and i also make updated f23 lives with every kernel upgrade they can be
found at http:tinyurl.com/Live-respins
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:09:01 -0800 From: ToddAndMargo
<ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com> Subject: [Fedora-livecd-list] Re: I need to make
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format=flowed On 02/11/2016 02:03 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> On 02/11/2016 01:50 PM, Scott Dowdle wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Instead if making a Live DVD of
>>>
>>> Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-23-10.iso
>>>
>>> I wish to make a Live USB. The goal is to use it
>>> to install Xfce FC23 to new computers.
>>>
>>> I know that the Live DVD has an install to hard drive option,
>>> but I do not remember if Live USB has the same option.
>>>
>>> Is this the proper way to destructive install this thing
>>> to a USB flash drive (/dev/sdc)?
>>>
>>> dd bs=4096 if=Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-23-10.iso of=/dev/sdc
>> That should work. Another way would be to use the livecd-iso-to-disk
>> command from a Fedora host.
>>
>> Yet another alternative would be liveusb-creator which is a GUI program.
>>
>> TYL,
>>
> Thank you!
>
> I think I am doing something wrong. Sums do not match.
>
> # sha256sum Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-23-10.iso /dev/sdc
>
> a24e48a604c81f8e3c3fbdd48a907d7168d0bc5310a0072f8b844aa799dd3365
> Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-23-10.iso
>
> 275a4d25bccb92fee667ef2500cd8eba7bb8dbe1546b08869116327771d8356d
> /dev/sdc
>
It does boot up and there is an icon for "Install to hard drive".
Dare I trust it with the sha256 sums not matching?
"dd" seems to be a really sweet way to install this to a flash
drive. Takes less than a minute. Is dd for this something new?