Webconverger wiki/ usb

If you have issues following the instructions below, you can purchase physical media with the free Webconverger imaged to the stick from OSDisc.

Webconverger on an HP

.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 using 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.

You can follow the USB imaging guide from Ubuntu, from ArchLinux, or follow the steps beneath. (Roadkil's Disk Image it is a more lightweight and flexible alternative to Win32 Disk Imager.)

  1. Download Win32 Disk Imager zip and unpack it.
  2. Download the iso-file.
  3. Start Win32DiskImager as administrator (right click …).
  4. Select the iso-file as source (click the folder icon, and write *.iso in the path to be able to select the iso-file).
  5. Select the USB-Stick as target device.
  6. Click write.

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-9.0.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 BIOS boot menu. However it's usually the [Esc], [F8] or [F12] key or at least configurable in the BIOS menu.