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

[Thomas C Gilliard]

I would recommend using Blueberry at this time.

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick

This e-mail was reporting on a new script to use with a beta of the next 
version of Soas v3-Mirabelle.
which is slated to be released in several weeks.

This script allows customization of a live USB stick of Sugar and then 
duplication to multiple copies with the changes a teacher has made to it.
Each clone will ask for a new name and identification color for the 
student's Avitar.

It can be used now on Blueberry-v2-Soas

look at

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Category:Live_USB#Duplicating_SoaS_with_customization
 
for more information.

Cordially;

Tom Gilliard
satellit on IRC freenode #sugar
Bend Oregon



george pope wrote:
> I'm here oin Ghana and though neither a Sugar expert nor teacher I'm
> trying to reccomend SOAS to school friends in Accra.
>
> Is this premature?
>
> george pope
> kokrobite ghana
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Thomas C Gilliard
> <satellit at bendbroadband.com> wrote:
>   
>> Fred:
>>
>> I just tested new script:
>>
>> Several possible problems with  error handling with the new script:
>>
>> 1-) live USB was 4GB tried to write to 2GB USB
>> error :
>>  too small to write, shutdown
>> Inserted new 4GB fat 32 with no  boot flag
>> cd /mnt/live/SugarClone
>> "No such file or directory"
>> Reboot USB and Directory is there.....
>>
>>  2-) live USB was 4GB tried to write to  fat 32 4 GB USB (no boot flag)
>> error:
>>  no boot flag*
>> cd /mnt/live
>> "No such file or directory"
>> Reboot USB and Directory is there.....
>>
>> 3-) live USB was 4GB  write to fat 32 4 GB USB with boot flag set*
>>
>> SugarClone works fine
>>
>>     
>>> It looks like your error shutdown of script leaves the /mnt/live directory
>>> in a changed state....
>>>       
>> "Cleaning up to exit" not totally working<
>>
>> *  your script error instructions for setting boot flag with parted:
>> '......................................
>> # /sbin/parted /dev/sdc
>>  (parted) toggle N boot
>>   (error: "expects partition number")?
>> .......................................
>> I used Gparted on USB externally then retried it and it worked fine.
>>
>> Note: script fails to make bootable USB if it is a SanDisk Cruzer 4GB that
>> has a hidden U3 partition.
>> (only removable in windows if done prior to using it in linux) (I guess it
>> writes grub to wrong place)
>> Gparted does not see this partition at all
>> *These are in Cheap multi-packs at Cosco and may not even be marked that
>> they contain the U3 partition.
>>
>> Script worked great on a normal USB
>>
>> SugarClone is a great Idea!
>>
>> Tom Gilliard
>> satellit
>>
>> Frederick Grose wrote:
>>
>> A maintenance update is now available at
>>
>> http://people.sugarlabs.org/fgrose/SugarClone.
>>
>>
>>
>> New:
>>
>>
>>
>> 1. Records the remix details for the Sugar Clone in the new build file
>>    that displays in the 'My Settings' 'About my computer'.
>>
>>    For example,
>>
>>    Build: Remixed soas-i386-20100501.07.iso in a Sugar Clone prepared
>>             by SoaS-Mirabelle-May on 03 May 2010
>>           Sugar on a Stick 3 (Mirabelle)
>>           Fedora release 13 (Goddard)
>>
>>    Sugar: 0.88.0
>>
>>
>> 2. Bug fixes
>>
>>
>>
>>    b. Improved support for cloning from one attached device to
>>
>>
>>
>>       another.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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 for the device, or, to /mnt/live (from
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>      the perspective of a running LiveOS image).
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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 to allow you to select 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
>> Sugar Clone 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> can 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
>>
>>
>>
>> at this point, you may simply execute
>>
>>
>>
>>    SugarClone
>>
>>
>>
>> See http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Sugar_Clone for
>>
>>
>>
>> more information.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Notes:
>>
>>
>>
>> See http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/LiveOS_image for more information
>> on optimizing file storage on LiveOS images.
>>
>>       --Fred
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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