James Harkins said : > On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Aymeric Mansoux <[email protected]> wrote: > > > patches and doc are welcome ;) > > > > And, a draft. I'm not sure if #2 is really necessary - is there a way to use > the live cd/dvd as an iso? It wasn't evident to me and it seemed easier at > the time just to mount the mac filesystem.
Thanks James, we'll integrate that in our work-in-progress documentation system! a. > """ > 1. Burn the .iso disk image as a bootable CD or DVD -- e.g., on my Mac, I > had to go to disk utility and "burn image." > > 2. Make sure the .iso file you downloaded is available on the file system of > the machine where you're going to prepare the USB stick. It's OK if it's a > Mac or NTFS partition -- puredyne can mount them. > > 3. Boot from the disk. (Or, if you have a virtual-machine app, you could > boot right from the iso.) > > 4. Open an xterm window (terminal icon near lower left), then mount the > location of the iso. It might take some trial and error to find out which > device to mount. Hard disks and USB drives attached to the system are under > /dev/sd(a,b,c...), with a number suffix for partitions. The partition editor > gparted can help you find the device ID by size (but note, DON'T make any > changes with gparted!): > > gksudo gparted > > Then use the drop-down menu at top right to look for the volume that's the > same size as the iso location. For instance, on a machine with a 120GB hard > drive, /dev/sda shows 111.79 GB and /dev/sdb shows 3.77 GB -- so obviously > sda is the built-in hard drive and sdb is the memory stick. sda1 is the HD's > first partition; sda2 is the second and so on. > > Also, while in gparted, look for the device ID for the USB stick that you're > going to prepare. > > Once you know that, do this, including the partition number. > > sudo mkdir /media/iso > sudo mount /dev/[name] /media/iso > > e.g., > sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/iso > > If it's a Windows partition, you might need to specify filesystem type: > > sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/[name] /media/iso > > 5. The rest is easy. Use "CD" or "DVD" depending on which you downloaded and > replace "path/to" with the real iso location. > > sudo make-live-device.sh > /media/iso/path/to/puredyne-910-carrot_and_coriander-DVD.iso /dev/sd# > > (where # is the letter of the target USB stick -- don't include the > partition suffix! Write sdc rather than sdc1.) > > It'll take a few minutes, but then you'll have a persistent live bootable > stick. It will make a smaller partition at the beginning for the iso > contents and then use the rest of the stick to save any files that you > changed or added later. So it's a good idea to get a stick with more space > than you will actually need for the iso. > """ > > James > > > -- > James Harkins /// dewdrop world > [email protected] > http://www.dewdrop-world.net > > "Come said the Muse, > Sing me a song no poet has yet chanted, > Sing me the universal." -- Whitman > --- > [email protected] > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
