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==Install on a USB device==
 
==Install on a USB device==
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* Download VirtualBox OSE program, and install instead of VMPlayer.
 
* Download VirtualBox OSE program, and install instead of VMPlayer.
 
* Boot PC from stick, and run images on same or 2nd stick.
 
* Boot PC from stick, and run images on same or 2nd stick.
 
==VirtualBox appliance derived from SoaS Mirabelle==
 
: updated 13 Oct 2010
 
 
This appliance has a traditional, non-compressed filesystem and was built by using [[Sugar on a Stick/ZyX-LiveInstaller|ZyX-LiveInstaller]] on a SoaS Mirabelle image. (It does not simulate the stock ''Sugar on a Stick'' image with its [[LiveOS image]] with a compressed filesystem, [[wikipedia:SquashFS|SquashFS]], for the operating system files and an optional overlay and home folder for persistence.)
 
 
These Activities have been updated: Physics-6, Record-79, Write-70, Turtle Art-99
 
 
Download these 3 files:
 
For the first 2 files, you may need to right click and select 'Save link as...' or 'Save Target As...' because they open directly into the browser.
 
 
http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Soas-v3-Mirabelle-zyx.mf
 
 
http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Soas-v3-Mirabelle-zyx.ovf
 
 
http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-v3-Mirabelle.vmdk
 
 
* Start VirtualBox
 
* In the top-left corner of the application menu bar:
 
*: File -> Import Appliance...
 
*: '''Note: The Import Option is not available on the OSE version of VirtualBox.'''
 
::Import option is available in VirtualBox 4.0.4 (which is ose)
 
* Click the <Choose...> button to find the 3 downloaded files.
 
*: select: soas-v3-Mirabelle-zyx.ovf
 
*: then click 'Next'
 
* '''Appliance Import Settings''' window appears:
 
* Double click on the '''Guest OS Type''' row and the right column is a dropdown selection panel. Change the value to OS: Linux  Version: Fedora (from Other/unknown)
 
* Agree to GPL license and click the 'Finish' button.
 
* The Import process progress meter will appear, and then the new virtual machine named '''soas-v3-Mirabelle-zyx2''' will appear in your VirtualBox virtual machine list.
 
* Click the start button or double click the machine name to start your virtual machine with Sugar.
 
** The first boot experience (of selecting a learner name and color set) can be recreated by erasing the /user/liveuser/.sugar/default/owner.key & .../owner.key.pub files from this machine before distribution.
 
** Can the default window size be set to simulate an XO at 832x624 pixels? Do we have a license to distribute images with Guest Additions installed?
 
** I found a base memory setting of 802 MB RAM.  This may be too high for older computers. --[[User:FGrose|FGrose]] 13:02, 14 October 2010 (EDT)
 
You may create you own virtual machine beginning with an .iso image of Sugar on a Stick
 
 
* Download http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/#downloads
 
* If your hardware is 64-bit capable, chose a 64-bit version.
 
 
==VirtualBox appliance of Sugar on a Stick v2 (Blueberry)==
 
:[http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-2-blueberry_ovf_README_FIRST.txt read this first]
 
:download: [http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-2-blueberry.vmdk vmdk][http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-2-blueberry.ovf ovf][http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-2-blueberry.mf mf]
 
 
===To Install VirtualBox===
 
 
VirtualBox available free. (You do need to accept a license in order to download.)
 
 
Download:
 
 
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
 
 
*Choose your OS Version
 
(OSX, Windows, Linux, other.)
 
  
 
==Virtualbox 3.2.1 on 16GB Toshiba USB Running Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic==
 
==Virtualbox 3.2.1 on 16GB Toshiba USB Running Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic==
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Greetings
 
Greetings
 
thor.sten
 
thor.sten
 
==EFI support in 4.1.2 VirtualBox for OSX==
 
:'''Note this is not fully working (Display is 1920x1200-U ONLY)-Please help if you have the inclination.'''
 
*Fedora 16 RC (DVD and netinstall only)
 
::http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/16-Beta.RC4/
 
:Setting up EFI: http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#efi
 
:'''Go to Settings/System/motherboard before booting'''
 
::[x] Enable EFI (Special OSes Only)
 
Start
 
enable scale mode (to see all of screen)
 
'''INSTALL'''
 
get message " grub1 conflicts 1:grub2-1.99-5.fc16.x86-64"
 
install anyway
 
Installs Minimal system (302 pkgs) No package selection available from DVD
 
........
 
Boot from HD
 
Boots HD to EFI Shell
 
........
 
exit (shell)
 
.........
 
Boot Maintenance Manager
 
boot from file/ enter/ <efi> redhat grub.efi
 
Boots to console
 
root/password starts correctly
 
ifconfig eth0 up
 
dhclient eth0
 
 
(Does Not see DVD repo)
 
10/03/2011 https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9519 fixed in 4.1.4 ?
 
NO still 302 pkgs boots to EFI shell
 
 
* Bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742695
 
 
:Expected results:
 
::Boot to Gnome
 
 
* More Information
 
:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/EFI
 
:http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/15/html/Installation_Guide/Making_Minimal_Boot_Media.html
 
:https://gitorious.org/tianocore_uefi_duet_builds/pages/Linux_Windows_BIOS_UEFI_boot_USB
 
:Display settings: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2009-December/042925.html
 
::https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFIBooting
 
::https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFIBooting#Configuring_X.org
 

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Updated this page feb 03 2013 - satellit

Install on a USB device

(2-GB or larger USB storage device needed to run VirtualBox Images)

One could modify the instructions at VMware#One_8-GiB_stick_with_2_partitions

  • Download VirtualBox OSE program, and install instead of VMPlayer.
  • Boot PC from stick, and run images on same or 2nd stick.

Virtualbox 3.2.1 on 16GB Toshiba USB Running Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic

This is a nice portable solution for a full Gnome Desktop and Sun Virtualbox 3.2.1 (works with Hp Pavillion "Vista"Notebook) I use it to create .vdi Hard Disk images for soas-v2-Blueberry

  1. install Ubuntu 9.10 [1] from CD to 16GB Toshiba USB (It will run on 8GB USB but very little room left for images)
  2. setup wireless networking
  3. Download VirtualBox: [2]
  4. Install Virtualbox

Have Fun! satellit 12/19/2009

Sugar not booting

I got Sugar to boot under VirtualBox 2.X / MacOS 10.5 following the recommended procedure. With VirtualBox 3.X something seems to be broken. Neither my old VDI nor a newly downloaded one will proceed to more than that black screen. Sad!

But don't despair: You need to get the installation ISO (380 MB) from the downloads page (Sugar on a Stick/Downloads). Add this as the CD-ROM to your virtual machine and set the first boot volume to this CD-ROM. Now Sugar works as before!

I want to give a response to the "Setup a Virtual Machine for Sugar on a Stick" (Mac Os)

I´ve installed the VirtualBox from step 1 - 6 and then i setup a virtual machine. I´ve watched the streamcast about that and i´ve done everything similar to the cast.

The Virtual Box starts, he wants to boot and then there´s a black window for hours ....

Does somebody have an idea what i´ve done wrong or what´s the problem about booting?


Greetings thor.sten