Software Installation

Inveneo uses Clonezilla to clone hubs and communication/computing stations. Inveneo has created images of bootable 1 GB USB stick with Clonezilla and various operating systems. These images can be downloaded and copied to a 1 GB USB stick to reimage a communication/computing station. If you do not have the bandwidth to download the images, you can create your own Clonezilla boot stick and copy the operating system from a communication/computing station.

Inveneo Linux 1
You must have a 256MB or larger USB stick.

Note: PDF viewer does not work in Inveneo Linux 1.0.2

Inveneo Linux 2
You must have a 1GB or larger USB stick.

Instructions for Unix/Linux users
In a terminal window:
 * 1) Uncompress the file
 * 2) *> bunzip2 [file name]
 * 3) Check the location of your 1GB USB stick
 * 4) *> dmesg
 * 5) Copy the file from your hard drive to your 1GB USB stick
 * 6) *> dd if=[file name] of=[location of USB stick] bs=4096
 * 7) ** for example: if=/users/inveneo/inveneo-desktop-linux-2.0.1-installer-40g.ddimg of=/dev/sdb bs=4096
 * 8) ** /dev/sdb is an example of a location of a USB stick. It may vary depending on which OS you use.  Check the location of your USB stick using "dmesg" command.
 * 9) **Make sure you specify the entire USB stick and not just a partition on the USB stick.
 * 10) **CAUTION dd is a low level program. If you specify the wrong drive, it has the potential to erase everything.

Instructions for Windows users

 * 1) Download and install 7zip
 * 2) Uncompress the file with 7zip to c:\ (not in a folder, but on the top level)
 * 3) Insert the 1GB USB stick into the computer
 * 4) Download a dd program like [PhysDiskWrite]. Unzip and place the file at c:\physdiskwrite.exe
 * 5) Open a command line prompt
 * 6) *> cd c:\
 * 7) *> physdiskwrite.exe [file name]
 * 8) ** for example: physdiskwrite.exe c:\inveneo-desktop-linux-2.0.1-installer-40g.ddimg
 * 9) * The program will list the physical drives on your computer. It is VERY important determine which is your internal hard drive and which drive is the USB stick.  Typically the first drive is your internal hard drive.  If you have partitions or multiple hard drives, they will be listed in order.
 * 10) * Which disk do you want to write to? [enter number]
 * 11) ** Make sure you select the correct number or else you can erase your internal hard drive.
 * 12) * About to overwrite the contents of disk [number] with new data. Proceed? [y]

Installing an OS Image from USB Stick to Communication/Computing Station
Once you have downloaded and copied the Inveneo USB stick image, follow these instruction to use Clonezilla.


 * 1) Check the boot order in the BIOS. USB-HDD0 should be the first device.
 * 2) Boot from USB stick with Clonezilla
 * 3) Select the language of your choice
 * 4) For keyboard choice, use default - Don't touch keymap
 * 5) Select Start_Clonezilla
 * 6) Select device-image
 * 7) Select skip using the space bar
 * 8) Select restoredisk
 * 9) Select -g auto, -nogui, -c and -j0
 * 10) Use the default settings for the next two screens
 * 11) "y" twice

Note: The image must be saved in /home/partimages/ for this process to work correctly. Inveneo Linux is small enough to fit on the same 1GB USB stick as Clonezilla