[IAEP] How to load onto Ubuntu netbook

[Kathy Pusztavari]

Walter, you’re brilliant.  I used a Lexar 2 gig and created a stick.  The
Dell booted.  BTW, my ex-husband bought this Dell new for $100 on some weird
special (knowing him it was fatwallet).  He bought 5 of them and made a
nifty profit.

It booted fine.  It doesn't connect wirelessly but LAB (low and behold) it
has a wired port so I hooked it in.  Yep, connects to the internet.  I
downloaded Turtle Typing per Walter.  OMG - it works!  So I got a little
bold and put my custom lesson in there thinking all the lessons would be
lost when I reboot.  I used one of the 3 USB ports and stuck in another
thumb drive with the lessons on it (formatted FAT32) It wasn't lost!  All
lessons were still there when I rebooted the machine.  BTW - it takes 45
seconds to boot on that stupid $100 Dell Inspiron 910.  Looks pretty good
but there are font issues and the screen cuts just a bit off on the bottom
but otherwise very usable. Plus it is about 100 times faster.

I can't stop.  I'm not looking at the neighborhood.  I suspect that doesn't
work but I can't help myself.

Thanks again,

-Kathy

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:iaep-bounces at lists.sugarlabs.org] On Behalf Of Walter Bender
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 9:22 AM
To: Kathy Pusztavari
Cc: IAEP SugarLabs
Subject: Re: [IAEP] How to load onto Ubuntu netbook

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Kathy Pusztavari
<kathy at kathyandcalvin.com> wrote:
> Nevermind - I see now that the Fedora USB Creator says Browse OR Download.
> Duh on my part.
>
> Boy it takes forever to download sometimes....

This is why I recommend downloading the image separately (and subsequently
using the Browse option).

> -Kathy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walter Bender [mailto:walter.bender at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 8:26 AM
> To: Kathy Pusztavari
> Cc: IAEP SugarLabs
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] How to load onto Ubuntu netbook
>
> 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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