Re: Run Vibuntu on USB with persistant storage!

["Stephen Shaw" <sshaw decriptor com>]

I'm glad you are excited about this,  but not sure that turning all of
these lists into the vibuntu mailing list is appropriate.

Stephen

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Anthony Sales <tony sales rncb ac uk> wrote:
> I have now written a bash script which will automatically modify the Vibuntu
> 1.2 iso image so that it can be used by the default Ubuntu USB Installer
> application. In order for it to work you must make sure that the Vibuntu 1.2
> Custom_Live_CD.iso and the hidden .disk folder from the original Ubuntu 8.10
> CD are in the /home/orca assuming you are working from a Vibuntu 1.2 install.
> If not you need to change the /home/orca path in the script to whatever your
> home directory is called. To run it copy the script into your home folder,
> make it executable and then open a terminal and type sudo
> ./vibuntu-usb-install. When the script has finished you will have a new iso
> called Custom_Live_USB.iso in your home directory. You can then point the
> Ubuntu USB installer to this image to create a bootable USB version of
> Vibuntu with persistent storage.
>
> If you'd rather you can open the script and type each line into a terminal
> manually, this might be a useful learning exercise if you are new to the
> terminal and bash scripting. Or is you are very lazy you can just wait for
> the next version of Vibuntu to come out and you won't have to do any of
> this...
>
> drbongo
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-accessibility-bounces lists ubuntu com on behalf of Anthony
> Sales
> Sent: Tue 16/12/2008 20:28
> To: ubuntu-accessibility lists ubuntu com;
> gnome-accessibility-list gnome org; orca-list gnome org
> Subject: Run Vibuntu on USB with persistant storage!
>
>
> Exciting news! I have worked out how to trick the default Ubuntu USB
> installer (which is accessible with Orca) into copying the Vibuntu iso onto a
> USB memory stick with persistent storage! The process is quite straight
> forward: There is a hidden folder on the Ubuntu 8.10 live CD called .disk and
> this is the file the Ubuntu USB Installer looks for to verify it is the
> official version. All you need to do is to mount the Vibuntu iso image, copy
> this folder into the top layer and unmount the iso. I used isomaster to do
> this which is accessible but there must be a simple way to do this from the
> terminal, I will try to work it out but if anyone already knows how to do
> this please post the commands for everyone to use. I do not think it is worth
> releasing a new version of Vibuntu just to include this but I will add the
> .disk file to the next release so users can create a bootable USB memory
> stick with persistance easily!
>
> drbongo
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