Hi Andres!
Ok, I understand the problem =) I think you should be able to do the
whole process using puredyne's own liveCD/DVD. You didn't answer if you were
able to boot into it in your macbook, could you? puredyne will only run on
macbooks with intel processor, I hope that's yours. AFAIK, one must simply
hold the option button at startup and a Windows Option will appear,
dummerweise that's the one.
So, first about partitioning the drive. GUI stands for Graphical User
Interface, it's the user-friendly method. You need the app gparted for that.
It's not pre-installed on the puredyne liveCD. You could do that with
something like an Ubuntu LiveCD, but you can as well install it running your
puredyne liveCD. You need the command-line for that, thought. Open a
terminal, do 'apt-get update ' (without quotes) and after that 'apt-get
install gparted'. Just confirm and it will download the programm and install
it (internet must be working). Now plug-in your usb-drive and you can
proceed following the instructions on the website, just run gparted from the
command-line. On linux, all devices are listed in the /dev directory. Here,
for example, my usb-drive is represented as /dev/sdc1 (in some systems it
could show up as /dev/hdc1 instead), where sd stands for drives (SCSI/SATA),
c means it's the third drive available (I also have two hard-disks, the
first sda, the second sdb) and '1' is the partition number. You need to
select the correct drive inside gparted (if you only have one hard-disk,
the pen-drive is called probably /deb/sdb). The drive's size will be a good
hint about the correct device.
Ok, after partitioning let's go to the last step. I'd choose the
syslinux method, since you have neither windows nor linux installed (I don't
think there's a version for unetbootin for OSX, and anyway I have never used
this method). The commands are quite different then those listed at the
website, cause you will be copying the files from your already running
liveCD. I've never done it this way, but it should work. Just copy and paste
following commands on a terminal, one at a time (so you don't leave out, for
example, the last dot on the ninth command (mv isolinux/* . ). Oh yes, and
where it says /dev/sdb replace with you device name, but it will probably be
/dev/sdb anyway.
cd ~
sudo /sbin/lilo -M /dev/sdb
mkdir usb
sudo mount /dev/sdb1 usb
sudo cp -rv /live/image/* usb
cd usb
mv isolinux/* .
sudo rm -rf isolinux/
sudo sed -i 's/\/isolinux//g' *.cfg
sudo sed -i 's/\/isolinux//g' *.txt
sudo mv isolinux.cfg syslinux.cfg
sudo mv isolinux.bin syslinux.bin
cd ..
sudo umount usb
syslinux /dev/sdb1
rm -rf iso usb
Fertig! I know, it seems complicated for those who have never used
command-line, but the next pure:dyne version will come with tools that will
automate the process, as far as I have understood. I always advise people
interested in computers to learn command-line, that's useful in all systems.
Like mentioned earlier, the commands for osx and linux are ver similar, than
both are UNIX derivates.
Please ask if you have any problems. Anyway, I think you should
insist on this linux thing, it's really important to spread free software
between students, artists and such. I'm doing the same here in Brazil and
have been quite succeful, in a long term it will make a big change on the
technology and knowledge democratizing in those countries.
Ricardo
2009/9/13 Andres Leon-Geyer <[email protected]>
> Thank you, RIcardo, for the fast anwer.
>
> On the page you told me is written:
>
> "Prepare the keyCreate partition and filesystem
> Using a GUI (Recommended method)"
>
> what is this? getting into, it tells me "In a terminal type" Which
> terminal, dont I need linux for that? which I dont have and dont know yet
> how to install on my lap. tried bootcamp, refit, refit booting worked once,
> but no the system, now even that
>
> "Command line method" - also are commands which are chinese to me. Ok, if
> you tell me what chinese signs I should write i can do it, but where on?
>
> "Install and configure the liveUSB
> Now that your key is ready" ha, isnt! ", we can copy the right files to it
> and install the bootloader. Assuming the key is already plugged, that its
> device is /dev/sdb and that we want to put the live system on the first
> partition.
>
> Using unetbootin (the easy way)": runs on linux and windows, not mac
> "Download unetbootin from sourceforge. http://unetbootin.sourceforge.netThis
> is the easiest way for creating a live usb, with one mouseclick.
>
> Using syslinux"
> ok, here we are again.
>
> so i'm kind of stucked. Can you help me? I feel I'm in the state of
> knowledge where you cant tell me "go to the Eiffel tower", feel like you
> have to tell me "look for the sign saying metro, walk down, take the blue
> metro line, get off at station Eiffel tower - walk up...." Sorry
>
> thanx for any help
>
>
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