[sugar] notes from the field - Mongolia
Mikus Grinbergs
mikus
Tue Oct 7 19:22:12 EDT 2008
> Tagging isn't as much of an issue as being able to save files
> to a USB key easily.
I'm trying to think of why a kid would want to save files to a USB
key. Normally, except for off-loading objects to a school
repository (a process about which I know nothing), 'files' would be
kept at the XO itself, and not on removable storage devices.
- If the purpose is to later load the objects from the USB key to
an XO, I believe the mechanism is supposed to be 'drag-and-drop'.
[I'm not a Journal user myself, so I don't have much experience.]
In the source XO, have Journal show the XO datastore content, and
drag the appropriate Journal entry to the USB-icon at the bottom
edge of the Journal screen. In the destination XO, have Journal
show the content of the USB key, and drag the appropriate entry to
the XO-Journal-icon at the bottom left of the Journal screen.
- If the purpose is to create something like an installation USB
key, that will usually be done with CLI commands, and will require
additional skills.
- If the purpose is to transfer, via USB, an XO datastore item
(e.g., file) to a non-Sugar system, I don't know whether that is
currently supported by Sugar. Some Sugar users may have developed
manual procedures or helper scripts to perform this task - I'm not
able to provide citations to help you.
I think that "objects" (e.g., 'files') ought to be transported
between systems via network connections, rather than via USB
"sneakernet".
I myself have settled upon the CLI command 'rsync' to transfer
non-datastore files to another XO, and upon 'ftp' to transfer
non-datastore files to a non-Sugar system. [People have told me
there are other facilities available besides 'ftp' - but that is
what I am familiar with, and have long been using for all the
systems on my home LAN.]
mikus
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