Difference between pages "Read e-books with Linux" and "Install Linux on a USB disk with Unetbootin"

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If you want to read your Amazon e-books with Linux and google for it you will find some misleading information. I have gone through it and describe it here for you.
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UNetBootIn allows you to [[create a bootable USB disk]] from the network or from a bootable CD, DVD, harddisk or image. Here is how you do it:
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* download unetbootin from http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net
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* FBReader does not even let me enter my Amazon credentials, and I cannot read my e-books.
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* [[install]] some dependencies, in this case for SUSE Linux:
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yast -i libpng12-0-32bit p7zip
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However I was able to read Amazon e-books with Linux on 2013-10-25 with SUSE Linux 12.2:
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* [[open a console]], make the downloaded file executable, e.g.:
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cd
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* went to http://www.amazon.com and get some free e-books.
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cd Downloads
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* downloaded their [http://www.amazon.de/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_w7_ln_ar?docId=1000487353 Kindle reader for Windows]
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chmod 777 unetbootin-linux-575
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* deleted the old version of the Windows Emulator [[wine]] from my computer. To do this, [[open a console]] and type
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* [[open a console]] as root and clear your syslog:
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  rpm -e wine wine-32bit wine-mp3
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  dmesg -c
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* I knew that I have a 64bit computer. If you do not know, [[find out if your system is 64bit or 32bit]]
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* insert your USB stick
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* downloaded wine 1.7.4 and wine-32bit 1.7.4 for SUSE Linux from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_12.2/x86_64/
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* find out what device has been attached by reading the syslog, e.g.:
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* and wine-gecko from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_12.2/noarch/
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# dmesg
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* Then installed it:
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[22005.395073] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
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  rpm -ivh wine-1.7.4-290.1.x86_64.rpm wine-gecko-2.24-43.1.noarch.rpm wine-32bit-1.7.4-290.1.x86_64.rpm
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  [22005.397312] sd 9:0:0:0: [sd''i''] 15858688 512-byte logical blocks: (8.11 GB/7.56 GiB)
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* Now you start the reader's installation:
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: in this case an 8 GB USB stick has been inserted and become known as ''/dev/sdi''
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wine Downloads/KindleForPC-installer.exe
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* start unetbootin:
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* And start the reader:
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  cd
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  cd .wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Amazon/Kindle
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  cd Downloads
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  wine Kindle.exe
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./unetbootin-linux-575
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* select which distribution you want to have installed on what disk:
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= See also =
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[[File:unetbootin.png]]
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* [[winE]]
 

Revision as of 14:36, 1 November 2013

UNetBootIn allows you to create a bootable USB disk from the network or from a bootable CD, DVD, harddisk or image. Here is how you do it: 

yast -i libpng12-0-32bit p7zip

cd
cd Downloads
chmod 777 unetbootin-linux-575 

dmesg -c
  • insert your USB stick
  • find out what device has been attached by reading the syslog, e.g.:
# dmesg
[22005.395073] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
[22005.397312] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdi] 15858688 512-byte logical blocks: (8.11 GB/7.56 GiB)
in this case an 8 GB USB stick has been inserted and become known as /dev/sdi
  • start unetbootin:
cd
cd Downloads
./unetbootin-linux-575
  • select which distribution you want to have installed on what disk:

Unetbootin.png

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