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118 lines
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<table width="100%">
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<tr><td valign="middle" colspan=2>
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<br>
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<table align="center"><tr>
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<td><img src="/images/media_gr.png" alt="email address"></td>
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<td class="toptitle">openmamba bootusb</td>
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</tr></table>
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</td></tr>
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<tr><td>
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<br>
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<p><h2>What is this?</h2>
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<p>Lets you boot an openmamba ISO image from a USB Flash storage device thus allowing live use and installation
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on computer that don't have a CD/DVD-ROM reader.
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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
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installation.
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<br>
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<br>
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</td><td width="0" valign=top>
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</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2>
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<div class="info">
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<table width="80%"><tr><td>
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<b>Installation instructions:</b><br><br>
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<font size="-1">
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<p>1) <b>USB storage device partitioning</b>
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<ul>
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<li>insert the storage and identify its device name (e.g. /dev/sda)
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<li>make sure that no partitions are mounted for the device
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<li>run fdisk or cfdisk and create a partition that is at least 1GB large
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<li>mark the partition as "bootable"
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<li>identify the device corresponding to the partition (e.g. /dev/sda1)
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</ul>
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<br>
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<p>2) <b>Formatting the device</b>
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<br>
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<pre>mkfs.ext2 -b 2048 <partition device></pre>
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The filesystem (ext2) and the given option are recommended to fit the system on a 1 GB device.
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<br><br>
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<p>3) <b>Installing the cpio image</b>
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<pre>
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mount <partition device> <mount point>
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cd <mount point>
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gunzip -c < openmamba-botusb-en-i586.cpio.gz | cpio -i
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</pre>
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<br>
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<p>4) <b>Installing extlinux bootloader</b>
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<p>You need the
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<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
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from the <mount point> directory:
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<pre>extlinux --install boot</pre>
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<br>
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<p>5) <b>Installing master boot record (MBR)</b>
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<p>You need the
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<a href="http://www.openmamba.org/pub/openmamba/distromatic/index.html?tag=devel&pkg=mbr">mbr</a> package installed on your computer,
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then use the following command:
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<pre>install-mbr <disk device></pre>
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<br>
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<p>6) <b>Copying the ISO image file</b>
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<p>Copy the ISO image file of an openmamba media (livecd, livestudio, installdvd...) in the devire root directory:
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<pre>
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cp <file ISO> <mount point>
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</pre>
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Unmount the storage and that's all about installation.
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<br><br>
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<p>7) <b>Running the system</b>
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<p>Reboot your computer with the USB storage inserted in.
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<p>Your computer maybe configured or not for booting from a
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USB Hard Drive/Storage device; check your bios configuration and
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wheter it supports booting from USB (many bioses are buggy!).
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</font>
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</td></tr></table>
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</div>
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<p><h2>Download</h2>
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<p>Stable release:
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<br>
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<p>Pre-release:
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<br>
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<p>Weekly snapshot:
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<p><h2>Build info</h2>
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<p>
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<div class="info">
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<table width="80%"><tr><td>
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</td></tr></table>
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</div>
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<br>
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<br>
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</td></tr>
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</table>
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