Welcome to OSDDlinux Live DVD/USB

This page is designed for users who wish to create bootable DVD or USB. In order to create bootable DVD or USB user need to download iso image of OSDDlinux form download page. After downloading page, user should follow following steps for creating LiveDVD and LiveUSB. (NOTE: After successfull installation of LIVE DVD/USB, users may require passwords which are :- password for sudo: osddlinux;    password for root: osddlinux).

Steps to create bootable Live DVD:

  1. User should download one of the following types of OSDDlinux ISO images available for installation

    2. 64-bit Architecture
    32-bit Architecture
  2. After downloading iso image, follow steps given below to make a bootable DVD

    • Ubuntu users can use Brasero Disc Burner for burning iso file on blank DVD.
      For more Info Click Here.
    • Windows users can use NERO software for burning iso file on blank DVD.
    • Mac OSX users can use Disk Utility option for burning iso file on blank DVD.

  3. Insert bootable OSDDlinux Live DVD in DVD ROM device and reboot the machine.

  4. Ensure that 1st booting preference of your machine is from DVD, if not then after restarting the machine press F12 to get into BIOS options and change booting preference to DVD.

  5. Now you will get install options for OSDDlinux as displayed in the figure below. Click on the image to enlarge.

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  6. To enter the Live DVD mode and use OSDDlinux resources instantaneously, press enter at the first option which is highlighted in the above figure. This will start the OSDDlinux in Live DVD mode as shown in the figure below. Click on the image to enlarge.

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  7. Now you can use OSDDlinux resources such as webservers, standalone softwares, etc, as shown in the figure below. Click on the image to enlarge.

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  8. You also have the option to do Full installation of OSDDlinux while running LiveDVD. Double click on the "Install Custom Live CD" icon on the Desktop. It will start the Full installation of OSDDlinux as shown in the figure below. Click on the image to enlarge

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NOTE: If you have installed Minimum infrastructure of OSDDlinux (i.e. OSDDlinux_base), after installation you need to follow special instructions to upgrade to OSDDlinux_full version. Click here to follow the instructions.


Steps to create bootable LIVE USB

OSDDlinux can also be run using LIVE USB. For this a USB drive (with atleast 4GB memory) is required.
  1. User should download one of the following types of OSDDlinux available for installation

    2. 64-bit Architecture
    32-bit Architecture
  2. Insert your USB drive in machine and identify its mount point. You can run "df -h" command on the terminal to identify its mount point. For example /dev/sda3

  3. Open terminal and run following command from terminal

    4. zcat OSDDlinux_gpsr.gz | sudo tee /dev/sda3 >/dev/null

  4. Now reboot your system and ensure that 1st booting preference of your machine is from USB. If not, then after restarting the machine press F12 to get BIOS options and change booting preference to USB


  5. You will get install options for OSDDlinux. Enter the first option to run OSDDlinux Live Session from USB
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NOTE: If you have installed Minimum infrastructure of OSDDlinux (i.e. OSDDlinux_base), after installation you need to follow special instructions to upgrade to OSDDlinux_full version. Click here to follow the instructions.


Upgrade OSDDlinux_base to OSDDlinux_full version

This section is designed for users who have installed OSDDlinux_base in their machine. OSDDlinux_base provides minimum architecture with minimum software packages and needs to be upgraded in order to use all the software packages which comes in OSDDlinux_full version. This page provides step by step instructions for upgradation.


Steps to upgrade:
  1. Using downloaded tar files

    • Download the compressed tar files of additional packages (in the form of .tar.gz) from the following link http://osddlinux.osdd.net/download/ubuntu/64bit/packages/additional

    • Copy the following downloaded files in /gpsr/ directory
      data.tar.gz   galaxy.tar.gz   models.tar.gz   webserver.tar.gz

    • uncompress and detar the files in /gpsr/ directory using following command
      tar -zxvf   data.tar.gz   galaxy.tar.gz   models.tar.gz   webserver.tar.gz

  2. Using rsync option

    • Use following command to copy additional packages for upgradation
      rsync -avz osddlinux.osdd.net::osddlinux/ubuntu/64bit/packages/* /gpsr/

    • Following files will be copied in /gpsr/ directory
      data.tar.gz   galaxy.tar.gz   models.tar.gz   webserver.tar.gz

    • uncompress and detar the files in /gpsr/ directory using following command
      tar -zxvf   data.tar.gz   galaxy.tar.gz   models.tar.gz   webserver.tar.gz
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  3. Using deb file

    • Download the deb file "OSDDlinux_base_to_full.deb" from the link given below
      http://osddlinux.osdd.net/repo/OSDDlinux_base_to_full.deb

    • Type following command in terminal to upgrade base version to full version
      sudo dpkg -i OSDDlinux_base_to_full.deb

    • Now your system is upgraded to OSDDlinux_full version with all the additional packages installed in the machine

  4. Using apt-get command

    • open /etc/apt/sources.list file using following command
      sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list

    • add following line (repository) at the bottom of the file
      deb http://osddlinux.osdd.net/repo amd64/    for 64 bit systems
      deb http://osddlinux.osdd.net/repo i386/    for 32 bit systems
      If the line is already present in the file then ignore the step 2

    • Run following command to update the repository
      sudo apt-get update

    • Run following command to upgrade to OSDDlinux_full
      sudo apt-get install OSDDlinux_base_to_full

    • Now your system is upgraded to OSDDlinux_full version with all the additional packages installed in the machine
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