<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Raffael Reichelt wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:AANLkTimRpaqqZzbNyhQmrLzgfAdLbKfJ4FvFZuCULViB@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">2010/11/25 Thomas C Gilliard <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:satellit@bendbroadband.com"><satellit@bendbroadband.com></a> </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">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 [ <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/3.2.10/VirtualBox-3.2.10-66523-OSX.dmgVirtualBox-3.2.10-66523-OSX.dmg">http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/3.2.10/VirtualBox-3.2.10-66523-OSX.dmgVirtualBox-3.2.10-66523-OSX.dmg</a>] installed on your Mac. See: [ <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="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">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</a>] 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 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Mac_OS_X-Boot_USB_with_Virtualbox#Prebuilt_Soas-v3-Mirabelle_4GB_Appliance">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Mac_OS_X-Boot_USB_with_Virtualbox#Prebuilt_Soas-v3-Mirabelle_4GB_Appliance</a> Thomas Gilliard satellit _______________________________________________ SoaS mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org">SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> Raffael; Here are the specs I used: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Soas-v3-Mirabelle_no_firstboot.tar.bz2">http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Soas-v3-Mirabelle_no_firstboot.tar.bz2</a> ->*Root Password=sugarroot*<_ Expanded and copied 8 files to USB* Built on this site: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.easyvmx.com/">http://www.easyvmx.com/</a> CD <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-3-mirabelle.iso">http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-3-mirabelle.iso</a> 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 <blockquote cite="mid:AANLkTimRpaqqZzbNyhQmrLzgfAdLbKfJ4FvFZuCULViB@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">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. </pre> <pre wrap=""> <hr size="4" width="90%"> _______________________________________________ SoaS mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org">SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>