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| ==== 2. Preparing the USB device ==== | ==== 2. Preparing the USB device ==== | ||
| Getting the device ready for deployment is not trivial in Leopard, as the OS mounts it to the desktop and the context menu removes it from the system. These few steps will prepare the USB device for deployment: | Getting the device ready for deployment is not trivial in Leopard, as the OS mounts it to the desktop and the context menu removes it from the system. These few steps will prepare the USB device for deployment: | ||
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| - Select the partition(s) in the device and click the "unmount" button from the toolbar | - Select the partition(s) in the device and click the "unmount" button from the toolbar | ||
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| - | - Now the device is ready, but firs you need to identify your device. Select the USB device from the left menu and click the "info" button from the toolbar. | + | - Now the device is ready, but first you need to identify your device. Select the USB device from the left menu and click the "info" button from the toolbar. |
| * The name besides "Disk Identifier" is the one you'll need to locate your device under the ''/dev'' directory | * The name besides "Disk Identifier" is the one you'll need to locate your device under the ''/dev'' directory | ||
| *{{:screenshots:disk_id.png?500|}} | *{{:screenshots:disk_id.png?500|}} | ||
| *In the case depicted above the Disk Identifier is disk1, so the device would be ''/dev/disk1'', that's the device name we'll use for the rest of the tutorial, adapt to whatever your disk identifier is. | *In the case depicted above the Disk Identifier is disk1, so the device would be ''/dev/disk1'', that's the device name we'll use for the rest of the tutorial, adapt to whatever your disk identifier is. | ||
| ==== 3. Deploying BKO ==== | ==== 3. Deploying BKO ==== | ||
| - | To deploy BKO to your USB drive, fire up Terminal and cd to the directory you downloaded it and deploy it by using | + | To deploy BKO to your USB drive, fire up Terminal and cd to the directory where you downloaded it. Deploy it by using |
| dd if=gpxe.usb of=dev/disk1 | dd if=gpxe.usb of=dev/disk1 | ||
| Remember to substitute ''disk1'' for your own disk identifier. | Remember to substitute ''disk1'' for your own disk identifier. | ||
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| ==== 4. Recovering your storage space ==== | ==== 4. Recovering your storage space ==== | ||
| At the moment, your BKO/gPXE should be up and ready, feel free to try it out. Nevertheless you will find that you're using your whole USB drive for a tool that uses barely 2MB of espace. We will be redefining the partition table so we can use the remaining espace. | At the moment, your BKO/gPXE should be up and ready, feel free to try it out. Nevertheless you will find that you're using your whole USB drive for a tool that uses barely 2MB of espace. We will be redefining the partition table so we can use the remaining espace. | ||
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| There is a screenshot of this process below. | There is a screenshot of this process below. | ||
| - | - Launch the fdisk utility by using | + | - From Terminal, launch the fdisk utility in interactive mode by using |
| * <code>fdisk -e /dev/disk1</code> | * <code>fdisk -e /dev/disk1</code> | ||
| - Once fdisk starts, the prompt should look like | - Once fdisk starts, the prompt should look like | ||
