[SoaS] [IAEP] Need Help With SoaS! (Including Mac) dd writable USB.img files

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 23.11.2011, at 06:45, Thomas Gilliard wrote:

> Caryl;
> 
> I know it requires using the terminal, but these 2 Soas-v5-Coconut .img files may be the easiest way to build a number of booting SoaS USB sticks for your presentation.
> The instructions (actual screen shots of terminal of the writing to the USB's are included in these pages)
> 
> The command in terminal can be repeated for each new USB that is inserted
> Note that the EFI 1 GB USB is written in less than 4 minutes.
> 
> 1-) PC
>   http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Fedora-SoaS#dd_writable_2GB_USB_Soas-v5-Coconut-USB_.img
> 
> 2-) Macbook EFI Boot:
>   http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Fedora-SoaS#dd_writable_1_GB_EFI_Boot_.28MAC.29_USB_Soas-v5-Coconut-USB_.img
> 
> Just be sure to enter "mount" in terminal to see the device name for your USB ie: /dev/sdb; /dev/sdc; /dev/sdc......   It is VERY IMPORTANT to have this set correctly.
> 
> Cordailly;
> 
> Tom Gilliard
> satellit_ on #sugar IRC


I tried the Mac EFI one. Used the image-writer-mac (*) script to dd it onto the stick.

It booted my MacBook Pro, I saw the 10 second Fedora pre-boot count down, but after that I just got a blank screen.

- Bert -

(*) I have a minor update at
	http://git.sugarlabs.org/image-writer
Could someone with SoaS write permissions replace this on the release server?
	http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/
Thanks!

[converting this into an AppleScript would be the simplest to avoid having to use the Terminal]