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== Goal ==
Enable autodetection of [[SoaS]] flash drives on [[SoaS-helper]] machines. (SoaS-helper was described in detail in [http://luke.faraone.cc/2009/04/soass-new-friends-in-development/ this blog post])
Ideally, the '''''S'''oas '''D'''esktop '''M'''anager'' should:
* Start on boot when a -helper machine loads
* Provide a helpful and simple user interface
* Detect all versions of SoaS drives and update them if outdated
* Handle failures gracefully
* Prepare the system enviornment to allow the user to continue where they left off
== Detection tools ==
Since we lack a better heuristic, we will attempt to use the following criteria for our definition of a SoaS disk:
* The device is a removable media, such as SD, USB-flash, or MMC
* The device is FAT formatted
* The device contains a magic-file (to-be-determined) which identifies it as a SoaS disk
Unfortunately, this requires us to mount each candidate disk inserted into the computer, which slows reaction time.
== Resources ==
* [http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/sdm/repos/mainline Git tree]
Enable autodetection of [[SoaS]] flash drives on [[SoaS-helper]] machines. (SoaS-helper was described in detail in [http://luke.faraone.cc/2009/04/soass-new-friends-in-development/ this blog post])
Ideally, the '''''S'''oas '''D'''esktop '''M'''anager'' should:
* Start on boot when a -helper machine loads
* Provide a helpful and simple user interface
* Detect all versions of SoaS drives and update them if outdated
* Handle failures gracefully
* Prepare the system enviornment to allow the user to continue where they left off
== Detection tools ==
Since we lack a better heuristic, we will attempt to use the following criteria for our definition of a SoaS disk:
* The device is a removable media, such as SD, USB-flash, or MMC
* The device is FAT formatted
* The device contains a magic-file (to-be-determined) which identifies it as a SoaS disk
Unfortunately, this requires us to mount each candidate disk inserted into the computer, which slows reaction time.
== Resources ==
* [http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/sdm/repos/mainline Git tree]