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Shadowmeph

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From: West Coast Canada

Registered: 2008-05-19

Posts: 208

I don't understand how to put the core files on usb stick

I read the instructions here  http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ins … _USB_stick but I am not sure how to do this I tried this way ( using cmd prompt on winxp x64) dd if=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Torrents\archlinux-2008.06-core-x86_64.img=/dev/sd[F]
but I get an error saying that dd is an unrecognized command, I have also downloaded Flashnul but I am not sure how to use it if I type in anything I cannot execute it because as soon as I push the enter key Flashnul quits. so could someone explian to me how to do this please

jo3

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Registered: 2007-08-18

Posts: 112

Re: I don't understand how to put the core files on usb stick

dd is a unix command.
I have not used flashnul in a while so IIRC first plug in your usb stick and type "flashnul -p" at a command prompt to get a list of devices. Then type "flashnul flash_device_number -L archlinux-2008.06-core-x86_64.img" to copy the img to the device.

HTH
-jo3

Shadowmeph

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From: West Coast Canada

Registered: 2008-05-19

Posts: 208

Re: I don't understand how to put the core files on usb stick

dd is a unix command.
I have not used flashnul in a while so IIRC first plug in your usb stick and type "flashnul -p" at a command prompt to get a list of devices. Then type "flashnul flash_device_number -L archlinux-2008.06-core-x86_64.img" to copy the img to the device.

HTH
-jo3

hank you for your reply.
Well  Iguess flashnul isn't working properly because when I type in "flashnul -p" it just quits.
I installed Cygwin and have tried to install it that way but I was getting errors saying no such file or dir.
Well it ended up being that my usb stick was "f: I kept trying dd if=archlinux-2008.06-core-x86_64.img of=\\.\f:Kingston"and not  "f: I kept trying dd if=archlinux-2008.06-core-x86_64.img of=\\.\f"
I am thinking that the The Cygwin Way

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Make sure your cygwin installation contains the dd package.

Place your image file in your home directory, in my case it is:

C:\cygwin\home\John\

Run cygwin as administrator (required for cygwin to access hardware). To write to your USB drive use the following command:

dd if=image.img of=\\.\[x]:

where image.img is the path to the img file within the cygwin directory and \\.\[x]: is your USB device where x is the windows designated letter, in my case "\\.\d:".

Note: This will irrevocably delete all files on your USB stick, so make sure you don't have any important files on the stick before doing this.

should say that for noobs like me

jo3

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Registered: 2007-08-18

Posts: 112

Re: I don't understand how to put the core files on usb stick

/me reviews the wiki... I didn't notice it's been updated a lot since I last tried that. Glad you got it working.

muyu

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Registered: 2009-06-30

Posts: 1

Re: I don't understand how to put the core files on usb stick

I use cygwin and trid "dd if=archlinux.img of=\\.\g:kingmax"and"dd if=archlinux.img of=\\.\f"(my image file name is archlinux...)
the command worked,but the result was cygwin made a file in 'd:'  directory ,and there is nothing in my usb stick
So what's wrong with my operation?

oib111

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Registered: 2009-06-20

Posts: 87

Re: I don't understand how to put the core files on usb stick

Download the appropriate .iso file (in my case: archlinux-2009.02-core-i686.iso) and use UNetBootin to put it on your USB flash drive. It's much easier.

Last edited by oib111 (2009-06-30 04:30:25)

Mr.Elendig

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Registered: 2004-11-07

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Re: I don't understand how to put the core files on usb stick

Download the appropriate .iso file (in my case: archlinux-2009.02-core-i686.iso) and use UNetBootin to put it on your USB flash drive. It's much easier.

Please do not recomend people to put the cd image onto a usb using unetbootin, because it often does not work more often than not.

For windows, I have usually used: http://www.chrysocome.net/dd

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2009-06-30 14:19:32)

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