[Sugar-devel] [SoaS] MacBook_Persistent_SoaS_v5_and_SoaS_v6_EFI_Boot_USB ( boots directly from USB )

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 02.11.2011, at 12:38, Peter Robinson wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> wrote:
>> On 02.11.2011, at 11:28, Peter Robinson wrote:
>> 
>>> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 3) Can I create the persistent usb on my MacBook using the instructions I
>>>> found in item 4 on this page?
>>> 
>>> You can create persistent images with overlays (you always have been
>>> able to).
>> 
>> But only under Linux, so far. The livecd-iso-to-disk tool has not been ported to OS X. The iso can be used directly on the Mac but won't have persistence.
> 
> You can under windows as well.

Which doesn't help Mac users ;^)

>> Disk Utility on the Mac should be able to put a preconfigured image onto a USB stick. May be such an image file (created on Linux) could be made available for Caryl to download?
> 
> No idea, I don't own a Mac of any description. Donations welcome.


That might be well-spent, indeed.

However, running the livecd-iso-to-disk tool to create an EFI disk image with persistence only requires a Linux box. Maybe this could even be part of the regular automated build process?

- Bert -