Putting img file on USB using linux?

[Roseysdaddy]

Can someone tell me how, or point me towards a tutorial, I can put NAS4Free-x64-LiveUSB-9.1.0.1.636.img (is this even the right file?) onto a usb stick so that I can boot and install it? Im very "noobish" about Linux but that machine has the only usb imputs I have access to. Thank you.

[raulfg3]

not as you ask, but, do you read wiki?: http://wiki.nas4free.org/doku.php?id=faq:0037

[Roseysdaddy]

yes. that says use dd. it might as well say pray really hard, because "use dd" means nothing to me.

[raulfg3]

use google to understand the power of dd= http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_%28Unix%29

Or use other ways to put the image using a Windows PC ( physdiskwrite-0_5_2-physgui-eng.zip , etc...).

Or finally boot from Cd and install from CD to USB ( Full or embeded).

[Roseysdaddy]

I gave up on this and used a Ubuntu tutorial to do everything I needed. "Use Google" or "Do something completely different than what you're asking" isn't very helpful. I searched for a tutorial or expatiation of how to do what seems like a fairly common task for this specific distro and came up empty, so I came here hoping for more help. If the intention is to keep people unfamiliar with these commands that way, then this was a good job.

[raulfg3]

Can someone tell me how, or point me towards a tutorial, I can put NAS4Free-x64-LiveUSB-9.1.0.1.636.img (is this even the right file?) onto a usb stick so that I can boot and install it? Im very "noobish" about Linux but that machine has the only usb imputs I have access to. Thank you.

I say previosly that read FAQ 0037, there are several examples of Howto install Nas44Free ( From a CD, from a USBKey)

But perhaps do you need read documentation: http://wiki.nas4free.org/doku.php?id=do ... n_overview

Is not really dificult to find if you use some key like: "NAS4Free install" or something simmilar

other examples: viewtopic.php?f=55&t=2106

[Roseysdaddy]

Again, the FAQ is not a tutorial. I'm not an IT professional nor an experienced Linux user. In the future, step-by-step instructions (tutorial) would probably be valuable to people interested in this program but not adept at the commands.

[raulfg3]

my last attemp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvguvOwimTk

sorry if still you can't install nas4Free, perhaps you need other software.

[Roseysdaddy]

I feel like you're not acknowledging anything I've said.

[raulfg3]

Probably, English is not my native language, So I wait that others users that read this post helps you.

Sorry.

[armandh]

using the target NAS computer or some other computer I always use the live CD burned from the down loaded .iso
to install the NAS4Free from the CD on to the boot medium. It is easy and works on more than just USB flash.

YMMV

[Roseysdaddy]

thats awesome, but the issue is the NAS doesn't have a CD drive. Thats why i asked about a tutorial for USB and not the CD.

[alexey123]

Roseysdaddy, as I understand, you want to burn NAS4Free into USB pendrive under Ubuntu.
Small how to for you.
1. download embedded image from SF
For x64 : http://sourceforge.net/projects/nas4fre ... .1.636.img
For x86 : http://sourceforge.net/projects/nas4fre ... .1.636.img

I will continue for x64 image.

2. Your image stored into Download folder - move it into home folder with mouse right click

3. rename image NAS4Free-x64-embedded-9.1.0.1.636.img to NAS4Free-x64-embedded-9.1.0.1.636.img.gz, just add .gz

4 connect usb pen to computer

5 open terminal and type into

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 sudo gparted

. Ubuntu will ask password - type it

6 check your usb - about his name

My usb connected as /dev/sdb

7 Close gparted screen
8. Type command

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gunzip NAS4Free-x64-embedded-9.1.0.1.636.img.gz

9 Write image to USB. Type

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sudo dd if=NAS4Free-x64-embedded-9.1.0.1.636.img of=/dev/sdb bs=16k

value of= -- your flash disk name. In my case /dev/sdb


10 Your usb now ready for use - unplug it from Ubuntu comp and use as NAS4Free system disk

PS
I prepared USB pendrive now and copy -paste command from terminal. In my case, my new NAS4Free work now

[armandh]

that's awesome, but the issue is the NAS doesn't have a CD drive. That's why i asked about a tutorial for USB and not the CD.

one does not need to use the NAS hardware for this, any computer that will boot from a cd will do
CAVEAT
do be careful to write the OS to the boot medium [in this case USB drive]
since the cd will write to most any medium care must be taken so as not to overwrite the computer's usual HDDs

for my cold stand by [an old dell] I hung a optical drive out the side, on the primary IDE line, and wrote to IDE flash on the secondary
since only the primary line booted, I then moved the flash to the primary IDE and connected the storage drives to the secondary IDE.
then I completed the setup

lots of older hardware will not boot USB but for those that will, and have no available CD
in the past I have "borrowed" the electronics from a USB IDE drive case to plug in a CD drive

[Roseysdaddy]

@alexey123 ....WOW! now that is a tutorial. Thank you very much. Its been very frustrating trying to figure this stuff out, but those instructions seem like something I could show my grandfather and he could understand, something I wish more people in the linux community understood.