How to write a Switchvox USB Install image to a USB drive

How to write a Switchvox USB Install image to a USB drive

Please note that you cannot just 'save' a Switchvox ISO file to a USB and expect it to work, you will have to use the correct Switchvox USB image, in the steps-by-step guides, you should find the link to download the USB disk image. Remember, the Switchvox USB thumb drive used in this process will be completely over-written! All contents of the drive will be lost! Make sure to make a safe back-up of any contents of the drive you wish to keep!

Windows Step-by-step guide

1. Download the Switchvox install and utility image

2. Visit win32diskimager on Sourceforge and click the Download button to download the latest version of the software

3. Install it, approving Administrative access if necessary.

4. Insert a USB stick into the system. Warning, this drive will be completely over-written. Make sure to backup anything important!

5. Download the Switchvox install and utility image, and verify it using the available checksum(s) if possible

6. Launch win32diskimager and approve Administrative access if necessary

   Open

   

• The screen may look slightly different, depending on the version of win32diskimager being used

• No hash is required when writing this image to the USB drive

7. Click the blue folder icon and select the Switchvox install and utility image previously downloaded

   Open

   

8. Click Write and allow the process to complete

9. Remove the pen-drive from the system and it is ready to go!

Linux Step-by-step guide

1. Download the Switchvox install and utility image

2. If the image is contained in a .ZIP file, extract the files from it

3. Verify the checksum(s), using either md5sum, sha1sum, or sha512sum

   md5sum -c switchvox-image-filename.img sha1sum -c switchvox-image-filename.img sha512sum -c switchvox-image-filename.img

4. Insert a USB pen-drive into the system. Warning, this drive will be completely overwritten. Make sure to backup anything important.

5. Make sure that the USB drive is not mounted before proceeding; if it is mounted, run the umount command on the directory it's currently mounted to, e.g.:

   umount /user/media/usbdrive

6. Run the 'dd' utility to write the image to the USB drive (you will need to check the /dev/ directory to determine what its path will be. e.g.  /dev/sdb).

   dd if=switchvox-image-filename.img of=/dev/sdb

   Note: If it doesn't work, you may need to run 'dd' using the sudo command.

7. Once the write has been completed, remove the USB drive from the system and it is ready to go!

Mac Step-by-step guide

1. Download the Switchvox install and utility image

2. If the image is contained in a .ZIP file, extract the files from it

3. Verify the checksum(s), using either md5 or shasum

4. Insert a USB stick into the system. Warning: This drive will be completely overwritten, so make sure to backup anything important

5. Make sure that the USB drive is not mounted before proceeding; if it is mounted, run the 'diskutil unmountDisk' command on the volume (e.g.  disk2) to unmount it:

6. Run the 'dd' utility to write the image to the USB drive (you will need to verify what the path is to that drive; e.g. /dev/disk2)

   Note: If this command fails, try using disk instead of rdisk

7. Once the write process is finished, you can remove the USB drive; it's ready for use.