[SoaS] [IAEP] Need Help With SoaS! (Including Mac) dd writable USB.img files

[Thomas C Gilliard]

Do it from Terminal. Not image-writer-mac !

This is a 1 GB USB that was imaged with dd.

Cordially

Tom Gilliard
===Write to a 1 GB USB device===
  sudo su
  Password
  dd if=SoaS-15-1-EFI.img of=/dev/sd(x) bs=2M
  489+1 records in
  489+1 records out
  1026555904 bytes (1.0 GB) copied, 216.577 s, 4.7 MB/s

On 11/24/2011 08:14 AM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> On 23.11.2011, at 06:45, Thomas Gilliard wrote:
>
>> Caryl;
>>
>> I know it requires using the terminal, but these 2 Soas-v5-Coconut .img files may be the easiest way to build a number of booting SoaS USB sticks for your presentation.
>> The instructions (actual screen shots of terminal of the writing to the USB's are included in these pages)
>>
>> The command in terminal can be repeated for each new USB that is inserted
>> Note that the EFI 1 GB USB is written in less than 4 minutes.
>>
>> 1-) PC
>>    http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Fedora-SoaS#dd_writable_2GB_USB_Soas-v5-Coconut-USB_.img
>>
>> 2-) Macbook EFI Boot:
>>    http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Fedora-SoaS#dd_writable_1_GB_EFI_Boot_.28MAC.29_USB_Soas-v5-Coconut-USB_.img
>>
>> Just be sure to enter "mount" in terminal to see the device name for your USB ie: /dev/sdb; /dev/sdc; /dev/sdc......   It is VERY IMPORTANT to have this set correctly.
>>
>> Cordailly;
>>
>> Tom Gilliard
>> satellit_ on #sugar IRC
>
> I tried the Mac EFI one. Used the image-writer-mac (*) script to dd it onto the stick.
>
> It booted my MacBook Pro, I saw the 10 second Fedora pre-boot count down, but after that I just got a blank screen.
>
> - Bert -
>
> (*) I have a minor update at
> 	http://git.sugarlabs.org/image-writer
> Could someone with SoaS write permissions replace this on the release server?
> 	http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/
> Thanks!
>
> [converting this into an AppleScript would be the simplest to avoid having to use the Terminal]
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