What do you mean by that being importnant on a shared pc? Why does that matter? A live USB is not supposed to install anything on the HD, right? It shouldn't screw up anything I have on there or fiddle with grub. Is the Moblin liveUSB different?
--- On Fri, 9/18/09, Pablo Zúniga <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Pablo Zúniga <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Moblin Dev] Live USB did not work! > To: "don rhummy" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Wang, Jing J" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, September 18, 2009, 2:53 AM > That commands are for Linux/Mac. > better try to writte the image with > the image-writter (python shell script) in Linux or the > Image Writter > (exe) for windows in a share pc and by the way in some > linux > distributions when you compile it in a USB Flash/Pen/Thumb > Drive if is > greater than 1gb it will not work right at all. Something > else if you > are using Ubuntu/Xubuntu/Kubuntu/UNR or any ubuntu > derivation there is > an image writter you'll see/download it from the UNR > documentation it > will work to compile the Moblin v.2.0 in your USB > Flash/Pen/Thumb > Drive... I guess. > Note: The Windows way is the most easy way if you're new > try the Windows way. > Well good luck! > > 2009/9/18, Wang, Jing J <[email protected]>: > > What you see is right, root fs is actually squeezed > into a image file under > > /LiveOS/squashfs.img > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: don rhummy [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: 2009年9月18日 7:55 > > To: [email protected]; > Wang, Jing J > > Subject: RE: [Moblin Dev] Live USB did not work! > > > > One question: what should I see on the usb stick after > it's done. I have > > only two folders at the root of the usb stick: > isolinux and LiveOS. Is this > > correct? > > > > --- On Thu, 9/17/09, Wang, Jing J <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> From: Wang, Jing J <[email protected]> > >> Subject: RE: [Moblin Dev] Live USB did not work! > >> To: "don rhummy" <[email protected]>, > "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > >> Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009, 11:45 AM > >> Not /dev/sdb1, but /dev/sdb > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] > >> [mailto:[email protected]] > >> On Behalf Of don rhummy > >> Sent: 2009年9月17日 23:37 > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: [Moblin Dev] Live USB did not work! > >> > >> I downloaded the ".img" file and used dd to > install it onto > >> an unmounted USB stick. However, when I restart > the computer > >> with the USB stick plugged in, it never loads or > boots, it > >> simply boots from the hard drive. I properly set > it in the > >> bios to load (and it worked with a fedora live > usb) yet it > >> doesn't load. What might be wrong? > >> > >> I followed this: > >> http://moblin.org/documentation/test-drive-moblin/using-moblin-live-image > > > >> > >> And I did: > >> > >> umount /dev/sdb1 > >> > >> dd bs=4096 > >> if=moblin-netbook-beta-refresh-20090818-001.img > >> of=/dev/sdb1 > >> > >> > >> And it did put the files on the USB stick but it > did not > >> recognize it as bootable. What am I missing? > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Moblin dev Mailing List > >> [email protected] > >> > >> To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list > visit: > >> http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or > >> your user account on http://moblin.org once logged in. > >> > >> For more information on the Moblin Developer > Mailing lists > >> visit: > >> http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists > > > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Moblin dev Mailing List > > [email protected] > > > > To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list > visit: > > http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or > your user account on > > http://moblin.org once logged in. > > > > For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing > lists visit: > > http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists > > > -- > Whirmon > _______________________________________________ Moblin dev Mailing List [email protected] To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on http://moblin.org once logged in. For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists
