Sugar Creation Kit/sck/Autostart Virtualbox Mac

VirtualBox.pngSet up MacBook to Open VirtualBox

 * ..automatically when you power it on
 * Mac OSX Version 10.6.8


 * Open System Preferences/Accounts
 * use Spotlight:
 * magnifying glass on right end of top bar
 * search for "accounts"
 * Choose System Preferences| Accounts


 * Click on your user
 * unlock
 * login Options/
 * Login Items (to right)
 * Click Add(+) button to the right of the accounts list
 * Select an application VirtualBox -  Application and click add.
 * lock


 * Boot Mac
 * Mac opens directly to VirtualBox VirtualBox Manager
 * Pointed to VirtualBox Appliance - (the last one used)
 * You can select another on list
 * ==> Start


 * Now when the MacBook is powered on, it will boot up in VirtualBox pointed at the last Virtual Appliance used
 * There can be multiple VirtualBox appliances, belonging to individual students/teachers to choose from, on the same Mac.
 * Nice school set up for 1 Mac with multiple student's Sugar.
 * easy to archive with export function of VirtualBox - save weekly? backups for each of the students.
 * To roll back: import the previously exported file - quick and easy


 * Where we need to simplify We need a simple, elegant, Sugar specific UI that is presented to the user when they insert a stick into a running Windows machine.
 * Suggestion-1:
 * Download the 2 files for VirtualBox import to a 2nd USB stick
 * On insertion; the contents of the USB stick pop up

An example: f16-live-RC4-Desktop-sugaruser-disk1.vmdk f16-live-RC4-Desktop-sugaruser.ovf <==click on this file and it immediately imports into VirtualBox (less than 2 Minutes) (Only the .ovf file icon is highlighted in the USB stick contents)
 * Suggestion-2:
 * Export the VirtualBox .vdi hard drive to a 2nd USB and create a new machine that uses the .vdi to run
 * /home/(user)/VirtualBox VMs/ (copy all three files to USB-stick)
 * Create a new appliance
 * use pre-existing hard disk
 * Look for .vdi (on USB-stick)


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 * This is OS agnostic for a system with an installed VirtualBox 4.1