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What is this?

A live release of the openmamba GNU/Linux system that can easily be installed on a flash storage device and run on any computer capable of booting from such USB device.

The image is available as a weekly snapshot of the openmamba devel repository.

Features:
  • live desktop system for Intel i586 and compatible PC's
  • KDE desktop environment with multimedia support for audio and video
  • full networking support with the ability to perform updates and install additional packages
  • automatic detection and configuration of nvidia and ATI accelerated drivers
  • NTFS read/write support with ntfs-3g

Installation instructions:

1st step) USB storage device partitioning

  • insert the storage and identify its device name (e.g. /dev/sda)
  • make sure that no partitions are mounted for the device
  • run fdisk or cfdisk and create a partition that is at least 1GB large
  • mark the partition as "bootable"
  • identify the device corresponding to the partitiong (e.g. /dev/sda1)

2nd step) Formatting the device 

mkfs.ext2 -b 2048
The filesystem (ext2) and the given option are recommended to fit the system on a 1 GB device.

3rd step) Installing the cpio image 

mount <partition device> <mount point>
cd <mount point>
gunzip -c < openmamba-flash-1GB-en-i586.cpio.gz | cpio -i

4th step) Installing extlinux bootloader

You need syslinux installed on your computer, then use the following command from the <mount point> directory: 

extlinux --install boot

Unmount the storage and that's all about installation.

5th step) Running the system

Reboot your computer with the USB storage inserted in.

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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