[IAEP] [SoaS] the 4 GB USB containing Soas-v3-Mirabelle appliance can be run interchangeably on a PC or a mac with VMPlayer or Virtualbox

[Thomas C Gilliard]

Raffael Reichelt wrote:
> 2010/11/25 Thomas C Gilliard <satellit at bendbroadband.com>
>
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>> Running Soas files on a 2nd USB in Virtualbox 3.2 installed on the MacBook
>> Air
>> : In VirtualBox Make a "new" Virtualbox appliance where you specify the
>> existing vmdk file on the 2nd USB as the Hard Disk.
>>
>> NOTE the same 4 GB USB; 2nd USB containing the students appliance files
>> runs interchagably in BOTH VMPlayer and Virtualbox on Mac and PC.s
>>
>> This a very simple solution with [
>> http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/3.2.10/VirtualBox-3.2.10-66523-OSX.dmgVirtualBox-3.2.10-66523-OSX.dmg] installed on your Mac.
>>
>> See: [
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Mac_OS_X-Boot_USB_with_Virtualbox#Soas-v3_Mirabelle_virtualbox_files_to_put_on_2nd_USBSoas-v3_Mirabelle_virtualbox_files_to_put_on_2nd_USB]
>>
>> I just discovered the great feature that the 4 GB USB containing
>> Soas-v3-Mirabelle can be run interchangeably on a PC or a mac with either
>> VMPlayer or Virtualbox.
>> This may be why Virtualbox 3.2 now allows multiple expanding HD of 2 Gb
>> slices.
>> :: TESTED ON:
>> :: Acer Aspire One Netbook Ubuntu 9.10 Virtualbox
>> :: MacBook Air OSX Virtualbox
>> :: Dell 520n Dektop PC Ubuntu 9.04 VMPlayer
>>
>>
>> This means that the student has his individual copy of Soas on the USB
>> stick and can open it on multiple computers and operating systems. This is
>> not a live image but a full install to a virtual Harddisk. It should be much
>> more robust. Plus the stick's contents can be copied any time as a backup.
>> The application goes thru firstboot with the student's name and password
>> required to access it.
>>
>> I think that this may be the solution we have been looking for.
>>
>> A compressed version of the Soas-v3 Appliance (before firstboot) is
>> downloadable from
>>
>>
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Mac_OS_X-Boot_USB_with_Virtualbox#Prebuilt_Soas-v3-Mirabelle_4GB_Appliance
>>
>> Thomas Gilliard
>> satellit
>>
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Raffael;

Here are the specs I used:

http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Soas-v3-Mirabelle_no_firstboot.tar.bz2

->*Root Password=sugarroot*<_

Expanded and copied 8 files to USB*
Built on this site:
http://www.easyvmx.com/

CD
http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-3-mirabelle.iso

Used Soas-v3-Mirabelle CD in VMplayer to install:
   Used liveinst in sugar-root terminal

USB*
Soas-v3-Mirabelle.vmx (on 4GB Firefly USB)
Formatted fat 16
Label=MIRABELLE
Specs:
Other Linux  2.6.x kernel
Workstation 6.0 virtual machine
512 MB
1 Processor
4.7 GB HD
CD/DVD (IDE) Auto Detect
Network Adapter NAT

Oracle Virtualbox 3.2.10 r66523 for OSX
settings:
OS: Linux/fedora
512 Base Memory
12 MB Video Memory
Storage:Soas-v3-Mirabelle.vmdk
Slot SATA Port 0
 Attached to Soas-v3-on 2nd USB
Network Adapter 1 enabled NAT

Works fine here.

thanks for testing!

Tom Gilliard
satellit


> I tried it on my MacBookAir, OSX 10.6.5, VirtualBox 3.2.10 and it needed
> about 3 times booting undtil it worked (crashes during firstboot and logon).
> One Problem is there is a root password set and my user is not in sudoers.
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