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Signed-off-by: Leona <leonax.cook@intel.com>
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What you need
=============
* A USB stick, formatted as ``ext4``. Remember that the process of flashing
data to a USB completely deletes the contents of the drive; as always, run
``dd`` with caution.
* A Clear Linux* OS for Intel® Architecture image; the most current version can
be found here:
* A USB stick, formatted as ``ext4``. Remember that the process of
flashing data to a USB completely deletes the contents of the
drive; as always, run ``dd`` with caution.
* A Clear Linux* OS for Intel® Architecture image; the most current
release versions can be found at the following link:
`https://download.clearlinux.org/image <https://download.clearlinux.org/image>`_
.. tip::
For older versions, see our `downloads page <https://download.clearlinux.org/>`_.
* Older versions can be found on our `downloads page`_.
Download and checksum
@@ -31,38 +28,43 @@ Download and checksum
$ wget https://download.clearlinux.org/image/clear-[release_number]-installer.img.xz
$ sha512sum clear-[release_number]-installer.img.xz`
Confirm the mount point on the USB drive
========================================
Using ``$ lsblk`` is helpful to show the block-level devices; a USB drive
usually shows up under ``/sdb`` or ``/sdc`` (almost never ``/sda``), and should
indicate disk space approximately the size of the USB drive::
Using ``$ lsblk`` is helpful to show the block-level devices;
a USB drive usually shows up under ``/sdb`` or ``/sdc`` (almost never
under ``/sda``), and should indicate disk space approximately the
size of the USB drive::
$ lsblk /dev/sdb
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
?? sdb 8:16 1 14.9G 0
?? sdb1 8:17 1 14.9G 0 part
and make sure the drive isn't already mounted. The easiest way is with ``umount`` or
Make sure the drive isn't already mounted. The easiest way is with
``umount`` or
::
# df
Flash the image to the USB
==========================
Flash the image with the following command, adding the ``-v`` option for verbose mode
(recommended), as the image file may be large, and the process can take a while. This
may need to be done as root or with sudo::
Flash the image with the following command, adding the ``-v`` option
for verbose mode (recommended), as the image file may be large, and the
write can take a while. This may need to be done as root or with sudo::
$ xzcat -v clear-[release_number]-installer.img.xz | dd of=/dev/sdb
Wait for the final confirmation
===============================
This example shows ``clear-9130-installer.img.xz`` flashed to a 16GB USB drive
mounted on ``/sdb``.
This example shows ``clear-9130-installer.img.xz`` flashed to a 16GB
USB drive mounted on ``/sdb``.
.. image:: _static/images/gs_confirmation_screen.png
:align: center
@@ -70,3 +72,7 @@ mounted on ``/sdb``.
Success! Your USB stick is now ready to boot and initiate the process for
:ref:`gs_installing_clr_as_host`.
.. _downloads page: https://download.clearlinux.org