machine.</li>
<li> Reboot from the newly-installed Live USB with Sugar on a Stick.</li>
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<li> [[Sugar on a Stick/Boot|Reboot your computer]] from the newly-installed Live USB with Sugar on a Stick.</li>
</ol></ul>
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</ol>
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 +
 
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* '''2. Use Fedora Live USB Creator'''
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*: (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.]])
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*# 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
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*# 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.
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::: See a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieIj4aECk88 video] of an earlier version of this process.
  
  

Latest revision as of 17:57, 30 April 2019


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 Sugar on a Stick talk page. If you can improve these instructions, please edit the page and do so!

with Microsoft Windows

  There are three ways to do this:

  • 1. Burn a CD-ROM disc, boot from it, then run the script, livecd-iso-to-disk
    1. Use Windows 7 built-in Disk Image Burner or a free utility, like ImgBurn, to write the downloaded Sugar on a Stick .iso file onto a blank CD.
    2. Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card Notes) with 2 GB or more of free space into your computer.
    3. 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.
    4. A successful boot will take you into Sugar on a Stick. You can From there, open the Terminal Activity,  , from the Home list View.
    5. Switch to run commands with 'root' user permissions by entering su - on the command line.
    6. Change the working directory, by entering cd /run/initramfs/live/LiveOS
    7. Verify the USB/SD scsi drive 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, /dev/sdb1.
      • The df -Th command shows your device filesystem on a device node, for example, /dev/sdb1, mounted on a directory mount point, such as /run/media/liveuser/<USBdeviceManufacturer>
          You should see something like the following:
          [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
          
  1. Unmount the USB device filesystem with this command: umount /run/media/liveuser/MyUSBdiscMountPoint, where MyUSBdiscMountPoint is SanDisk in the dropdown example, above.
  2. Execute this command line:  (Substitute the /dev/sd?1, below, with the node name you determined in step 7, above.)
    ./livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --overlay-size-mb 500 --home-size-mb 800 --delete-home --unencrypted-home /run/initramfs/livedev /dev/sd?1
  3. (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.)
    The installation transcript should look like the following:
    [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!
    
  4. Shutdown the physical machine.
  5. Reboot your computer from the newly-installed Live USB with Sugar on a Stick.


  • 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! See why.)
    1. Download the Live USB Creator from Fedora.
    2. Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card Notes) with 2 GB or more of free space into your computer.
    3. Launch Live USB Creator.
    4. Select Either
    5. 1) the 'Browse' button to 'Use existing Live CD' and find the downloaded .iso file image on your system.
    6. 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
    7. 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
    8. Select your flash drive as the target, and click the Create Live USB button.
    9. With the latest version of Fedora LiveUSB Creator you have TWO (2) option for burning method
    10. 1) CP (non destructive) -- meaning you can still use the unused space on a larger (8-16-32-64Gb) usb for whatever post burn.
    11. 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)
    12. Wait for the process to finish, then close the Live USB Creator program.
    13. Stop your flash drive with the Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media notification area icon dialog, and eject it.
See a screenshot tutorial for this.
See a 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
    1. Download and install VirtualBox (for example; you could do something similar with another vm).
    2. Create a new virtual machine.
    3. Choose Linux for the Operating System and Version Fedora (64 bit) if available, or Fedora, on systems lacking 64-bit functionality.
    4. Attach the Sugar on a Stick .iso file as a CD in the Storage Section
    5. 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.
    6. Start the new virtual machine.
    7. 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.
      • df -Th shows your device filesystem on a device node, for example, /dev/sda1, mounted on a directory mount point, such as /run/media/<AccountName>/<USBdeviceManufacturer>
        You should see something like the following:
        [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
        
  1. Continue from step #4 in the Burn a CD-ROM disc section above.
  2. Shutdown the virtual machine.
  3. Reboot your physical computer from the newly-installed Live USB with Sugar on a Stick.

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:

  • Check the disk partition table for a device, such as /dev/sdc,
sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdc   <----that's a lowercase letter 'L' for the list option.
    You should see something like the following:
    $ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdc
    
    Disk /dev/sdc: 4012 MB, 4012900352 bytes
    124 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1019 cylinders, total 7837696 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x0000a9c7
    
       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/sdc1   *          62     7834071     3917005    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
    

    The asterisk, * , under the Boot column indicates that the partition is bootable.

        If it is missing, then execute the commands here:
    1. parted /dev/sdc
    2. toggle 1 boot
    3. quit