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| This page describes how you easily copy your image on a USB Key by using the usb-imagewriter tool from a ubuntu desktop system. | <<Include(MobileTeam/Mobile/Menu)>> ||<tablestyle="float:right; font-size: 0.9em; width:40%; background:#F1F1ED; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="padding:0.5em;"><<TableOfContents>>|| |
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| Click on the download link below to get the usb-imagewriter package. Firefox will offer you to either download the file or, as default action, to open it with the gdebi package installer. Keep the default action here. | This Page is supposed to help you with getting your downloaded .img file to a USB key, either with the usb-imagewriter gui tool or the "old" way in a terminal via commandline. |
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| [[http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18173932/usb-imagewriter_0.1-ppa1_all.deb|Download]] usb-imagewriter here | == Using Usb Imagewriter == |
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| After Gdebi finished you will find a new starter in your menu at '''Applications -> Accessories -> ImageWriter''' | Click on the download link below to get the usb-imagewriter package. Firefox will offer you to either download the file or, as default action, to open it with the gdebi package installer. Keep the default action here and click ok. [[http://ppa.launchpad.net/ogra/ubuntu/pool/main/u/usb-imagewriter/usb-imagewriter_0.1-1~ppa1_all.deb|Download]] usb-imagewriter here After gdebi finished you will find a new starter in your menu at '''Applications -> Accessories -> Image Writer''' |
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| Then run the ImageWriter tool, select the downloaded image, select the device and click on "Write to device". | Then run the Image Writer tool, select the downloaded image, select the target device and click on "Write to device". |
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| Now just wait until the tool tells you you can remove the key, if you want to see the details of teh copying process you can open the details window during operation. | Now just wait until the tool tells you you can remove the key, if you want to see the details of the copying process you can open the details window during operation. |
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| More deatils, screenshots etc. about usb-imagewriter can be found [[https://launchpad.net/usb-imagewriter|here]] | More details, screenshots etc. about usb-imagewriter can be found [[https://launchpad.net/usb-imagewriter|here]] |
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== From commandline with dd == 1. Download the image to your disk. 1. Open a terminal and plug in your USB key 1. Run the dmesg command to find the devicename the kernel assigned to it. 1. In the terminal run: {{{ sudo dd if=/path/to/your/downloaded.img of=/dev/device/you/saw/in/dmesg bs=1024 }}} 1. Wait until your prompt returns, unplug the USB key. Booting from such a USB key will let you try a live session of Ubuntu MID or install it. |
This Page is supposed to help you with getting your downloaded .img file to a USB key, either with the usb-imagewriter gui tool or the "old" way in a terminal via commandline.
Using Usb Imagewriter
Click on the download link below to get the usb-imagewriter package. Firefox will offer you to either download the file or, as default action, to open it with the gdebi package installer. Keep the default action here and click ok.
Download usb-imagewriter here
After gdebi finished you will find a new starter in your menu at Applications -> Accessories -> Image Writer
Put the USB Key you want to write the image to into your USB port (give the system a second to recognize it)
Then run the Image Writer tool, select the downloaded image, select the target device and click on "Write to device".
Now just wait until the tool tells you you can remove the key, if you want to see the details of the copying process you can open the details window during operation.
More details, screenshots etc. about usb-imagewriter can be found here
If you find any bugs in the tool, please report them here
From commandline with dd
- Download the image to your disk.
- Open a terminal and plug in your USB key
- Run the dmesg command to find the devicename the kernel assigned to it.
In the terminal run:
sudo dd if=/path/to/your/downloaded.img of=/dev/device/you/saw/in/dmesg bs=1024
- Wait until your prompt returns, unplug the USB key.
Booting from such a USB key will let you try a live session of Ubuntu MID or install it.
MobileTeam/Mobile/HowTo/ImageWriting (last edited 2009-04-27 09:26:57 by p4081-ipbf2501marunouchi)