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| Instructions for preparing a VirtualBox disk image from a SoaS iso image file. | | Instructions for preparing a VirtualBox disk image from a SoaS iso image file. |
− | :(Taken from Dave Bauer's posting at http://schools.sugarlabs.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=27.)
| + | * (Taken from Dave Bauer's posting at http://schools.sugarlabs.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=27.) |
| + | * Updated 21 May 2010 with [http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads VirtualBox 3.2.0] and 64-bit Fedora. |
| ==Installing SoaS iso image== | | ==Installing SoaS iso image== |
− | # Create a new VM. | + | # Create a new VM, choose a name such a Mirabelle |
− | # Choose Linux->Fedora | + | # Choose Linux for the Operating System and Version Fedora (64 bit) |
− | # Choose 256MB | + | # Choose Base Memory Size: 256 MB to match an XO-1, 512 or 1024 MB to match an XO-1.5 |
− | # Create a new disk image, 2GB | + | # Create a new virtual hard disk image with dynamically expanding storage of 2 GB |
| # Finish. | | # Finish. |
− | # Download the lastest SoaS, http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/snapshots/2/?C=M;O=D, for Fedora-12. | + | # Download the lastest SoaS, http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/soas/, for Fedora 13. |
− | # Mount SoaS ISO as a CD-ROM in the newly created VM. | + | # Mount the SoaS .iso image file as a CD-ROM in the newly created VM. |
− | # Change Network Adapter to Intel Pro/1000 MT Desktop (82540EM) | + | # Change the Network Attached to: Bridged Adapter (This allows for networking with the host computer.) |
− | #* recommended by VirtualBox for modern hosts -- Default of PCnet-FAST III (Am79C973) also worked on Ubuntu 8.10 and Vista hosts.
| + | # Start the VM |
− | #* Select Attached to: Host Interface -- allows local networking for SSH connections to probe the file system.
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− | # Boot VM | |
| # Type you name and startup Sugar. | | # Type you name and startup Sugar. |
| # Open Terminal. | | # Open Terminal. |