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Follow the instructions of the Download page to get the ISO file. This file usually sizes
around 700 or 900MB.
Depending on the removable media you decided to use you will only need certain
sections of this tutorial. If you want to burn the LUI on a CD or DVD, you will need to
burn it to CD or DVD with any burning software. If you need help, read chapter 3,
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Creating a Persistent LUI USB Stick. 3. Burning the Live Ubuntu Isabel ISO on CD/DVD
3.1. From a Windows PC
You can burn the ISO image to a blank CD-R/RW/+R/+RW or DVD-R/RW/+R/+RW
with your favourite program. We explain here how to do it with Nero Burning ROM
and CDburnerXP Pro.
In the Recorder Menu choose the Burn Image... option and in the File Selector dialog
browse and select the Live Ubuntu Isabel ISO image file Live_Ubuntu_Isabel_X.X.iso
downloaded in the first step.
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Figure 2 Nero DVD Image Recording options Figure 4: Nero Recording process Windows
Open it and choose the recording options. Pay attention on choosing CD Image or DVD If successful, follow the instructions in chapter 5,
Image depending on the media available and the size of the LUI ISO image. You can
see how to selectFigure
the DVD2: Nero
imageImage type
option chooser,
in the Figureselect
2. DVD image
After selecting the CD/DVD Image dialog and the proper CD/DVD Recording options,
click on Burn to start the recording process. A progress window similar to the one
shown in Figure 4 will open.
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Locate and start GnomeBaker from Applications Menu > Sound & Video >
GnomeBaker CD/DVD Writer or from the command line. From the Tools menu,
select Burn CD image or Burn DVD image depending on your chosen media. Browse
the Live_Ubuntu_Isabel_X.X.iso ISO file and select it.
A new window shown in Figure 8 will open to choose your recorder device and the
recording options. Click on Start to burn the CD/DVD. A new window with a progress
bar will be shown until completion.
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If you want to run Isabel more then once and you do not want to update Isabel and
Ubuntu and change your settings/customizations every time you boot your Live CD,
you should burn the ISO image to a USB stick in persistent mode. Persistence let’s you
do just that, you can have your settings saved to your USB stick and boot into your own
custom Live Isabel environment anywhere anytime. We explain here how to create a
persistent USB stick from a Windows and an Ubuntu Linux PC.
1) Windows PC
2) Live Ubuntu Isabel ISO image Live_Ubuntu_Isabel_X.X.iso downloaded in
Chapter 2
3) A 2GB or larger USB stick formatted as FAT32
4) Download the U810pIsabel.exe (contains the files to perform the conversion)
Download and launch the U810pIsabel.exe package from the Isabel download page
http://isabel.dit.upm.es/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,939/Itemid,74/
This package is a modified version of the PendriveLinux utility you can find at
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/live-ubuntu-810-usb-persistent-install-windows/ that
uses the 7zip tool.
Launching U810pIsabel will extract the files into a folder called U810p automatically.
Place the Live_Ubuntu_Isabel_X.X.iso into this folder. Then, click on U810.bat file
and follow the onscreen instructions. This will burn a persistent LUI on the USB stick.
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1) Windows PC
2) Live Ubuntu Isabel ISO image Live_Ubuntu_Isabel_X.X.iso downloaded in
Chapter 2
3) A 2GB or larger USB stick formatted as FAT32
Figure 11: UNetbootin USB creation dialog window
4) Download the UNetbootin tool (contains the files to perform the conversion)
from http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/unetbootin-windows-latest.exe (created
7) Once the UNetbootin installer has completed, click the Exit button, as two more
under GNU GPL v2).
steps need to be performed to enable persistency.
5) Download the persistence file from
8) Use a file browser to locate the file syslinux.cfg on your USB stick. Edit the file
http://isabel.dit.upm.es/component/option,com_docman/task,cat_view/gid,152/Itemid,74/
with WordPad. Locate the line with the text “append initrd=/ubninit
casper-rw of the chosen size. Take into account that the USB stick should be file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash --” insert the text
able to contain both the LUI and the persistence file of the chosen size. The “persistent” after “boot=casper”. The final line should look like this:
bigger the persistence file the more changes and update can be stored on it. append initrd=/ubninit file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper persistent quiet splash --
6) Double click the UNetbootin executable to start the program and follow these Save the file and exit WordPad.
instructions:
9) Copy the casper-rw file to the USB stick. It is very important that the name
1. Click the Diskimage radio button remains unchanged: lowercase letters, as that is the convention for the
2. Browse to select LUI ISO image persistency file.
3. Set your target USB stick drive
This tool will create a persistence size of the same size as the casper-rw file to store all
4. Click OK to start the creation
your changes and customizations.
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Booting the LUI from the removable media. 2. Select the option Stored in reserved extra space in order to achieve
persistency. Adjust the slider to set the persistence capacity to use. The
more capacity chosen the more changes will be stored between reboots.
3. Click the Make Startup Disk button.
4.2. From an Ubuntu PC 4. A progress bar will indicate the status of your USB installation.
One can create a persistent USB stick with Ubuntu version Intrepid Ibex 8.10 or higher
by installing it from a downloaded ISO image or from a running Live CD/DVD. The
same USB stick creation utility is used for both cases.
Once the installation is complete continue instructions on the next chapter to boot from
your removable media device.
Figure 12: k3b Location of the Create a USB startup disk utility
5) Insert your target USB stick, navigate to System -> Administration -> Create a
USB startup disk as shown in Figure 12 and launch the application.
6) You first have to select the Source disk image (.iso) or CD that contains the
necessary information. Use the Other… button to select the /cdrom in case you
booted from a Live CD/DVD media or the Live_Ubuntu_Isabel_X.X.iso file.
Then:
1. Select the USB target disk to use.
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Now you have a CD/DVD or a persistent USB stick with the latest Ubuntu Linux
version (Intrepid Ibex 8.10 or above) bundled with Isabel ready to be used. Insert the
removable media into your PC’s cdrom or USB port and reboot your box.
You may need to enter the BIOS and update the boot devices to include removable
media. Please, refer to your PC or BIOS reference manual to boot from the CD/DVD or
USB drives.
When the boot process has finished you will see a screen similar to the one depictured
in Figure 17. Your desktop will display the Isabel logo and two icons: Connect to Isabel
Session and Install. The last icon let’s you initiate a permanent Ubuntu Linux
installation on your hard drive. The first icon is a direct link to initiate the Isabel
Figure 14: Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex Live DVD splash screen application connecting to a videoconferencing session.
We recommend verifying the installation language and keyboard mapping. Please, take
care to choose the correct keymap of your keyboard or you will not be able to find
many keys. As shown in Figure 15, press F2 for language selection (English is default)
and F3 for the keyboard map (default U.S. keyboard) to verify and change the selected
options as needed.
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5.2.1. Networking
Figure 17: Live Ubuntu Isabel LUI Desktop The LUI always tries to auto-configure the network by running a DHCP server
discovery query and requesting a valid IP address from the network. If you network has
been configured with a DHCP server, Ubuntu will automatically connect and use your
Before you use Isabel update to the newest Isabel version. If you booted from a network.
persistent USB stick, this update will be kept for next reboot, if you booted from a
If your network does not have a DHCP server, you will have to manually configure the
CD/DVD you will have to update on every reboot. To update Isabel navigate the menu
network parameters, such as IP address, network mask and default gateway as well as
Applications -> Isabel -> Utilities -> Isabel Update.
DNS server. You can press the Help menu button to get more information about how to
set up your network in Gnome or right click the connectivity icon (icon with 2
Computers) as shown in Figure 19.
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To change the screen resolution for Isabel, locate the Screen Resolution application in
the menu item: System Menu > Preferences > Screen Resolution. In the Monitor
Resolution Settings window, choose 1024x768 from the drop down menu of the
resolution option and click the Apply button. If the new resolution is fine, click the
Close button to change permanently.
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For more information about partitioning your hard drive, please refer to Ubuntu's wiki
at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=partition.
Finally, if you are familiar with disk partitioning, you can manually edit the partition
table, create, edit, resize and remove partitions. If you do so, then you must select the
mounting points for the partitions in the next window. The default options, which
Ubuntu provides, are valid for the common users.
Choose your password carefully and re-type it to avoid problems. You will need this
password to access your account and every time you want to perform administrative
actions such as updates or network changes. Click on Forward to continue.
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Ubuntu bundled with Isabel on the hard drive. A new window with a progress bar will
be opened. Ubuntu uses the LUI configuration and settings for the installed copy. On occasions, it
is possible that the network configuration changes or the screen resolution is set to the
maximum that your graphics card can hold instead of using the predefined 1024x768
resolution for Isabel. If this happens, reconfigure the network or screen resolution again
as is described in section 5.2 Troubleshooting the LUI. Network configuration changes
will require you to authenticate with the user password in order to be applied.
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Additionally, the Ubuntu Operating System itself should be keep up to date. Every time
Ubuntu is started, it will check whether there are any new updates to install and will
notify whenever it happens. We strongly recommend installing these updates if you are
booting from a persistent USB stick or have a hard disk installation.
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