[IAEP] Sugar on MacBook...still no go

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 24.04.2009, at 07:41, Caryl Bigenho wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I tried all sorts of things with the file that I have downloaded  
> twice now. I seem to be able to unzip it, but it converts to .vdi  
> and when I click on it to open it, this is the message I get:
>
> The document “soas-beta-1.vdi” could not be opened. The file is too  
> large.
>
> This is the file that is supposed to have everything needed in one  
> neat package that "lives" on the MacBook. It isn't supposed to be a  
> "document."

You seem to have overlooked my response on what to do with the .vdi  
file. It's *not* as simple as double-clicking yet, but simpler than  
most of the other methods. Note that it will *only* run on one a Mac  
with Intel processor, not on a G4.

> Is there a secret to unzipping this thing so it can be used?

No, simply unzipping is fine.

> Is there a way to open the .vdi file and run Sugar?

Yes, you need to use it in VirtualBox. I replied yesterday with a step- 
by-step procedure:

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>
> Date: 23. April 2009 13:15:38 MESZ
> To: Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com>
> Cc: IAEP SugarLabs <iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] .zip turned into .vdi What now?
>
> On 23.04.2009, at 08:14, Caryl Bigenho wrote:
>
>> Hello Again,
>>
>> Still trying to get SoaS going on my MacBook.  I downloaded the  
>> soas-beta-1.zip.  It took a long time (almost 2 hrs on dsl).
>
> It's big, 350 MB.  So 2 hours would indicate a download speed of 400  
> kbit/sec.  Depending on what DSL speed you pay for that might well  
> be as fast as it goes.
>
> http://compnetworking.about.com/od/dsldigitalsubscriberline/f/dslspeed.htm
>
> On my DSL (6000 kbit/sec) it still took 9 minutes.
>
>>   I finally had time to look at it and try to use it and discovered  
>> that it no longer is a zip file. Somehow it turned into "soas- 
>> beta-1.vdi"
>>
>> Was that supposed to happen? What do I do with it now?  It is  
>> asking what application I want to use to open it.  The file is the  
>> same size as the zip file (357 MB) so it looks like the same  
>> file...just with a different extension.  Is there a way to change  
>> it back?
>
> It's fine. The .zip contains a single file named .vdi so it is  
> uncompressed automatically. "VDI" means "Virtualbox Disk" I guess.
>
> After downloading, run VirtualBox.
> Click "New" to open the "New Virtual Machine Wizard". Click "Next".
> Choose a name ("SoaS"), OS ("Linux"), Version ("Fedora"). Click  
> "Next".
> Choose the memory (256 MB is fine). Click "Next".
> Choose the disk: click "Existing...". The "Virtual Media Manager"  
> opens. Click "Add". Find "soas-beta-1.vdi", click "Open", then  
> "Select", then "Next".
> Click "Finish". You're done!
>
> Now whenever you run VirtualBox, just choose "SoaS" from the list  
> and click "Start" to run it. Don't worry if it appears to hang after  
> writing something about "loading initrd0.img", it will continue  
> eventually.
>
> Note that VirtualBox "captures" your mouse pointer, to "escape",  
> press the left Cmd key.
>
> Have fun with SoaS on your Mac :)
>
> - Bert -
>
>


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