I try to follow a page on fedoraproject.org about how to create a usb stick with fedora installer on it But seems not to work My computer can boot from usb
On 04/02/2011 11:43 AM, mattias wrote:
I try to follow a page on fedoraproject.org about how to create a usb stick with fedora installer on it But seems not to work My computer can boot from usb
Are you trying to put the Fedora ISO image on the USB so that you can install it from USB? Or are you trying to install Fedora on a USB so that you can boot off USB and do your work or fun with it?
Please be more specific.
Yes I try to put the installer on the stick I do Dd if=cdimage.iso of=/dev/sdb Like the page says I don't have the link now -----Original Message----- From: users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of JD Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 8:48 PM To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: Bootable usb stick with the fedora install
On 04/02/2011 11:43 AM, mattias wrote:
I try to follow a page on fedoraproject.org about how to create a usb stick with fedora installer on it But seems not to work My computer can boot from usb
Are you trying to put the Fedora ISO image on the USB so that you can install it from USB? Or are you trying to install Fedora on a USB so that you can boot off USB and do your work or fun with it?
Please be more specific.
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 7:49 PM, mattias mj@mjw.se wrote:
Yes I try to put the installer on the stick I do Dd if=cdimage.iso of=/dev/sdb Like the page says I don't have the link now
I have never had much luck with that dd method. I do the following and have not had any problems with this method since I started using it a year or two back:
First I plug the usbstick in - and check the device name by looking at /var/log/messages - let's say the device is seen to be /dev/sdb1. Then *as root* I do the following (the # is the root prompt so the command is after the "# ": # umount /dev/sdb1 # livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr /home/mike/Documents/install_stuff/f14-beta/Fedora-14-Beta-i386-DVD.iso /dev/sdb1
If you have an oddball file structure on the stick you can reformat it at the same time by adding the "--format" flag to the above command (without the quotes of course) Amend the path to the iso file to suit the location and name of your install iso, and the correct device name for your stick. This needs the livecd-tools package installed so ensure it is there before you start.
This works flawlessly for me in f14, and it did in f13 also. When I boot from the stick it just boots to the installer and off I go.
/partially off topic
Guys,
Just an technical question - is it possible to add next to memtest and such utils our liveusb creator as an boot menu option? I mean, the user loads the disc, and If he/she choosing this option - the ISO copies to RAM along with liveusb creator - and the user could write out to anywhere - to the target device.....
/ partially off topic eof
Zoltan
2011/4/2 mike cloaked mike.cloaked@gmail.com:
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 7:49 PM, mattias mj@mjw.se wrote:
Yes I try to put the installer on the stick I do Dd if=cdimage.iso of=/dev/sdb Like the page says I don't have the link now
I have never had much luck with that dd method. I do the following and have not had any problems with this method since I started using it a year or two back:
First I plug the usbstick in - and check the device name by looking at /var/log/messages - let's say the device is seen to be /dev/sdb1. Then *as root* I do the following (the # is the root prompt so the command is after the "# ": # umount /dev/sdb1 # livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr /home/mike/Documents/install_stuff/f14-beta/Fedora-14-Beta-i386-DVD.iso /dev/sdb1
If you have an oddball file structure on the stick you can reformat it at the same time by adding the "--format" flag to the above command (without the quotes of course) Amend the path to the iso file to suit the location and name of your install iso, and the correct device name for your stick. This needs the livecd-tools package installed so ensure it is there before you start.
This works flawlessly for me in f14, and it did in f13 also. When I boot from the stick it just boots to the installer and off I go.
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Here is the link I talking about http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/14/html/Installation_Guide/Making _USB_Media-UNIX_Linux.html
-----Original Message----- From: users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Zoltan Hoppar Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 10:41 PM To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: Bootable usb stick with the fedora install
/partially off topic
Guys,
Just an technical question - is it possible to add next to memtest and such utils our liveusb creator as an boot menu option? I mean, the user loads the disc, and If he/she choosing this option - the ISO copies to RAM along with liveusb creator - and the user could write out to anywhere - to the target device.....
/ partially off topic eof
Zoltan
2011/4/2 mike cloaked mike.cloaked@gmail.com:
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 7:49 PM, mattias mj@mjw.se wrote:
Yes I try to put the installer on the stick I do Dd if=cdimage.iso of=/dev/sdb Like the page says I don't have the link now
I have never had much luck with that dd method. I do the following and have not had any problems with this method since I started using it a year or two back:
First I plug the usbstick in - and check the device name by looking at /var/log/messages - let's say the device is seen to be /dev/sdb1. Then *as root* I do the following (the # is the root prompt so the command is after the "# ": # umount /dev/sdb1 # livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr /home/mike/Documents/install_stuff/f14-beta/Fedora-14-Beta-i386-DVD.iso /dev/sdb1
If you have an oddball file structure on the stick you can reformat it at the same time by adding the "--format" flag to the above command (without the quotes of course) Amend the path to the iso file to suit the location and name of your install iso, and the correct device name for your stick. This needs the livecd-tools package installed so ensure it is there before you start.
This works flawlessly for me in f14, and it did in f13 also. When I boot from the stick it just boots to the installer and off I go.
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On 04/02/2011 01:44 PM, mattias wrote:
Here is the link I talking about http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/14/html/Installation_Guide/Making _USB_Media-UNIX_Linux.html
-----Original Message----- From: users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Zoltan Hoppar Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 10:41 PM To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: Bootable usb stick with the fedora install
/partially off topic
Guys,
Just an technical question - is it possible to add next to memtest and such utils our liveusb creator as an boot menu option? I mean, the user loads the disc, and If he/she choosing this option - the ISO copies to RAM along with liveusb creator - and the user could write out to anywhere - to the target device.....
/ partially off topic eof
Zoltan
2011/4/2 mike cloakedmike.cloaked@gmail.com:
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 7:49 PM, mattiasmj@mjw.se wrote:
Yes I try to put the installer on the stick I do Dd if=cdimage.iso of=/dev/sdb Like the page says I don't have the link now
I have never had much luck with that dd method. I do the following and have not had any problems with this method since I started using it a year or two back:
First I plug the usbstick in - and check the device name by looking at /var/log/messages - let's say the device is seen to be /dev/sdb1. Then *as root* I do the following (the # is the root prompt so the command is after the "# ": # umount /dev/sdb1 # livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr /home/mike/Documents/install_stuff/f14-beta/Fedora-14-Beta-i386-DVD.iso /dev/sdb1
If you have an oddball file structure on the stick you can reformat it at the same time by adding the "--format" flag to the above command (without the quotes of course) Amend the path to the iso file to suit the location and name of your install iso, and the correct device name for your stick. This needs the livecd-tools package installed so ensure it is there before you start.
This works flawlessly for me in f14, and it did in f13 also. When I boot from the stick it just boots to the installer and off I go.
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Hey, you have highjacked this thread :) Somebody...call the list cops :)
On 04/02/2011 01:30 PM, mike cloaked wrote:
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 7:49 PM, mattiasmj@mjw.se wrote:
Yes I try to put the installer on the stick I do Dd if=cdimage.iso of=/dev/sdb Like the page says I don't have the link now
I have never had much luck with that dd method. I do the following and have not had any problems with this method since I started using it a year or two back:
First I plug the usbstick in - and check the device name by looking at /var/log/messages - let's say the device is seen to be /dev/sdb1. Then *as root* I do the following (the # is the root prompt so the command is after the "# ": # umount /dev/sdb1 # livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr /home/mike/Documents/install_stuff/f14-beta/Fedora-14-Beta-i386-DVD.iso /dev/sdb1
If you have an oddball file structure on the stick you can reformat it at the same time by adding the "--format" flag to the above command (without the quotes of course) Amend the path to the iso file to suit the location and name of your install iso, and the correct device name for your stick. This needs the livecd-tools package installed so ensure it is there before you start.
This works flawlessly for me in f14, and it did in f13 also. When I boot from the stick it just boots to the installer and off I go.
That's exactly what I would recommend. It has always worked!! Just be sure you have done:
yum -y install livecd-tools
otherwise, you will not find the command livecd-iso-to-disk
Cheers,
JD
Again I'm visually impaired, totally blind No working eyes So I'm not sure if the live cd will work for me I know centos have the sound muted so the gnome screen reader will not work I don't know if fedora have the sound muted
-----Original Message----- From: users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of JD Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 11:32 PM To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: Bootable usb stick with the fedora install
On 04/02/2011 01:30 PM, mike cloaked wrote:
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 7:49 PM, mattiasmj@mjw.se wrote:
Yes I try to put the installer on the stick I do Dd if=cdimage.iso of=/dev/sdb Like the page says I don't have the link now
I have never had much luck with that dd method. I do the following and have not had any problems with this method since I started using it a year or two back:
First I plug the usbstick in - and check the device name by looking at /var/log/messages - let's say the device is seen to be /dev/sdb1. Then *as root* I do the following (the # is the root prompt so the command is after the "# ": # umount /dev/sdb1 # livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr /home/mike/Documents/install_stuff/f14-beta/Fedora-14-Beta-i386-DVD.iso /dev/sdb1
If you have an oddball file structure on the stick you can reformat it at the same time by adding the "--format" flag to the above command (without the quotes of course) Amend the path to the iso file to suit the location and name of your install iso, and the correct device name for your stick. This needs the livecd-tools package installed so ensure it is there before you start.
This works flawlessly for me in f14, and it did in f13 also. When I boot from the stick it just boots to the installer and off I go.
That's exactly what I would recommend. It has always worked!! Just be sure you have done:
yum -y install livecd-tools
otherwise, you will not find the command livecd-iso-to-disk
Cheers,
JD
On 04/02/2011 03:05 PM, mattias wrote:
Again I'm visually impaired, totally blind No working eyes So I'm not sure if the live cd will work for me I know centos have the sound muted so the gnome screen reader will not work I don't know if fedora have the sound muted
-----Original Message----- From: users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of JD Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 11:32 PM To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: Bootable usb stick with the fedora install
On 04/02/2011 01:30 PM, mike cloaked wrote:
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 7:49 PM, mattiasmj@mjw.se wrote:
Yes I try to put the installer on the stick I do Dd if=cdimage.iso of=/dev/sdb Like the page says I don't have the link now
I have never had much luck with that dd method. I do the following and have not had any problems with this method since I started using it a year or two back:
First I plug the usbstick in - and check the device name by looking at /var/log/messages - let's say the device is seen to be /dev/sdb1. Then *as root* I do the following (the # is the root prompt so the command is after the "# ": # umount /dev/sdb1 # livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr /home/mike/Documents/install_stuff/f14-beta/Fedora-14-Beta-i386-DVD.iso /dev/sdb1
If you have an oddball file structure on the stick you can reformat it at the same time by adding the "--format" flag to the above command (without the quotes of course) Amend the path to the iso file to suit the location and name of your install iso, and the correct device name for your stick. This needs the livecd-tools package installed so ensure it is there before you start.
This works flawlessly for me in f14, and it did in f13 also. When I boot from the stick it just boots to the installer and off I go.
That's exactly what I would recommend. It has always worked!! Just be sure you have done:
yum -y install livecd-tools
otherwise, you will not find the command livecd-iso-to-disk
Cheers,
JD
Have you downloaded the Fedora DVD installation iso? if yes, then why not burn it to DVD media, connect your USB drive and reboot from the DVD. You can select to install it on the USB drive from the anaconda installation menu.
Hi,
Can you explain witch page you talking about? Btw. I suggest look for LiveUSB creator, and run it from most of the available OS-es. It solves to you the task that you desire.
Cu,
Zoltan
2011/4/2 mattias mj@mjw.se:
I try to follow a page on fedoraproject.org about how to create a usb stick with fedora installer on it But seems not to work My computer can boot from usb
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Yes but because I'm are visually impaired I are not frends with live cds
-----Original Message----- From: users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Zoltan Hoppar Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 8:48 PM To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: Bootable usb stick with the fedora install
Hi,
Can you explain witch page you talking about? Btw. I suggest look for LiveUSB creator, and run it from most of the available OS-es. It solves to you the task that you desire.
Cu,
Zoltan
2011/4/2 mattias mj@mjw.se:
I try to follow a page on fedoraproject.org about how to create a usb stick with fedora installer on it But seems not to work My computer can boot from usb
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Did you make a FAT16 filesystem and used mkdosfs to apply the filesystem on it? Don't forget when using :
dd if=fedora.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=8M
to type /dev/sdX and not /dev/sdX1 or /dev/sdX2 etc.
On 2 April 2011 18:51, mattias mj@mjw.se wrote:
Yes but because I'm are visually impaired I are not frends with live cds
-----Original Message----- From: users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Zoltan Hoppar Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 8:48 PM To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: Bootable usb stick with the fedora install
Hi,
Can you explain witch page you talking about? Btw. I suggest look for LiveUSB creator, and run it from most of the available OS-es. It solves to you the task that you desire.
Cu,
Zoltan
2011/4/2 mattias mj@mjw.se:
I try to follow a page on fedoraproject.org about how to create a usb stick with fedora installer on it But seems not to work My computer can boot from usb
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aha the guide says nothing about it or i dont see it what will bs=8M do?
-----Original Message----- From: users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Guilherme Patriota Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 9:35 PM To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: Bootable usb stick with the fedora install
Did you make a FAT16 filesystem and used mkdosfs to apply the filesystem on it? Don't forget when using :
dd if=fedora.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=8M to type /dev/sdX and not /dev/sdX1 or /dev/sdX2 etc.
On 2 April 2011 18:51, mattias mj@mjw.se wrote:
Yes but because I'm are visually impaired I are not frends with live cds
-----Original Message----- From: users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Zoltan Hoppar Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 8:48 PM To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: Bootable usb stick with the fedora install
Hi,
Can you explain witch page you talking about? Btw. I suggest look for LiveUSB creator, and run it from most of the available OS-es. It solves to you the task that you desire.
Cu,
Zoltan
2011/4/2 mattias mj@mjw.se:
I try to follow a page on fedoraproject.org about how to create a usb stick with fedora installer on it But seems not to work My computer can boot from usb
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dd's man page:
bs=BYTES read and write BYTES bytes at a time (also see ibs=,obs=)
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD/USBHowTo
On 2 April 2011 20:03, mattias mj@mjw.se wrote:
aha the guide says nothing about it or i dont see it what will bs=8M do?
-----Original Message----- *From:* users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto: users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] *On Behalf Of *Guilherme Patriota *Sent:* Saturday, April 02, 2011 9:35 PM *To:* Community support for Fedora users *Subject:* Re: Bootable usb stick with the fedora install
Did you make a FAT16 filesystem and used mkdosfs to apply the filesystem on it? Don't forget when using :
dd if=fedora.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=8M
to type /dev/sdX and not /dev/sdX1 or /dev/sdX2 etc.
On 2 April 2011 18:51, mattias mj@mjw.se wrote:
Yes but because I'm are visually impaired I are not frends with live cds
-----Original Message----- From: users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Zoltan Hoppar Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 8:48 PM To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: Bootable usb stick with the fedora install
Hi,
Can you explain witch page you talking about? Btw. I suggest look for LiveUSB creator, and run it from most of the available OS-es. It solves to you the task that you desire.
Cu,
Zoltan
2011/4/2 mattias mj@mjw.se:
I try to follow a page on fedoraproject.org about how to create a usb stick with fedora installer on it But seems not to work My computer can boot from usb
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On Sat, 2011-04-02 at 20:43 +0200, mattias wrote:
I try to follow a page on fedoraproject.org about how to create a usb stick with fedora installer on it But seems not to work My computer can boot from usb
The easiest way to create a liveusb of a linux distribution is to use UNetbootin. You can get it at:
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
This allows you to produce a Live USB or Live CD of about 50 Linux versions (including Fedora 14). Then boot Liveusb (or LiveCD) and choose the option to download the distribution onto your computer.
Yes as I say I'm are visually impaired And the software you talking about are not accessible with screenreaders in windows
-----Original Message----- From: users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Aaron Konstam Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 10:50 PM To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org Subject: Re: Bootable usb stick with the fedora install
On Sat, 2011-04-02 at 20:43 +0200, mattias wrote:
I try to follow a page on fedoraproject.org about how to create a usb stick with fedora installer on it But seems not to work My computer can boot from usb
The easiest way to create a liveusb of a linux distribution is to use UNetbootin. You can get it at:
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
This allows you to produce a Live USB or Live CD of about 50 Linux versions (including Fedora 14). Then boot Liveusb (or LiveCD) and choose the option to download the distribution onto your computer.
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Aaron Konstam akonstam@sbcglobal.net wrote:
On Sat, 2011-04-02 at 20:43 +0200, mattias wrote:
I try to follow a page on fedoraproject.org about how to create a usb stick with fedora installer on it But seems not to work My computer can boot from usb
The easiest way to create a liveusb of a linux distribution is to use UNetbootin. You can get it at:
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
This allows you to produce a Live USB or Live CD of about 50 Linux versions (including Fedora 14). Then boot Liveusb (or LiveCD) and choose the option to download the distribution onto your computer.
Actually yum install unetbootin is easier!