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Run PirateBox on your Laptop from USB [Linux PirateBoxLive]B)-

[color=#FF0000]##### [b][size=x-large]PirateBoxLive[/size][/b] ######[/color] Don't want to mess up your computer trying to install PirateBox on it? Want to be able to switch between PirateBox and Your normal OS? Don't want anything related to PirateBox on your actual harddrive? Still want Windows as your normal operating system? Try PirateBoxLive Salesmanship aside PirateBoxLive is a liveCD / liveUSB version of PirateBox with everything you need including Pre-installed scripts (By Matthias Strubel) and PirateBoxManager (By Cale Black) ____________ ___________________________| Instructions |___________________________ ### Windows ### ### It is suggested you print these instructions because you will have to do most of this offline ### Step 1: Download and Install [url=http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/]UnetBootin[/url] Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install unetbootin Arch: sudo pacman -S unetbootin etc. [img]http://i.imgur.com/ZbIFq.png[/img] ##### Step 2: Download the latest version of PirateBoxLive [url=https://github.com/terrorbyte/PirateBoxLive/raw/master/pirateboxlive.iso.torrent]from this torrent[/url] or from [url=https://github.com/terrorbyte/PirateBoxLive]GitHub[/url] ##### Step 3: Select the ISO radio button and click browse. Select the pirateboxlive.iso you downloaded. And select the drive your USB stick is in. [img]http://i.imgur.com/LA00m.png[/img] ##### Step 4: When it is finished click reboot. ##### Step 5: When your BIOS pops up hit the setup or configure key (normally F2 or Delete) Step 6: Go to Boot (or Hard Drive Boot or Boot Sequence) Step 7: Set the boot order to boot from USB drive first instead of hard drive (You may have to specifically select the USB device you have plugged in. #Having issues with these steps?: More info can be found [url=http://pcsupport.about.com/od/tipstricks/ht/bootusbflash.htm]here[/url], [url=http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ss/bootorderchange.htm]here[/url], and [url=http://www.instructables.com/id/Boot-and-Run-Ubuntu-from-a-Flash-Drive/step2/Changing-BIOS-Boot-Order/]here[/url] Step 8: Reboot ##### Step 9: It will boot into an Ubuntu distro and automatically log in and you should see this: [img]http://i.imgur.com/9xeOq.png[/img] ##### Step 10: Click the terminal icon next to the Firefox icon and a command line will pop up like this: [img]http://i.imgur.com/a8DhF.png[/img] ##### Step 11: Type in command line "PirateBoxManager" [u][b][i][color=#FF0000]*without parentheses*[/color][/i][/b][/u] and than hit enter. This is what your screen will look like: [img]http://i.imgur.com/rPDHq.png[/img] ##### Step 12: Select option 1 by typing "1" [u][b][i][color=#FF0000]*without parentheses*[/color][/i][/b][/u] and hitting enter. This is what your screen will look like: [img]http://i.imgur.com/eFbLt.png[/img] ##### [b][color=#FF0000][size=medium]CONGRATULATIONS![/size][/color][/b] You now have PirateBox running! Feel free to play around with any of the options on PirateBoxManager (Built by me using Matthias's scripts) Some of these include: Start PirateBox: Starts PirateBox [color=#FF0000]#When PirateBox is running you cannot join other networks / connect to the internet#[/color] Stop PirateBox: Stops PirateBox and allows you to connect to other networks Manage Files: Opens up a file browser of the Share folder in PirateBox for you to delete / add things Just Download the Scripts: Requires you to connect to the internet (not recommended for most users) Config: A sub menu for quickly changing settings. It also has an option to clear the share folder ##### Also, now when you run First Setup it copies shortcuts to start and stop piratebox to the desktop that means that you can stop and start PirateBox just as easy as 2 clicks! ##### Note: When you reboot into the USB drive you will have to run First Setup on PirateBoxManagers' options due to the fact that non of your changes will persist (This is the nature of LiveCD / USB) Although I am working on seeing if I can make a persistent version that saves all of your changes and even files (as long as the drive is large enough) ##### 12 Easy steps is now all it takes to get PirateBox for most laptop users now B)- A big shout out to Matthias Strubel who is the reason this got done :)-D And another shout out to the rest of the PirateBox community who has gotten this to where it is. Who's awesome? You are. Any Comments, Concerns, Criticisms, Suggestions, Fixes, etc. Please post them below.

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