Difference between revisions of "Robotino3 usb restore"

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* Download the latest [http://doc.openrobotino.org/download/tinycore/robotino-20130502.fsa image].
 
* Download the latest [http://doc.openrobotino.org/download/tinycore/robotino-20130502.fsa image].
 
* Copy the image into the boot directory of your USB-stick.
 
* Copy the image into the boot directory of your USB-stick.
 
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* Attach monitor and keyboard to your Robotino 3.
==Tinycore==
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* Plug in the USB stick in any USB port.
The [http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/ Tinycore] distribution is used to create a bootlable USB stick for Robotino. We provide an [http://doc.openrobotino.org/download/tinycore/CoreCustom.iso ISO file] which can be written to a USB stick using [[http://doc.openrobotino.org/download/tinycore/core2usb-1.6.exe Core2USB]].
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* Power on Robotino 3 and hit the '''F7''' as long as you can see the BIOS startup screen.
 
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* Select your USB stick from the list (not the UEFI entry).
Starting with the core image the following packages had been installed:
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* After booting into tinycore the [http://svn.openrobotino.org/tinycore/restore.sh restore script] is executed automatically.
*bash
 
*gawk
 
*grub2 to write the grub2 bootloader to the SSD
 
*iana-etc
 
*inetutils-servers to run a telnet server at 192.168.1.244/255.255.255.0
 
*liblzma
 
*ncurses-common
 
*ncurses
 
*sfdisk
 
*xz
 
*fsarchiver
 
 
 
==FSArchiver==
 
[http://www.fsarchiver.org/Main_Page fsarchiver] is used to create an image of the inital Robotino OS. Images can be found [http://doc.openrobotino.org/download/tinycore/ here]. Copy one or more images to your USB Stick into the '''boot''' directory.
 
 
 
==Boot from USB stick==
 
Attach monitor and keyboard to your Robotino 3. Plug in the USB stick in any USB port. Power on Robotino 3 and hit the '''F7''' as long as you can see the BIOS startup screen. Select your USB stick from the list (not the UEFI entry). After booting into tinycore the [http://svn.openrobotino.org/tinycore/restore.sh restore script] is executed automatically.
 

Revision as of 16:49, 2 May 2013

Introduction

Robotino 3 has a SSD that stores the operating system. A bootable USB stick is used to

  • initialy install the Robotino OS to a new SSD
  • overwrite the OS on a SSD already in use.

Create a bootable USB-Stick

  • Download the Robotino3 custom image.
  • Take a USB-Stick an format it (quick format will do)
  • Use Core2USB to install this custom image to the USB stick.
  • Download the latest image.
  • Copy the image into the boot directory of your USB-stick.
  • Attach monitor and keyboard to your Robotino 3.
  • Plug in the USB stick in any USB port.
  • Power on Robotino 3 and hit the F7 as long as you can see the BIOS startup screen.
  • Select your USB stick from the list (not the UEFI entry).
  • After booting into tinycore the restore script is executed automatically.