Fedora Live USB
So you want to install Fedora 10 on a USB flash drive huh? Why else would you have come here?
[:2nd method can be found here:]
http://ig33k.portzilla.com/?p=584
Since Fedora 8 was released back in November 2007 it has been more easily accessible to create a live USB drive that will hold an operating system on it.
Previously to install Fedora on a USB drive would have taken hours of fussing around with the command line and a pretty good working knowledge of Linux to be able to troubleshoot and get it working, on top of that you would need to have a Linux desktop available to you to be able to even think about doing this in the first place.
Now with the advent of different tools there is no need to have a Linux desktop to create a bootable USB drive.
Since the release of Fedora 8 it has been as easy as ever to create a USB bootable Linux distribution that can be customized to you, using persistent overlay (more on this later). Follow this link for more information [:Persistent Storage:]. Using the liveusb-creator it is possible to quickly create a bootable Fedora environment in just the time that it takes to click next a few times and copy the image to the flash drive.
Tools Needed
- USB flash drive 1 gigabyte or bigger with at least 700 megabytes free
- Fedora Linux Live CD image version 8 and up
- liveusb-creator Windows program
To obtain the USB flash drive you can walk into many retail locations and probably find a 4 gigabyte one on sale for under $20.
Download Fedora 10
The Fedora Live image can be downloaded from link to the right. Lastly you will need the liveusb-creator that can be obtained at https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/ This method does not work with persistence until the USB creator is updated to a newer version. For an updated guide for creating Fedora 10 with persistence follow this link http://ig33k.portzilla.com/?p=584 The liveusb-creator has been updated to the 3.2 version and now works properly creating a live USB with persistent storage.
So now what do I do?
liveusb-creator
Now that you have gathered all the tools that you will need to create a nice new bootable USB drive you will need to locate where the Fedora image is stored and unzip the liveusb-creator.
Now that you have the liveusb-creator unzipped enter the folder it was extracted to and open up liveusb-creator.exe, you will be presented with an interface that looks like this one shown. At the display of this interface you can select the options that you would like on your USB drive, first you will need to located the image that you downloaded earlier from the Fedora site.
By clicking on the browse you can navigate to the storage location and select the file. The image file will be an extension ISO.
Now at this point before you press the “Create Live USB” button you can optionally create a persistent overlay or “persistent storage” that will remain unchanged after a system reboot. This is particularly handy if you only have one flash drive with you to store your files on. I have noticed that the bootable media on the USB makes the rest of the volume unmountable while in the Fedora Live USB image, so in other words, you wont be able to use the rest of the flash drive while in Linux.
After you have created an optional storage space to hold all your data you can press the “Create Live USB” button which will automatically create the Live USB for you.
When the process is done it will display a message to you that the image was created successfully. At this point you have yourself a new install of Fedora 10 to your USB media.
Checking Out The Image
Fedora 10 Live USB in action
So now that I logged into the BIOS (Basic Input Output System) to make sure that USB was set to the first bootable device I am now in business within the newly created Fedora 10 Live USB.
To get into your bios please consult with the manufacturer or follow the on screen prompts. Most are either “F2″ or “Delete”.
Fedora 10 Live File System
Now as you can see I am logged into the Live USB image and everything is working pretty well. Most of the compatibility issues that I have seen in past Fedora releases have been ironed out and leaves you with a very polished Linux desktop that is free of many manual configurations.
My system specs are
- Asus P5K Deluxe Wifi
- Intel Q6600
- 2×2gb Mushkin Ascent Ram
- Visiontek Radeon HD4870
Other than the HD4870 video acceleration not working properly everything else seems to be moving along rather fine. My audio works, the wireless works with WPA enabled, and the correct amount of RAM shows up even though I used a i686 image source, that might have something to do with Memory Address Remapping.
So now you are all done, go on give yourself a pat on the back and enjoy your newly bootable Fedora 10 desktop, portable and ready to go.
As far as I know Fedor Live USB Creator doesn’t support Fedora 10. The leatest release 2.7 suport up to Fedora 9. Can You explain me how You installed Fedora 10 using this tool?
It’s just the same as fedora 9 install but there might be an error at the end. If there is an error and you did make it till the end the drive will still be bootable but the persistent overlay might not function properly. When I did mine I had Fedora 9 installed on it previously, so maybe that may be a step that needs to be done before an upgrade to Fedora 10. Now that I look at it, it just might be that because the boot loader is installed properly with Fedora 9 that a Fedora 10 install is possible. I will look into that though.
try Live USB Creator version 3.2
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Hello, first thanks for the tips, my problem is i’ve fedora 10 installed but i wished setup my video driver but my xorg get down, so if someone know how to do something like linux-rescue from a live usb i appreciated so much because i don’t wanna installed again. one more thing. for umount the system just we need to format the usb or need to do something else? sorry for my english :p
This may or may not help, and it applies to FC10 and 11. You can boot from a CD or DVD, and use the USB for root and a persistent overlay.
Create BOTH a Live-CD and Live-USB (as directed above). Open the USB drive and in the boot directory open the file olpc.fth.
Towards the bottom find a line that looks like this –> ” root=UUID=3868-0D30 rootfstype=vfat rw liveimg overlay=UUID=3868-0D30 quiet rhgb” to boot-file (You’re interested in the root= and overlay= parts). Print olpc.fth, or write down the UUID number for root and the overlay. Also make note of the fstype, it’s important.
Put the CD in the drive and re-boot. Depending on your BIOS and boot order, you may need to remove the USB drive for the moment, because a few of the machines I tried simply lock up with the Live-USB stick in place when booting.
When the “Automatic boot” screen appears, press a key to get to the boot menu. Then press [TAB] to edit the boot options. The mouse doesn’t work here, and there’s no cut and paste, so type carefully (or you’ll be typing it all again!).
For me, the line ORIGINALLY reads:
> vmlinuz0 initrd0.img root=CDLABEL=F11-Preview-i686-Live rootfstype=auto ro liveimg quiet rhgb
To point to the USB, we want to change this to:
> vmlinuz0 initrd0.img root=UUID=YOURUUIDHERE rootfstype=vfat rw liveimg overlay=UUID=YOURUUIDHERE fstype=vfat quiet rhgb
Make sure you enter the correct UUID (from olpc.fth) and change the filesystem type (the LiveUSB creator suggests using fat32 when you format the USB drive, hence the vfat filesystem type for root and the overlay).
Press enter to boot, and the cd should spin for a few seconds and then the USB drive should take over. I’ve only been playing with this since yesterday, but it works, and now I’ve got a laptop without a hard drive or USB Boot support booting FC11 and saving changes back to the USB!
Guter Post, danke.