What is this?

Lets you boot the openmamba testcd 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.

Instructions

The preferred and easiest way is by using the openmamba tool called openmamba USB installation. If you don't have an openmamba system available you can follow the following instructions to prepare a USB bootable device.

0) Pre-requirements a GNU/Linux system with standard tools the bootusb archive and ISO image downloaded somewhere in your system, e.g.: File devel (test) Bootusb archive /tmp/openmamba-bootusb-test-en-snapshot-20130313.i586.cpio.gz ISO image /tmp/openmamba-livecd-test-en-snapshot-20130313.i586.iso 1) USB device partitioning insert the storage and identify its device name (disk_device, e.g. /dev/sdb) make sure that no partitions are mounted for the device run parted or gparted and create a partition that is at least 2GB large (4GB for the livedvd version) mark the partition as "bootable" identify the device corresponding to the partition (partition_device, e.g. /dev/sdb1) 2) Formatting the device sudo mkfs.ext4 -L openmamba_live partition_device Please note that setting the openmamba_live label is necessary for the openmamba boot system to detect the device to boot from. 3) Installing the cpio image udisks --mount partition_device udisks should use /media/openmamba_live as the mount point: cd /media/openmamba_live gunzip -c < /tmp/openmamba-bootusb-test-en-snapshot-20130313.i586.cpio.gz | sudo cpio -i 4) Installing extlinux bootloader You need the syslinux package installed in your system, then use the following command from the <mount point> directory: extlinux --install boot 5) Installing master boot record (MBR) You need the mbr package installed in your system, then use the following command: sudo install-mbr disk device 6) Copying the ISO image file Copy the ISO image file of an openmamba medium (livecd, livestudio, installdvd...) to the device root directory: sudo cp /tmp/openmamba-livecd-test-en-snapshot-20130313.i586.iso /media/openmamba_live/openmamba-live.iso Unmount the storage and that's all about installation: udisks --unmount partition_device 7) 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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