Mac OS X-Boot USB with VirtualBox

Mac OSX-F14-desktop with Virtualbox Boot USB

This is a 4GB USB that is booted on a MacBook Air with a boot helper CD

It opens a Soas-v3-Mirabelle Virtual Appliance located on a 2nd USB

This 2nd USB can be exchanged with that of another student.

This is proposed as a first solution for SL#598 Boot Helper Virtual Machine

How you can get it

Boot USB

• 4GB USB to be booted in a MAX ONLY:Mac_F14_Vbox.img.tar.bz2

Download it and decompress it (linux)

dd command to copy it to your 4GB USB

• To Write to your 4GB USB

/dev/sd(x) BE CERTAIN THIS IS THE DEVICE ADDRESS OF YOUR USB

root@xxx:/home/xxx/Desktop# dd if=Mac_F14_Vbox.img of=/dev/sd(x)
7831552+0 records in
7831552+0 records out
4009754624 bytes (4.0 GB) copied, 1365.52 s, 2.9 MB/s
root@xxx:/home/xxx/Desktop# 

How it was Made

• F14 Desktop USB with Virtualbox installed

References

• http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit#Building_a_bootable_USB_using_a_MacBook_Air
• http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2010-November/012019.html