[IAEP] How to load onto Ubuntu netbook

[Walter Bender]

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Kathy Pusztavari
<kathy at kathyandcalvin.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I got the beta version to work on my PC (Dell Dimension 9200).  Works great
> (and super fast) but I have a couple of newbie questions:
>
> 1.  If I want to add an activity (Turtle Typing), is that possible?

Depending upon which Beta you have, just use activities.sugarlabs.org
to download and install new activities. But Turtle Typing should be
already included, but perhaps not starred in the List View?

>
> 2. I noticed that when looking at the thumb drive you don't see the actual
> directory structure.  Does it set up a virtual directory structure upon
> booting?
>
> 3. Once booted, can I simply copy over the Turtle Typing directory structure
> into the virtual area?  I suspect this would need to be done each time it is
> booted but I'm just wondering.  I can see another thumb drives with the
> typing turles files on it...
>
>
> Now onto another question.  Stop me if I'm not asking in the right place.
>
> I tried to load onto a Dell Inspiron 910 netbook that came loaded with
> Ubuntu.  I created the 2 gig thumbdrive SoaS beta on an XP machine.  When I
> used the Fedora Live USB Creator, I wasn't sure from the instructions what
> to choose in the pull down titled "Download Fedora".  I'm not sure that is
> even required that you choose something there if you click on "Browse" and
> use the SoaS beta .iso.
>
> Questions:
>
> 1. Can I create the thumbdrive on an XP - not boot on the XP but directly
> try to boot it on the Ubuntu Dell netbook?  I tried that and it will not
> boot. (yes, I changed the boot sequence to boot on USB).

The most recent version of the USB Creator lets you access the Sugar
Beta from the pull-down menu on the upper-right of the window. But you
may well want to down load the image and use the Browse functionality
as per earlier versions. (In my experience it is faster and it lets
you make multiple copies.) Don't forget to allocate some persistent
storage.

Once you have made the SoaS USB, it should work on any computer,
although the Beta is known to be finicky.

>
> 2. Do I have to create the thumbdrive on the Ubuntu netbook using the
> instructions for Linux. I suck at Linux so I'm trying to avoid that as I'm
> not sure it has all required packages and I'm trying not to mess with the
> machine as it's not mine.

No. The image you create on XP should work everywhere. If it doesn't,
perhaps try a different brand of USB. Not sure why that matters, but
it seems to. (I have had good luck with SanDisk for some reason.)

>
> 3. Has anyone else successfully gotten a thumbdrive to boot on this
> particular Dell Inspiron 910 netbook running Ubuntu?
>
> 4. Should I try to create a bootable SD card instead?
>
> Overall I have only two questions that have been answered but hasn't gotten
> through my thick skull.
>
> 1. I realize that using Fedora 11 is part of SoaS-2 but is there an actual
> different SoaS .iso in the making for version 2 or is simply using the
> current beta of SoaS and loading it on Fedora 11 (using the Download Fedora
> on the right side of the Live USB Creator) automatically making it a SoaS-2
> version.
>

The base system of SoaS-2 is F11. For SoaS-1, it is F10. The system
used to create the USBs is not relevant, although the F9-based helper
CD didn't work for SoaS-2. The new helper CD is based on F10.

> 2. What are the various "Download Fedora" options?   What is an i686?  When
> should the Sugar on a Stick option be used?  I think this is a case of too
> many options and a newbie so sorry about that.

You should just use the SoaS Beta. The rest of the options are not
relevant in this use case.

> Sorry to be a bother and thanks for any help,

Not a bother.

>
> Kathy
>
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