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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.)
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* (Taken from Dave Bauer's posting at http://schools.sugarlabs.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=27.)
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* 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.
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# Create a new VM, choose a name such a Mirabelle
# Choose Linux->Fedora
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# Choose Linux for the Operating System and Version Fedora (64 bit)
# Choose 256MB
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# 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
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# 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.
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# 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.
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# 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)
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# 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.
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# 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.

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