<br>Step For Transferring the ISO image to the USB disk<br><br>[1] Insert the USB key <br>[2] HAL Deamon will automatically mount it ; so you need to unmount it<br>[3] Type fdisk -l<br>[root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l<br><br>
Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes<br>255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders<br>Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes<br>Disk identifier: 0x00066ad6<br><br> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System<br>
/dev/sda1 * 1 26 208813+ 83 Linux<br>/dev/sda2 27 12773 102390277+ 83 Linux<br>/dev/sda3 12774 12904 1052257+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris<br>/dev/sda4 12905 30401 140544652+ 5 Extended<br>
/dev/sda5 12905 30401 140544652 83 Linux<br><br>Disk /dev/sdd: 4016 MB, 4016046080 bytes<br>90 heads, 25 sectors/track, 3486 cylinders<br>Units = cylinders of 2250 * 512 = 1152000 bytes<br>Disk identifier: 0x00000000<br>
<br> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System<br>/dev/sdd1 4 3487 3917824 b W95 FAT32<br><br>[4] The disk that you are seeing in the end is the USB drive ; just umount it<br>
[root@localhost ~]# umount /dev/sdd1<br><br>[5] Use fdisk to create a new partition<br><br>[root@localhost ~]# fdisk /dev/sdd<br><br>The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 3486.<br>There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,<br>
and could in certain setups cause problems with:<br>1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)<br>2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs<br> (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)<br><br>Command (m for help): p<br>
<br>Disk /dev/sdd: 4016 MB, 4016046080 bytes<br>90 heads, 25 sectors/track, 3486 cylinders<br>Units = cylinders of 2250 * 512 = 1152000 bytes<br>Disk identifier: 0x00000000<br><br> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System<br>
/dev/sdd1 4 3487 3917824 b W95 FAT32<br><br>Command (m for help): <br><br>[5.2] Delete all the partitions using 'd' key<br><br>Command (m for help): d<br>Selected partition 1<br><br>Command (m for help): p<br>
<br>Disk /dev/sdd: 4016 MB, 4016046080 bytes<br>90 heads, 25 sectors/track, 3486 cylinders<br>Units = cylinders of 2250 * 512 = 1152000 bytes<br>Disk identifier: 0x00000000<br><br> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System<br>
<br>Command (m for help): <br><br>[5.3] Create a new partition [ press p then enter, then press 1 and press enter then press enter twice ]<br><br>[5.4] List the partions [ press p and enter]<br><br>Command (m for help): p<br>
<br>Disk /dev/sdd: 4016 MB, 4016046080 bytes<br>90 heads, 25 sectors/track, 3486 cylinders<br>Units = cylinders of 2250 * 512 = 1152000 bytes<br>Disk identifier: 0x00000000<br><br> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System<br>
/dev/sdd1 1 3486 3921737+ 83 Linux<br><br>Command (m for help): <br><br>[5.5] Toggle boot flag [ press a then press enter, press 1 and press enter]<br><br>Disk /dev/sdd: 4016 MB, 4016046080 bytes<br>
90 heads, 25 sectors/track, 3486 cylinders<br>Units = cylinders of 2250 * 512 = 1152000 bytes<br>Disk identifier: 0x00000000<br><br> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System<br>/dev/sdd1 1 3486 3921737+ 83 Linux<br>
<br>Command (m for help): a<br>Partition number (1-4): 1<br><br>Command (m for help): p<br><br>Disk /dev/sdd: 4016 MB, 4016046080 bytes<br>90 heads, 25 sectors/track, 3486 cylinders<br>Units = cylinders of 2250 * 512 = 1152000 bytes<br>
Disk identifier: 0x00000000<br><br> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System<br>/dev/sdd1 * 1 3486 3921737+ 83 Linux<br><br>Command (m for help): <br><br>[5.6] Please make sure that when you print the partitions there is a * sign under the boot column<br>
<br>[5.7] Write the partition change [ press w ]<br><br>[6] Make ext3 filesystem :<br><br>[root@localhost ~]# mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdd1<br><br>[7] Transfer the iso image to the new drive (make sure that you specify the partiton /dev/sdd1 instead of the disk (/dev/sdd)):<br>
<br>[root@localhost ~]# livecd-iso-to-disk /tmp/build-temp/copy-of-iso/live.iso /dev/sdd1 <br><br>press enter to continue the transfer <br><br>[8] Try booting from the usb and test the bootable usb<br><br><br><br>