Difference between revisions of "SoaS Blueberry Instructions"

Revision as of 11:18, 27 November 2009

For Windows Users

Download the latest version of the Fedora LiveUSB Creator from http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator and extract it.
Plug a target USB flash drive into your computer (minimum 1-gigabyte).
Launch LiveUSB Creator.
Select Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry in the drop-down menu on the upper-right side.
Adjust the Persistent Storage slider. This enables you to save your work in Sugar onto the device.
Select your flash drive as the target and click the Create Live USB button.
Wait for the process to finish, then close the LiveUSB Creator program.
Stop your flash drive using the Safely Remove Hardware dialog and eject it.

For GNU/Linux Users

TODO: add screenshot here & check PK browser plugin!

Linux Users will use a slightly different approach than Windows Users to ensure maximum compatibility with different distributions. Please follow the instructions carefully to ensure your data is preserved.

If you are a Fedora User, run the following command: yum install liveusb-creator
- Launch LiveUSB the Creator and follow the instructions above.
If you use any other distribution, download the image-writer tool from here and the live image from here.
- Open a terminal and become root, either by using su or sudo.
- Enter the following command: ./image-writer soas-2-blueberry.iso
- WARNING: If you proceed here, your flash drive will be wiped!
- The script will output a device name; confirm that it matches with your flash drive.
- You will be notified once the process has finished.

For Mac OSX Users

The procedure for Mac OS/X users is similar to the one for Linux users. Mac users should be aware that they may be able to prepare their flash drive on a Mac, but depending on the generation of the hardware used, they may need to use another computer to test whether the prepared flash drive works.

Download the Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry live image from here: http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-2-blueberry.iso
Open a terminal and run: diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX (whereas X is the device number)
Run: sudo dd if=./soas-2-blueberry.iso of=/dev/diskX bs=512 (Please pay attention when running the dd command, as it will wipe your flash drive!)
Eject your flash drive by running: diskutil eject /dev/diskX

For More Information

In case you encounter issues, please report them here
https://launchpad.net/soas

Do not hesitate to e-mail us with any feedback at
feedback@sugarlabs.org

For more information, please visit
www.sugarlabs.org

About This Document

A PDF layout of this file is available at http://people.sugarlabs.org/sdz/soas-v2-instructions.pdf with SVG source at http://people.sugarlabs.org/sdz/soas-v2-instructions.svg. Note that the wiki page version is likely to be more up-to-date.

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 == For GNU/Linux Users ==
-'''TODO: add screenshot here & add liveusb-creator instructions!'''
+'''TODO: add screenshot here & check PK browser plugin!'''
 Linux Users will use a slightly different approach than Windows Users to ensure maximum compatibility
 with different distributions. Please follow the instructions carefully to ensure your data is preserved.
-* Download the '''Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry''' live image from here: http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-2-blueberry.iso
+* If you are a '''Fedora User''', run the following command: ''yum install liveusb-creator''
-* If you are a '''Fedora User''', download the '''livecd-iso-to-disk''' script from here: http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/livecd-iso-to-disk.sh
+** Launch LiveUSB the Creator and follow the instructions [[SoaS_Blueberry_Instructions#For_Windows_Users|above]].
-** Become root and execute the following command in a terminal: ''./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --overlay-size-mb xxx --delete-home ./soas-2-blueberry.iso /dev/sdX''
+* If you use any '''other distribution''', download the '''image-writer''' tool from [http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/image-writer here] and the live image from [http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-2-blueberry.iso here].
-*** Replace "xxx" with the amount (in MB) of persistent storage you wish to allocate for saving you work in Sugar to the flash drive. We suggest at least 512 MB.
-*** Replace "X" with the letter/number identifier of your flash drive.
-*** Advanced usage: You can simultaneously format your flash drive by adding the option ''--format --reset-mbr'' when you call the ''livecd-iso-to-disk'' script.
-* If you use any '''other distribution''', download the '''image-writer''' tool from here: http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/image-writer
 ** Open a terminal and become root, either by using su or sudo.
 ** Enter the following command: ''./image-writer soas-2-blueberry.iso''
+** '''WARNING:''' If you proceed here, your flash drive will be wiped!
 ** The script will output a device name; confirm that it matches with your flash drive.
 ** You will be notified once the process has finished.