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<p><h2>What is this?</h2>
<p>Lets you boot an openmamba ISO image from a USB Flash storage device thus allowing live use and installation
on computer that don't have a CD/DVD-ROM reader.
It can be used also if you don't want to use a CD/DVD-ROM media and if you want a faster system startup and
installation.
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<b>Installation instructions:</b><br><br>
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<p>1) <b>USB storage device partitioning</b>
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 <li>insert the storage and identify its device name (e.g. /dev/sda)
 <li>make sure that no partitions are mounted for the device
 <li>run fdisk or cfdisk and create a partition that is at least 1GB large
 <li>mark the partition as "bootable"
 <li>identify the device corresponding to the partition (e.g. /dev/sda1)
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<p>2) <b>Formatting the device</b>
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<pre>mkfs.ext2 -b 2048 &lt;partition device&gt;</pre>
The filesystem (ext2) and the given option are recommended to fit the system on a 1 GB device.
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<p>3) <b>Installing the cpio image</b>

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mount &lt;partition device&gt; &lt;mount point&gt;
cd &lt;mount point&gt;
gunzip -c &lt; openmamba-botusb-en-i586.cpio.gz | cpio -i
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<p>4) <b>Installing extlinux bootloader</b>
<p>You need the
<a href="http://www.openmamba.org/pub/openmamba/distromatic/index.html?tag=devel&pkg=syslinux">syslinux</a> package installed on your computer, then use the following command 
from the &lt;mount point&gt; directory:
<pre>extlinux --install boot</pre>
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<p>5) <b>Installing master boot record (MBR)</b>
<p>You need the
<a href="http://www.openmamba.org/pub/openmamba/distromatic/index.html?tag=devel&pkg=mbr">mbr</a> package installed on your computer,
then use the following command:

<pre>install-mbr &lt;disk device&gt;</pre>
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<p>6) <b>Copying the ISO image file</b>
<p>Copy the ISO image file of an openmamba media (livecd, livestudio, installdvd...) in the devire root directory:
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cp &lt;file ISO&gt; &lt;mount point&gt;
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Unmount the storage and that's all about installation.
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<p>7) <b>Running the system</b>

<p>Reboot your computer with the USB storage inserted in.
<p>Your computer maybe configured or not for booting from a
USB Hard Drive/Storage device; check your bios configuration and
wheter it supports booting from USB (many bioses are buggy!).

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<p><h2>Download</h2>
<p>Stable release:
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<p><h2>Build info</h2>
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