[SoaS] [SugarClone] -was Re: You scream, I scream, ...

[Thomas C Gilliard]

Fred;

Tested Your new SugarClone script.

It works fine.

* Used on 4GB USB Firefly*:
./livecd-iso-to-disk  --format --reset-mbr --overlay-size-mb 2000 
/home/robert/Desktop/soas-i386-20100421.18.iso /dev/sd(*)
* Removed and then reinserted USB in Ubuntu 9.04
* Copy/Paste 2 scripts to opened USB on Desktop:
    modified_livecd-iso-to-disk
    SugarClone
*Inserted and booted USB on Acer Aspire One
    su
    /mnt/live/SugarClone

found Target USB and made clone sucessfully.

Note:
Boot Screen no longer appears (Plymouth?)
(I just get horizontal bars >f13)
I am not sure that this is an improvement....(I liked the Boot Screen)

QUESTION:
Do I need the modified_livecd-iso-to-disk script with this new version 
to be on the USB?

ONE PROBLEM on Acer Aspire One:
"Turns out the SD adapter uses the PCIe bus"
and is not recognized by Sugar or your Scripts
SD only is seen if mounted in a Lexar SD to USB adapter....

Can this be fixed, is it worth it, as SD cannot boot anyway?

* On a EeePC900 with the same USB and SD the SD is seen and the 
script(s) work.

They are a GREAT improvement!

Thanks

Tom Gilliard
satellit







> One problem with acer aspire one:
>
> It will not boot from an SD slot (see notes below), but works well 
> with a USB.
> My lexar SD to USB adapter lets an SD boot but then it sticks out the 
> side. : /
>
> This works on the EeePc900 as SD is on the USB bus...
>
> Tom Gilliard
> satellit
> =============================
> Can the Acer one boot from the SD storage slot?
> .......................................
> I see no evidence with european or north american models of the 
> ability to boot from SD readers. There is no mention of this feature 
> in any BIOS
> release notes. I am running the latest BIOS available to canadian 
> modles v3009. v3114 is the latest for european. Neither mention SD 
> boot in release notes nor does my v3009 give any SD boot options of 
> any kind with cards in either slot. Nor is the GRUB bootloader able to 
> access SD cards (afaik) =D
> .......................................
> Turns out the SD adapter uses the PCIe bus and the BIOS only supports 
> booting directly from USB devices 


Frederick Grose wrote:
> Not yet final, but ready for more testing is a new version of SugarClone,
> http://people.sugarlabs.org/fgrose/SugarClone.
>
> New:
>
> 1. Reduced the previous 2 scripts to 1 bundle for more convenient,
>    single-file distribution. (It expands on execution to run the device
>    selection script and then, the modified_livecd-iso-to-disk
>    installation script.)
>
> 2. Updates the boot screen title and 'About my Computer' build
>    information with SugarClone build information from the source image
>    and the Sugar Learner account name.  (Leaves the source files
>    unmodified.)
>
> 3. Provides more auditing of inputs (more code paths tested).
>
>
> Test Usage:
>
> 1. Before booting the SoaS device that will be the source of the new
>    SugarClone, copy the SugarClone script to the root '/' folder at
>    the base of the filesystem (not the /root folder).
>
> 2. Boot the USB stick into SoaS and insert a second USB device into the
>    computer running that SoaS image.
>
> 3. In the Terminal Activity of that running SoaS image, enter the
>    command,
>
>       /mnt/live/SugarClone
>
> If there is more than one USB/SD storage device available, a menu of the
> devices will appear for selection of the target device.
>
> The scripts will copy the currently running image to the target device.
> When that device is booted, a new, Sugar Learner sign-in will be
> triggered.  The previously customized Journal and operating system will
> be present on the SugarClone image.
>
> On a running LiveOS image, the root folder of the USB/SD device is
> available at the /mnt/live mount point.  The SugarClone script
> could be obtained (assuming Internet connectivity) as follows:
>
> 1. In the Terminal Activity, change the working directory:
>
>    cd /mnt/live
>
> 2. wget http://people.sugarlabs.org/fgrose/SugarClone
>
> 3. chmod +x SugarClone
>
>
> See http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Sugar_Clone for more
> information.
>
>
> Notes:
>
> The SugarClone bundle was prepared with the bundle script
> (at .../fgrose/bundle).
>
> The older scripts are renamed with a date suffix.
>
> Embedded help, which describes the script and its usage in more detail,
> is available (just after the stock header) in the script file.
>
>            --Fred
>
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