Create Disc Image
Create Disc Image
Introduction
Here are my notes on how to create a disc image for a Linux installation using a few examples. See also: **Installation Order**, Driver Installation Settings, Operating System Settings, Operating System Installation Times, Operating System Requirements, Operating System Startup Times.
Download Disc Image
Fedora 16 Desktop Edition 32-bit
http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/16/Live/i686/Fedora-16-i686-Live-Desktop.iso
Fedora 21 Workstation 64-bit (Live Image)
https://getfedora.org/en/workstation/download/ (Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-21-5.iso)
Lubuntu 17.04 (64-bit)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/17.04/release/lubuntu-17.04-desktop-amd64.iso
Mandriva Linux One 2008.0
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrakelinux/official/iso/2008.0
Mandriva Linux One 2009.1
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrakelinux/official/iso/2009.1/mandriva-linux-one-2009.1-KDE4-europe2-cdrom-i586.iso
Raspberry Pi: Raspbian "Wheezy" 2013 (Debian 7 LXDE)
General download page: http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads
Download disc image using torrent: http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/images/raspbian/2013-02-09-wheezy-raspbian/2013-02-09-wheezy-raspbian.zip.torrent
Download disc image using mirror: http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/images/raspbian/2013-02-09-wheezy-raspbian/2013-02-09-wheezy-raspbian.zip
Install disc image to SD Card: http://elinux.org/RPi_Easy_SD_Card_Setup
Configure OS before use: http://elinux.org/RPi_raspi-config
Raspberry Pi: Fedora Remix (Fedora 17 XFCE)
Instructions for downloading, installing, etc.: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi
General download page: http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/raspberrypi/raspberrypi-fedora-remix/
Download disc image: http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/raspberrypi/raspberrypi-fedora-remix/17/images/rpfr-17-xfce-r1.zip
Install disc image to SD Card: http://elinux.org/RPi_Easy_SD_Card_Setup
Configure OS before use: http://elinux.org/RPi_raspi-config
Ubuntu Desktop Edition 7.10
http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/releases.ubuntu.com/gutsy/ubuntu-7.10-desktop-amd64.iso
Ubuntu Desktop Edition 11.04
http://releases.ubuntu.com/natty/ubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386.iso
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/releases.ubuntu.com/11.04/ubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386.iso
Verify Downloaded Disc Image (Checksum)
Fedora 16 Desktop Edition 32-bit
https://fedoraproject.org/en/verify -> Live Media -> i686
https://fedoraproject.org/static/checksums/Fedora-16-i686-Live-CHECKSUM
561d2c15fa79c319959cfc821650c829860651d1e5b125b2a425ac9cbd3fe1bb (sha256sum)
Fedora 17 Desktop Edition 64-bit
https://fedoraproject.org/static/checksums/Fedora-17-x86_64-Live-CHECKSUM
dfd19d677790fea6144bcf537cd031dfb0a50e6c56652c94bfc71ea7bb949f2c (sha256sum)
Lubuntu 17.04 (64-bit)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/17.04/release/ ->
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/17.04/release/SHA256SUMS
ab1a9c2353180050daa2a481fb1941592bcd43f4b2c70e1fb68b442812497672 (sha256sum)
Checksum Software
HashTab (OS X/Windows)
http://implbits.com/HashTab/HashTabMac.aspx
Burn Disc Image
OS X 10.7
Applications: Utilities
Disk Utility
1) File: Open Disk Image, choose .ISO file
2) still in Disk Utility, select .ISO item from left and then perhaps the item below the .ISO item, examples:
Example 1: choose below .iso
Fedora-16-i686-Live-Desktop.iso
Fedora-16-i686-L <-- this one
Example 2: choose .iso
CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1503-01.iso <-- this one
disk2s2
3) click Burn icon
4) insert burnable disc and start burning
5) after burning verifying will begin (you see "Verifying" window)
"Burn" Disc Image to SD Card (for Raspbian "Wheezy")
OS X 10.8
1) Find out the name of the SD card (or SDHC card)
Applications: Utilities: Disk Utility
File: Get Info: disk2s1
2) Install the disc image to the "whole" SD card
Terminal
cd $HOME/Downloads
sudo dd if=2014-01-07-wheezy-raspbian.img of=/dev/disk2
Last modified: July 25th, 2017
Author: Tomi Häsä (tomi.hasa@gmail.com)
URL: http://sites.google.com/site/tomihasa/create-disc-image