<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 1:27 AM, Caryl Bigenho <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cbigenho@hotmail.com">cbigenho@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> <span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Hi...<div><br></div><div>Well, the soas-boot.iso hasn't worked yet for me. Now I am trying the Virtual Box. I downloaded it and tried to follow the directions and ended up with a message that says:</div> <div><br></div><div>FATAL: Could not read from the boot medium! System halted.</div><div><br></div><div>When I try to set it up it offers the option of installing the Virtual box on SoaS. Should I do this? (Haven't tried it yet I've been putting it on the MacHD as the instructions suggest).</div> <div></div></span></div></blockquote><div><br>You need to install the VirtualBox application on your hard drive. <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><div><br></div><div>Then when it asks where to get the softw<br></div></span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><div>are the option of USB drive isn't there (CD, Hard drive, and floppy are). </div><div></div></span></div></blockquote><div><br>Right you can't boot off the USB with VirtualBox. There is a preconfigured virtualbox file you can use that contains SoaS. <ul><li> Download <a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org/static/soas/soas-beta-1.zip" class="external free" title="http://www.sugarlabs.org/static/soas/soas-beta-1.zip" rel="nofollow">http://www.sugarlabs.org/static/soas/soas-beta-1.zip</a> (dated: 20 April 2009) </li></ul>Once you download that you create a new virtual machine and attach the unzipped file to it following the instructions under Setup a Virtual Machine for Sugar on a Stick.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><div><br></div><div>Remember, I'm a Grannie! There won't be a Grannie's Guide for this until I figure it out and can explain it to someone with not a lot of computer saavy. Help me, and you help all the non-techies of the world! </div> <div></div></span></div></blockquote><div><br>Thanks for testing! We are working towards a one click installer that includes everything you need, but we are not quite there yet.<br><br>Dave <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><div><br></div><div>Getting a bit sleepy...I'll have to come back to this tomorrow.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Caryl</div><div><br></div></span></div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)<br> <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Dave Bauer<br><a href="mailto:dave@solutiongrove.com">dave@solutiongrove.com</a><br> <a href="http://www.solutiongrove.com">http://www.solutiongrove.com</a><br>