Updating to latest version

I'm running 2.4.6 currently, and can't get the mill and computer to talk to each other.

Downloaded the latest version and want to build a live install (Do we still do that?)

Currently my DVD writer seems to work fine on CDs, but not on DVDs. So suppose I need to get a new reader/writer and install in.

In the interim, I'd like to make a live USB memory stick, but can't seem to find instructions to do so. Any help?

Thanks

Tom

I'm going to go try this on my Linux machine now.

But although the instructions are there for making a DVD on a Windows machine, there seem to be no instructions for creating the memory stick on a Windows machine. Any chance of someone adding this one item?

Tom

Trying to generate a live memory stick. Went through the "dmesg" info, and it appears that my memory stick is showing up as "sda". Am I reading this right?

But when I finally got the .iso moved into the home directory and asked for the "dd", I got a "Permission denied" message.

What am I doing wrong?

Here's part of the terminal output:

[ 363.344771] usb 1-1.2: USB disconnect, address 4
[ 374.289600] usb 1-1.2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
[ 374.386509] usb 1-1.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 374.386637] scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[ 374.386726] usb-storage: device found at 5
[ 374.386727] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 379.384219] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 379.476810] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access Kingston DataTraveler G3 PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[ 379.477178] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[ 379.895281] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] 7669824 512-byte logical blocks: (3.92 GB/3.65 GiB)
[ 379.895777] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 379.895787] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
[ 379.895789] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 379.898147] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 379.898152] sda: sda1
[ 379.913139] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 379.913141] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
tom@tom-server:~$ dd if=linuxcnc-2.7-wheezy.iso of=/dev/sda
dd: opening `/dev/sda': Permission denied

Thanks. Nice to get a quick reply like that. I'm also looking at installing a tinyG, and it takes me a day or two to get an answer on their forum.

Wish I used Linux more often. I maintain several Linux based web sites, so remember the basics, but have never had to use "sudo" or many of those other commands there. In fact, they are probably blocked by the admin.

Big change being my own admin at home.