[IAEP] [sugar] Sugar on Ubuntu LiveUSB is ready

[Caroline Meeks]

Hi David,

I boot up with my USB.
I enter Sugar.
How do I get to "System -> Administration" for Hardy Heron?

On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 12:04 PM, David Van Assche <dvanassche at gmail.com>wrote:

> Actually with the advent of intrepid Ibex, and I believe Hardy Heron
> too, there is a menu option under System -> Administration that says
> create USB startup disk. You choose your iso and choose how much of
> the usb stick u want to use for the OS, and hit create startup disk...
> dont think it could be simpler...
>
> David Van Assche
>
> On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Caroline Meeks
> <caroline at solutiongrove.com> wrote:
> > Ok! I got this to work. thank you Ubuntu developers but talk about
> screwing
> > in your own seat!
> >
> > Is there an easier way to help people create USBs? On SLAX we created a
> zip
> > file then there was a boot file (2 versions actually one for linux and
> one
> > for windows) that is run to make the stick bootable:
> > http://schoolkey.net/wiki/creating-keys
> >
> > Is there a way I can I copy my USB and make the new one bootable so I
> don't
> > have to go through the whole process again?
> >
> > The USB boots up to Sugar, which is what I want. Is there a way for me to
> > also access the underlying Ubuntu?
> >
> >
> >
> > Here is my feedback on making the existing directions more friendly.
> >
> > Download the stock ubuntu-8.04.1-desktop-i386.iso and burn it
> >
> > Yup, I can do this.
> >
> > Boot from this CD and from there, use LiveUSB to copy the system to USB
> > stick (use a stick with 1-2 GB capacity as problems have been reported
> with
> > larger ones)
> >
> > Ok so when you follow this link you eventually end up at this page.
> > http://ppa.launchpad.net/probono/ubuntu/pool/main/l/liveusb/
> >
> > Please provide instructions on exactly what to download. I picked
> > liveusb_0.1.1_all.deb
> > Then also provide instructions on exactly what the user should do to
> install
> > it.  I fumbled around and eventually it opened, but I couldn't actually
> tell
> > someone else how to do it.
> > Then provide instruction on exactly which options to set.  I picked both
> > persistence and flash and the flash ended up giving me an error.
> >
> > If you use the persistence option, you need to replace casper/initrd.gz
> on
> > the stick with the bugfixed initrd.gz provided here.
> >
> > The Casper direction is write protected. Please provide instructions on
> how
> > to deal with that.
> > What is this? Why am I doing it?
> >
> > Add the file sugar.squashfs to the directory casper/ on the USB stick
> >
> > Again the write protection on Casper made this more of a challenge then
> > might be expected.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:19 AM, David Farning <dfarning at sugarlabs.org>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> It looks like our friends at Ubuntu have been hard at work building a
> >> Subuntu live usb.  Simon Peter, also know as probono, has posted
> information
> >> on downloading and building the usb at
> >>
> >> http://dev.laptop.org/~probono/sbuntu/<http://dev.laptop.org/%7Eprobono/sbuntu/>
> >>
> >> Thanks to the Ubuntu SugarTeam for packaging Sugar on Ubuntu and to
> >> Probono for building the sugar.squashfs.
> >>
> >> David
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Caroline Meeks
> > Solution Grove
> > Caroline at SolutionGrove.com
> >
> > 617-500-3488 - Office
> > 505-213-3268 - Fax
> >
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>



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Caroline Meeks
Solution Grove
Caroline at SolutionGrove.com

617-500-3488 - Office
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