<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft SafeHTML"> <style> .hmmessage P {margin:0px;padding:0px;} body.hmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;} </style> Hi Dave and All, During the  summer of 2008 I helped write a guide to updating the software on the XO.  Officially it is called  the "No-Fail Update" but unofficially  and in rtfm it is called "Grannies Guide to Updating." FWIW, I'm "Grannie." If you check it out, you will find it is very detailed and assumes the reader really doesn't know very much about computers.  It also  gives info about    how to do things on both a PC and a Mac. All the needed links are right on the page with instructions for downloading. I propose we  write a couple of new Grannies Guides for SoaS on a PC and one for the Mac. Perhaps a live cd guide would also be useful. In a  couple of weeks I will be presenting about the XO and SosS  at the CUELA/LAUSD Tech Fair.  I would like to be able to have these available for attendees. We could start with the Mac Virtualbox Boot-helper. I'll try it and see where I get stuck. Then I'll ask for help and work from  there for the GG. Can we do this? <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/No-fail_update">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/No-fail_update</a> <cite>Caryl (aka Grannie)</cite> > Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:05:26 -0400 > From: dave@solutiongrove.com > To: soas@lists.sugarlabs.org > Subject: [SoaS] Experimental Virtualbox Boothelper for Mac OS X > > I have created an experimental USB boothelper for Virtualbox on OS X. > This will let you boot from SoaS on USB into a virtual machine so you > don't have to try to reboot and use a cdrom. > This includes an applescript application called "Soas USB" which will > manage starting the virtual machine and connecting the USB to the > virtual machine. > > It has been tested on a Macbook and an iMac running OS X 10.5.8 so > far. It seems to work reliably on my Macbook but the iMac had some > trouble getting the USB to be recognized. I am looking for folks for > might want to test and give feedback. > > You'll need SoaS installed on a USB stick. > > To install the appliance first download and install Virtualbox > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads. Note this only works with > the Personal and Evaluation License edition since the Open Source > edition does not have USB support. > Next download http://www.solutiongrove.com/SoaS%20Virtualbox%20Boothelper.zip > and unzip it. > > Next open up Virtualbox and select File->Import Appliance. Navigate to > where you unzipped the appliance and select the Soas Boothelper.ovf > file. > > Insert a SoaS USB. Make sure it is named "FEDORA" in the finder. > Now you can run the SoaS USB application which will eject FEDORA from > the finder, start up virtualbox and the virtual appliance and attach > the USB. Right now its using the verbose boot process to detect > errors. > > If anyone has a chance to test this out I would appeciate it. Similar > automated solutions could exist for Windows and Linux virtualbox > hosts. > > -- > Dave Bauer > dave@solutiongrove.com > http://www.solutiongrove.com > _______________________________________________ > SoaS mailing list > SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas </body> </html>