{"id":418,"date":"2011-01-11T13:07:14","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T12:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebc.ch\/blog\/?p=418"},"modified":"2013-02-01T13:01:56","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T12:01:56","slug":"flashlinux-on-a-256mb-memory-stick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebc.ch\/blog\/?p=418","title":{"rendered":"FlashLinux on a 256MB Memory Stick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>01. Download the iso-images from SourceForge.net: <a title=\"http:\/\/sourceforge.net\/project\/showfiles.php?group_id=124770\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/sourceforge.net\/project\/showfiles.php?group_id=124770\">http:\/\/sourceforge.net\/project\/showfiles.php?group_id=124770<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>02. Merging the images.<\/p>\n<p>LINUX USERS<\/p>\n<p>$ cat flashlinux-0.3.4-RC2.iso-part1 flashlinux-0.3.4-RC2.iso-part2 flashlinux-0.3.4-RC2.iso-part3<\/p>\n<p>&gt; flashlinux-0.3.4-RC2.iso md5sum -c flashlinux-0.3.4-RC2.iso.md5<\/p>\n<p>WINDOWS USERS<\/p>\n<p>open a command prompt and type:<\/p>\n<p>$ copy \/B flashlinux-0.3.4-RC2.iso-part1+flashlinux-0.3.4-RC2.iso-part2+flashlinux-0.3.4-RC2.iso-part3<\/p>\n<p>\/B flashlinux-0.3.4-RC2.iso<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>03. Burn the image on CD.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>04. Boot with that CD and login as root (no password).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>05. Erasing the Stick.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>dd if=\/dev\/zero of=\/dev\/DEVICE_NAME  bs=1k count=100<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>06.  Formatting the Stick.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> sfdisk -H9 S56 \/dev\/DEVICE_NAME<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> fdisk \/dev\/DEVICE_NAME<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> d (deletepartition created by sfdisk)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> n (new partition)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> p (primary)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> 1 (use partition #1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> &lt;return&gt; (start at first block)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> +4M (make it 4Mb in size)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> n (new partition)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> p (primary)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> 2 (use second partition)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> &lt;return&gt; (start on next free block)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> &lt;return&gt; (use rest of key)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> a (mark a partition as active)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> 1 (choose the boot partition)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> w (write changes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> q (quit)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>07. Installing FlashLinux.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> flash_key.sh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>08. Booting from Memory Stick.<\/p>\n<p>After that you should be able to boot from your Memory Stick if you have flash-disk BIOS support.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise you need the CD to boot your Stick.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>09. Installing Software.<\/p>\n<p>just be sure that you have the CD in your Drive, then open a terminal and type:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> flash_install.sh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>10. Getting Help.<\/p>\n<p>There is a Forum on  SourceForge.net: <a title=\"http:\/\/sourceforge.net\/forum\/?group_id=124770\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/sourceforge.net\/forum\/?group_id=124770\">http:\/\/sourceforge.net\/forum\/?group_id=124770<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Note: This is a summary of the installation instructions from the FlashLinux page: <a title=\"http:\/\/flashlinux.org.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/flashlinux.org.uk\/\">http:\/\/flashlinux.org.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01. Download the iso-images from SourceForge.net: http:\/\/sourceforge.net\/project\/showfiles.php?group_id=124770 &nbsp; 02. Merging the images. 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