<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 5:28 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <<a href="mailto:tomeu@sugarlabs.org">tomeu@sugarlabs.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 16:49, Luke Faraone <luke@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. </div>Hi Luke, can you point us to a link where we can learn more about what you are trying to accomplish?</blockquote><div> I think this is Ticket 598 to support the Gardner Pilot. the use case is here: <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Gardner_Pilot_Academy#Critical_Path_Technical_Issues">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Gardner_Pilot_Academy#Critical_Path_Technical_Issues</a> Let me know if I'm wrong about this! Thanks, Caroline </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Thanks, Tomeu <div class="im"> > 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 > <a href="http://luke.faraone.cc" target="_blank">http://luke.faraone.cc</a> > </div>> _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > <a href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a> > > _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a> </blockquote></div> -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove Caroline@SolutionGrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax