[Bugs] #598 UNSP: Boot Helper Virtual Machine

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#598: Boot Helper Virtual Machine
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    Reporter:  CarolineM                  |          Owner:  sdz                        
        Type:  defect                     |         Status:  new                        
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team
   Component:  SoaS                       |        Version:  Unspecified                
    Severity:  Blocker                    |       Keywords:                             
Distribution:  Unspecified                |   Status_field:  Unconfirmed                
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 We have computers in computer labs at Schools and we want each student to
 have their own Sugar, with their Journal and their data.

 One way to accomplish this is to install some variety of virtual machine
 that works like the Boot Helper CD. That is it starts the boot but it
 looks to the USB for identity and files.

 Currently for our Boston Pilots we need this for.

 Windows 2000
 MacOSX

 I am listing this as a blocker because if we could get this to work it
 would be a huge step towards getting kids using Sugar at the GPA School.
 http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/GPA

 Note that in this case we have access to the machines so we can manually
 install anything. We do not necessarily need the same solution for both
 OSes. We don't necessarily need one-click easy install.

 Also note that the student Mac Laptops do not have parallels software.
 Teachers do, but the new student laptop cart does not.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/598>
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