<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/20/2013 12:38 PM, Walter Bender wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:CADf7C8sY4rTobPiHFmhyutWwarVC4FY0pcLUW__R_ebMSwohoQ@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Replication is not the issue (we have Nexcopy, after all). So a 2GB image with some persistent storage, even if liveinstall doesn't work, would be the target. -walter On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Thomas Gilliard <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:satellit@bendbroadband.com"><satellit@bendbroadband.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 01/20/2013 11:20 AM, Walter Bender wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> Is there no longer a 2GB image available? -walter On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Thomas Gilliard <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:satellit@bendbroadband.com"><satellit@bendbroadband.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> On 01/18/2013 06:57 PM, Greg Morris, Nexcopy wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> Ok. Great. I can send them to that address. Waiting for download link and we'll get them done Tues and ship out. Regards, Greg ХХХХХХХХХХХХХХХХХХХХ Sorry for the short eMail, sent from my iPhone. On Jan 18, 2013, at 5:39 PM, Walter Bender <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com"><walter.bender@gmail.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Hey. That's great!! I'm CCing Peter and Thom to see what image they recommend. Maybe the best address would be: Walter Bender 22 Central St. Newton, MA 02466 Many thanks. -walter On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Greg Morris - Nexcopy <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gregm@nexcopy.com"><gregm@nexcopy.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> Hi Walter, I hope this email finds you well and happy new year! We have about 200 drives we can send you. -- can you provide the most current download link for Sugar? -- can you provide an address to send the USB sticks If there is anything new you can report...I'd be happy to hear it. Respectfully, Greg GREG MORRIS | NEXCOPY INC. P: 949 481 6478 X 112 | email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gregm@nexcopy.com">gregm@nexcopy.com</a> | web: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.nexcopy.com">www.nexcopy.com</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sugarlabs.org">http://www.sugarlabs.org</a> </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Walter; Look at this tutorial [1] [1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Tutorials/Installation/How_to_make_a_SoaS.img_file_for_repeated_installs_to_4_GB_USB%27s">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Tutorials/Installation/How_to_make_a_SoaS.img_file_for_repeated_installs_to_4_GB_USB%27s</a> Download a prebuilt .img file: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Soas_8.img">http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Soas_8.img</a> 3.7G download This command can be repeated for multiple USB's: Note it takes about 10 minutes to write to each 4 GB USB use "mount" command to confirm USB device name and edit: of=/dev/sd(x) [root@localhost Desktop]# dd if=Soas_8.img of=/dev/sdc bs=2M 1912+0 records in 1912+0 records out 4009754624 bytes (4.0 GB) copied, 587.133 s, 6.8 MB/s [root@localhost Desktop]# This is a real netinstall of f18 sugar-desktop to a 4 GB USB with firstboot not yet run* It boots from the USB once written (see tutorial root=sugarroot *user name and colors are set in firstboot Tom Gilliard satellit </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Walter; The problem is that the command "liveinst" does not install to USB at the moment <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=896687">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=896687</a> So it is now only possible to create a USB stick with the dd command: [root@localhost RC4]# dd if=Fedora-18-x86_64-Live-SoaS.iso of=/dev/sd(x)* bs=2M 288+0 records in 288+0 records out 603979776 bytes (604 MB) copied, 177.758 s, 3.4 MB/s of=/dev/sd(x)* use mount command to get device name of the mounted USB -Note that it will have no persistence The 4 GB .img file has persistence as it is a regular ext4 netinstall of Sugar-desktop to USB (Thus larger in size) <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Soas_8.img">http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Soas_8.img</a> 3.7G download It would be easier to just use the above command from fedora 18 terminal repeatedly on each new 2 GB USB using the downloaded file; <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/releases/18/Spins/x86_64/Fedora-18-x86_64-Live-SoaS.iso">http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/releases/18/Spins/x86_64/Fedora-18-x86_64-Live-SoaS.iso</a> -Note it only takes about 3 minutes per USB (177.758 s) Cordially; Tom Gilliard satellit on #sugar </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> <meta name="qrichtext" content="1"> Walter; I just tested graphical "Liveusb-creator --reser-mbr" in fedora 18 USB does not reboot after first start, if made with persistence. I will test li-t d created USB next. а(last chance for a 2 GB USB with persistence) Tom Gilliard satellit Tom Gilliard <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <style type="text/css"> p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; } </style> </body> </html>