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How to create a live USB key of Saline OS
« Thread Started on Jan 21, 2011, 3:10pm »

In order to create a live USB key for installing SalineOS to computers without optical drives you will need:
1. Linux, the live DVD or shell CD environment will work for this.
2. A USB key with at least 1 gigabyte of space.
3. A SalineOS .iso image.

If you have access to the live environment or installed SalineOS environment there is a graphical tool under Applications > System > Remastersys USB Startup Key Tool. Using this graphical utility is really easy, just select the key you wish to use and the ISO image. Please note this operation will take awhile, the exact amount of time will depend on the speed and storage space of your USB key.

For other Linux distributions you can download, install and run the USB key creator by inputting the following line into your terminal:

gksu wget http://www.salineos.com/USB/keytooli && gksu chmod +x ./keytooli && gksu ./keytooli

Note, If your system uses sudo exclusivly you will need to use this line instead:

gksudo wget http://www.salineos.com/USB/keytooli && gksudo chmod +x ./keytooli && gksudo ./keytooli

This will download and run a "Universal Linux Installer" for the USB key creator. Please note that this script is mostly un-tested outside of apt based systems at the moment. If this installation script fails for you please report it here on the forums and I will fix it ASAP. Please include the distribution you could not use it with in your forum post.

You can also create a USB key manually using the command line on any Linux based system. With the following command:

dd if=nameoftheimage.iso of=/dev/sdX

X will be your USB key which will be b,c or d depending on how many drives you have installed on your system. You will need to replace nameoftheimage.iso with the exact name of the ISO image. Running the command cat /proc/partitions will show you a list of partitions and devices just look for the device with the size of your USB key.

« Last Edit: Mar 23, 2011, 10:09pm by Anthony Nordquist »

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