[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;

I just built a f14-Desktop 2nd USB using the same method and it boots 
fine on the MacBook Air. I then did "yum groupinstall sugar-desktop" and 
then "yum install sugar-emulator". (took 2 hrs because of the slowness 
of USB)
Now I have a USB that will boot sugar or gnome via the gdm login.

thanks for testing;

Tom Gilliard

Raffael Reichelt wrote:
> 2010/11/25 Thomas C Gilliard <satellit at bendbroadband.com>
>
>   
>> Raffael Reichelt wrote:
>>
>> 2010/11/25 Thomas C Gilliard <satellit at bendbroadband.com> <satellit at bendbroadband.com>
>>
>>    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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>>  Hello Tom!
>>     
>
> Thanks for the root password - I will test a little bit further. Let you
> know then ...
>
> Raffael
>
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