From 376e469b0beabb4f3710d16e42a8e4c73d42039a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Marek=20Marczykowski-G=C3=B3recki?= Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:31:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] UsbInstallation changed qubes-usb-installer no longer needed --- UsbInstallation.md | 26 +++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/UsbInstallation.md b/UsbInstallation.md index adb81b38..815db19d 100644 --- a/UsbInstallation.md +++ b/UsbInstallation.md @@ -7,26 +7,10 @@ permalink: /wiki/UsbInstallation/ How to create a bootable USB stick from Qubes ISO ================================================= -- download the qubes-usb-installer archive and its signature: - - [​http://www.qubes-os.org/files/misc/qubes-usb-installer-1.2.tgz](http://www.qubes-os.org/files/misc/qubes-usb-installer-1.2.tgz) - - [​http://www.qubes-os.org/files/misc/qubes-usb-installer-1.2.tgz.asc](http://www.qubes-os.org/files/misc/qubes-usb-installer-1.2.tgz.asc) +Qubes ISO image is already prepared to boot from USB disk, you just need to copy the ISO onto the USB device, e.g. using dd: -- verify the archive signature the same way you have verified iso integrity: +``` {.wiki} +dd if=Qubes-R2-Beta2-x86_64-DVD.iso of=/dev/sdX +``` - ``` {.wiki} - gpg -v .asc - ``` - -- Unpack the archive (e.g. in your home directory): - - ``` {.wiki} - tar -zxvf qubes-usb-installer-1.2.tgz - ``` - -- "Burn" the Qubes ISO onto the USB stick: - - ``` {.wiki} - ./qubes-usb-installer-1.2/qubes-usb-installer path_to_qubes_iso /dev/sdX - ``` - -... where ```/dev/sdX``` is your USB stick. Note that all contents of the ```/dev/sdX``` device will be destroyed - be careful to pass the correct device name there (e.g. not your harddrive). +**Be sure to use a correct device as the target in the dd command above (instead of sdX)**