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<p><h2>What is this?</h2>
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<p><h2>Requirements</h2>
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<p><h2>Instructions</h2>
<p>The preferred and easiest way is by using the openmamba tool called <b>openmamba USB installation</b>.
If you don't have an openmamba system available you can follow the following instructions to
prepare a USB bootable device.
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<p>0) <b>Pre-requirements</b>
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 <li>a GNU/Linux system with standard tools
 <li>the bootusb archive and ISO image downloaded somewhere in your system, e.g.:
 <table border=1 cellspacing=0 style="padding:0;margin:2px;"><tr><td>File</td><td><b>milestone2</b></td><td><b>devel</b></td></tr>
 <tr><td>Bootusb archive</td><td><i>/tmp/openmamba-bootusb-en-milestone2-2.0.10.i586.cpio.gz</i>
 </td><td><i>/tmp/openmamba-bootusb-en-snapshot-20130313.i586.cpio.gz</i></td></tr>
 <tr><td>ISO image</td><td><i>/tmp/openmamba-livedvd-en-milestone2-2.0.10.i586.iso</i>
 </td><td><i>/tmp/openmamba-livedvd-en-snapshot-20130316.i586.iso</i></td></tr></table>
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<p>1) <b>USB device partitioning</b>
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 <li>insert the storage and identify its device name (<i>disk_device</i>, e.g. /dev/sdb)
 <li>make sure that no partitions are mounted for the device
 <li>run parted or gparted and create a partition that is at least 2GB large (4GB for the livedvd version)
 <li>mark the partition as "bootable"
 <li>identify the device corresponding to the partition (<i>partition_device</i>, e.g. /dev/sdb1)
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<p>2) <b>Formatting the device</b>
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<pre>sudo mkfs.ext4 -L openmamba_live <i>partition_device</i></pre>
Please note that setting the <i>openmamba_live</i> label is necessary for the openmamba boot system to
detect the device to boot from.
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<p>3) <b>Installing the cpio image</b>

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udisks --mount <i>partition_device</i>
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<p>udisks should use <i>/media/openmamba_live</i> as the mount point:
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cd <i>/media/openmamba_live</i>
gunzip -c &lt; <i>/tmp/openmamba-bootusb-en-milestone2-2.0.10.i586.cpio.gz</i> | sudo cpio -i
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<p>4) <b>Installing extlinux bootloader</b>
<p>You need the
<a href="/distribution/distromatic.html?tag=devel&pkg=syslinux.i586">syslinux</a> package installed in your system, 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="/distribution/distromatic.html?tag=devel&pkg=mbr.i586">mbr</a> package installed in your system,
then use the following command:

<pre>sudo install-mbr <i>disk device</i></pre>
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<p>6) <b>Copying the ISO image file</b>
<p>Copy the ISO image file of an openmamba medium (livecd, livestudio, installdvd...) to the device root directory:
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sudo cp <i>/tmp/openmamba-livedvd-en-milestone2-2.0.10.i586.iso</i> <i>/media/openmamba_live/</i>openmamba-live.iso
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<p>Unmount the storage and that's all about installation:
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udisks --unmount <i>partition_device</i>
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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>Weekly snapshot:
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<p>Previous stable release (obsoleted):
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