.ISO downloadable files are ISO-hybrid images to be copied onto a USB stick/key.

How to copy the .iso file to a USB stick (under Windows):

Please follow this USB imaging guide from Ubuntu or this one from ArchLinux.

Flashing an USB-Stick under Windows

Since version 6.1 webconverger provides a hybrid.iso which can be burned to CD or flashed on an usb-stick. In some scenarios flashing the hybrid-iso onto an usb-stick with MS Windows won´t work out.

Here are the steps which helped some people:

1. Download and install Fedora LiveUSB Creator
2. Flash the hybrid-iso to your usb-stick
3. change the word isolinux to syslinux in syslinux/syslinux.cfg
4. old: default /isolinux/vesamenu.c32
5. new: default /syslinux/vesamenu.c32
6. plug in the usb-stick and boot from it

These steps are taken from this post: Webconverger 6.1 on USB flash drive - Michael Steinböck

How to copy .iso to USB stick (under Linux):

fdisk -l will list your USB drive - usually /dev/sdx ("x" representing letter like sda, sdb etc.), double check with dmesg.

dd if=webc-6.2.iso of=/dev/sdx

Detailed description on Debian wiki.

• Just as fast as a hard drive in many cases
• USB boot works generally only with newer computers (since 2004)

Almost any cheap generic USB stick should be fine. Feel free to use the usb image also with embedded boards and Compact Flash cards (they behave like /dev/hda usually).

Install the USB .iso to a hard drive

The same principle applies. You copy the "image" to you hard drive using dd. In order to do this you typically need to put the USB version of Webconverger into debug mode (remove nosudo from boot). Or boot with an Ubuntu Live CD and image from there to your hard drive (typically dd if=webc.iso of=/dev/sda). Apologies for not providing a GUI at this point in time.

Booting your USB stick

Different machines have different ways of Entering the boot menu. However it's usually the [Esc], [F8] or [F11] key or at least configurable in the BIOS menu.

Appending arguments to boot loader

When the bootloader initially loads, you'll have a few seconds to type in something at the toboot: prompt. For example to get boot with i18n French support simply add:

live locale=fr

Hacking the USB boot

Plug your Webconverger USB stick in and mount the USB stick, for e.g.:

x61:~% sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb

Edit the live.cfg. Alter elements like the homepage.

x61:/mnt/usb% sudo vim syslinux/live.cfg

Unmount and boot up your system:

x61:/mnt/usb% cd
x61:~% sudo umount /mnt/usb