[SoaS] Mirabelle on VirtualBox - need Pippy!

[Thomas C Gilliard]

I did not think the OSE version of VB supported USB's! 

That is why I recommended the Sun/Oracle version 

Enjoy;

Tom Gilliard
satellit




root=sugarroot
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===This is a Virtualbox Appliance of soas-3-Mirrabelle(RC3)===
updated 5/19/2010

questions:
satellit on #sugar freenode IRC

 >>>>>Appliance root password:

 >>>>>>root=sugarroot

This appliance is ready to run "firstboot" (agree/user name/password/tz/etc)

* installed with liveinst(Anaconda) to 8GB Virtual Disk in 2GB slices

Download these 3 files:

http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-v3-Mirabelle.mf
http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-v3-Mirabelle.ovf
http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-v3-Mirabelle.vmdk

*Start Sun Virtualbox ( I used: Version 3.1.5 r59339 for export)

Top Left Corner of window:<file><Import Appliance>

<Choose> (to find 3 downloaded files you just downloaded )

select: soas-v3-Mirabelle.ovf
<Appliance Import Settings> Window appears:
*Correct line: "Guest OS Type" to OS:linux Version:fedora (click on 
Other/unknown it is a dropdown box)
*Agree to GPL license
*<Import>

*start sugar

----To Install Sun Virtualbox-------------------
Sun Virtualbox:
available free.(You do need to accept sun's license to do download)

Download:

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

*Choose your OS Version
(OSX, Windows, Linux, other.)
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From:
http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-v3-MirabelleREADME_FIRST.txt

Mark Hoel wrote:
> Gents,
>
> Thanks so much for your prompt and helpful replies. I used the Browser approach 
> and I now have Pippy on my VirtualBox Sugar.
>
> However, I did find two other problems:
>
> 1. What is the superuser (su) password ... I can't do a yum install without 
> being superuser
> 2. No USB icon is displayed. I tried both USB slots (both work in native MacOS)
>
> Any idea how I can fix these two issues?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pbrobinson at gmail.com [mailto:pbrobinson at gmail.com]
> Sent: Sun 8/22/2010 11:25 AM
> To: Development of live Sugar distributions
> Cc: Mark Hoel
> Subject: Re: [SoaS] Mirabelle on VirtualBox - need Pippy!
>
> The easiest way to get pippy is to install it using
>
> "yum install -y sugar-pippy"
>
> which will install the latest supported version.
>
> Peter
>
> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Thomas C Gilliard
> <satellit at bendbroadband.com> wrote:
>  > Mark;
>  >
>  > Here are several ways to get Pippy into Mirabelle:
>  >
>  > 1-)In sugar browse:
>  >  (Download it and it will install automatically )
>  > http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/downloads/file/27001/pippy-37.xo
>  > http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/
>  >
>  > 2-)Drag-Drop Install;
>  >  Download the .xo file to a USB stick from here outside of sugar:
>  >  (Then start sugar and insert the stick.
>  >  Install it from the 2nd USB stick by dragging it from usb stick to
>  > journal in left bottom of sugar window)
>  >  http://download.sugarlabs.org/activities/4041/
>  >
>  > A Listing of most available compatible activities is located here:
>  > 
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Soas_V4/ASLOxo_Activity_Test_Table#Activity_Test_Results
>  >
>  >
>  > You can use a USB stick to transfer files to your MAC HD.
>  > Drag-drop items from the Journal to an inserted USB and then Insert it
>  > in the Mac and transfer the files, works both ways.
>  > (Dragging to a USB does an automatic translation of the journal files to
>  > ones you can access)
>  >
>  > Cordially;
>  >
>  > Tom Gilliard
>  > satellit
>  > freenode IRC #sugar
>  >
>  >
>  > Mark Hoel wrote:
>  >> Hi Tom,
>  >>
>  >> Thank you so much for your work on Mirabelle, especially creating the appliance
>  >> to upload it onto VirtualBox. I am a teacher of a grade 9 class and I have to
>  >> get 70 boys to put Sugar on their Macs this September, so you have been a 
> big help.
>  >>
>  >> Unfortunately, the students need Pippy and Mirabelle doesn't have it. Also, how
>  >> can I access my Mac HD from Sugar or a USB drive?
>  >>
>  >> Any additional help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
>  >>
>  >> I am part of this initiative:
>  >> http://www.olpcnews.com/use_cases/education/twinning_canadian_and_kenyan_s.html
>  >>
>  >> Thanks,
>  >>
>  >> Mark
>  >>
>  >> Mark Hoel
>  >> Upper Canada College
>  >> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
>  >>
>  >>
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