Creating Bootable USB Media

1. Log in to the system as root.

2. Insert a USB medium such as a thumbdrive into the system. Determine the name of the thumbdrive.

   One method of determining the name of the thumbdrive is to execute the dmesg command to display a log of all recent events, as in this example:
   # dmesg | tail

   The end of the log includes messages related to the recently inserted thumbdrive, as in this example:
   sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk

   Make note of the thumbdrive name in the messages (sdc, in the example).

3. Check if the system mounted the thumbdrive automatically.

   One method of determining if the system mounted the thumbdrive automatically is to execute the findmnt thumbdrive_name command, as in this example:
   # findmnt | grep sdc

   If the command displays no output, the thumbdrive was not mounted and you can continue with the next step. If the command displays output, the system mounted the thumbdrive automatically and you must unmount it. Note the TARGET in the command output, as in this example:
   TARGET         SOURCE    FSTYPE OPTIONS
   /media/MY-DATA /dev/sdc1 vfat

   Then, issue the command unmount TARGET, as in this example
   # umount /media/MY-DATA

4. Write the installation software ISO image directly to the thumbdrive.

   One method of writing the image is to execute the dd command in the format dd if=path_to_image iso of=/dev/sdx bs=blocksize, where path_to_image is the full path to the ISO image file that you saved, sdx is the thumbdrive device name, and blocksize is an amount that ensures a timely writing process. The following command is an example:

   # dd if=Downloads/everRun_install-7.8.0.0-192.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=8K

   Wait while the dd command completes processing. A prompt appears when the command is complete.

5. Log out and remove the thumbdrive. The thumbdrive is ready to be used as a boot device.

Many utilities write an ISO image to a USB medium such as a thumbdrive on Windows-based systems. The following procedure uses the utility Rufus, which is available at http://rufus.akeo.ie/.

1. Download and save the everRun software ISO image (see Obtaining everRun Software) to a Windows-based system, if you have not already done so.
2. Ensure the integrity of the ISO image using a tool for verifying MD5 checksums on Windows-based systems. For example, use the MD5 checksum hash function. To do so, open a command prompt window as an administrator, and enter the following:

CertUtil -hashfile path_to_file MD5

The CertUtil command displays a message indicating whether or not it completed successfully.

3. Download and install the Rufus utility at http://rufus.akeo.ie/. Be sure to click the Download link that is about halfway down the web page (below Last updated); do not click advertisements, including Download links that appear in advertisements.
4. Insert a USB medium such as a thumbdrive into the system

5. Run the Rufus utility, selecting the following options:

   Option	Value(s)
   Partition scheme and target system type	MBR partition scheme for BIOS and UEFI
   File system	FAT32
   Cluster size	4096 bytes
   Format Option	Create a bootable disk using ISO Image (browse to the xxx.iso image) Create extended label and icon files

6. Click Start after selecting the options.
7. On the menu that appears, select Write in DD image mode.

8. Click OK to write to the USB device.

   When the utility has completed writing the USB stick, READY appears in the horizontal box near the bottom of the utility interface. You can remove the USB device and use it to install everRun.