[Sugar-devel] Progress with SoaS boot-helper

[Caroline Meeks]

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 5:28 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at sugarlabs.org> wrote:

> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 16:49, Luke Faraone <luke at faraone.cc> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This is turning into a larger project than I'd originally imagined.
> >
> > Since the current process of using LVM loop-mounted partitions prevents
> us
> > from mounting the SoaS filesystem outside of SoaS itself, we had to come
> up
> > with a new method of installing SoaS that *can* be read by a running OS.
> > I've done some work on modifying Canonical's Live USB creator to support
> > this, but it will take some time.
>
> Hi Luke, can you point us to a link where we can learn more about what
> you are trying to accomplish?


I think this is Ticket 598 to support the Gardner Pilot.  the use case is
here:
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Gardner_Pilot_Academy#Critical_Path_Technical_Issues

Let me know if I'm wrong about this!

Thanks,
Caroline

>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tomeu
>
> > We've decided to set up the partitions on devices as descried on the wiki
> > (permalink). This has the additional benefit of additional stability
> > (loop-mounted filesystems are inherently more fragile), as well as
> > (hopefully) increased compatability with older and odder BIOSes that only
> > support USB-ZIP booting, rather than the more modern USB-HDD.
> >
> > There should be a decently stable version of the USB creator with these
> > changes around by mid to late June, however it might need to be pushed
> back
> > until the next SoaS release.
> >
> > There is little to no risk with implementing it late in the SoaS release
> > schedule, if it was to be ready before then, since it is currently a
> > non-essential component; there exist many other ways to create a SoaS
> stick,
> > and the creator would be able to work with existing SoaS images without a
> > problem.
> >
> > --
> > Luke Faraone
> > http://luke.faraone.cc
> >
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