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==Please maintain these pages==
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To those entering alternate installations and experimental images: please try to organize and integrate the page for the new reader.
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* Sort the information for readers from beginner to advanced.
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* Delete information that is out of date or, if it is significant, link to it on an historical page.
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* If you have entered information, please don't abandon it to the confusion of others. Please use your experience to organize and maintain the information so others can rapidly reach a higher level of understanding of the subject matter.
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==Updating zyx-liveinstaller==
 
==Updating zyx-liveinstaller==
 
**NOT NECESSARY IN SOAS04.iso**
 
**NOT NECESSARY IN SOAS04.iso**
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*enter command: zyx-liveinstaller.
 
*enter command: zyx-liveinstaller.
 
*do graphical installation
 
*do graphical installation
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==Sugar on a Stick in VM Player with persistence==
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:Copy-paste the VMware Player hard disk files to a 2 GB USB stick.
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:Advantages;
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::Portable (Student can take home and run on home Computer)
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::Run it on different Platforms Windows. Mac, linux
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:Disadvanage
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::runs about 10x slower on a USB stick

Revision as of 10:10, 12 October 2010

Please maintain these pages

To those entering alternate installations and experimental images: please try to organize and integrate the page for the new reader.

  • Sort the information for readers from beginner to advanced.
  • Delete information that is out of date or, if it is significant, link to it on an historical page.
  • If you have entered information, please don't abandon it to the confusion of others. Please use your experience to organize and maintain the information so others can rapidly reach a higher level of understanding of the subject matter.

Updating zyx-liveinstaller

    • NOT NECESSARY IN SOAS04.iso**
  • Boot soas02.iso or soas03.iso as Burned CD
  • in sugar terminal enter:
rpm -Uvh \http://filteredperception.org/downloads/zyx-liveinstaller/zyx-liveinstaller-0.1.16-1.noarch.rpm
  • enter command: zyx-liveinstaller.
  • do graphical installation

Sugar on a Stick in VM Player with persistence

Copy-paste the VMware Player hard disk files to a 2 GB USB stick.
Advantages;
Portable (Student can take home and run on home Computer)
Run it on different Platforms Windows. Mac, linux
Disadvanage
runs about 10x slower on a USB stick