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Line 6: − + − ===with Microsoft Windows=== − [[File:Windows.gif|link=]] − * Either use '''Fedora Live USB Creator''' − *# Download the Live USB Creator from [http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/#Download FedoraHosted here]. − *# Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card) with 1 GB or more of free space into your computer. (See [[LiveOS image]] and [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation/Variations#Cautions with using Live USB devices|Cautions with using Live USB devices]] regarding flash drive size and usage.) − *# Launch Live USB Creator. − *# Select the 'Browse' button to 'Use existing Live CD' and find the downloaded .iso file image on your system. − *# Adjust the Persistent Storage slider. This enables you to save changes to the system and additional Sugar Activities 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 Live USB Creator program. − *# Stop your flash drive using the '''Safely Remove Hardware''' dialog, and eject it. − :'''Note:''' The above installation method does not allow the full [[LiveOS image|optimization]] of data storage that comes from installing a separate, persistent home directory—see the alternate method below. − * or '''Burn a CD-ROM disc''' with the soas-mirabelle.iso file. − *# Use [http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2009/04/13/burn-iso-images-natively-in-windows-7.aspx Windows 7 built-in Disk Image Burner] or a free utility, like [http://www.imgburn.com/ ImgBurn], to write the downloaded SoaS.iso file onto a blank CD. − *# Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card) with 1 GB or more of free space into your computer. (See [[LiveOS image]] and [[Sugar on a Stick/Installation/Variations#Cautions with using Live USB devices|Cautions with using Live USB devices]] regarding flash drive size and usage.) − *# Boot your computer with the CD-ROM disc. You probably need to press F1, F12, Esc, or a similar key as the computer starts up to adjust the boot source to the CD-ROM device. − *# A successful boot will take you into ''Sugar on a Stick Mirabelle''. From there, open the Terminal Activity, [[File:Activity-terminal.png|bottom|link=http://en.flossmanuals.net/terminal]], from the Home view.<br>{{Iframe|[http://en.flossmanuals.net/terminal ''See the Terminal Activity manual.''] |http://en.flossmanuals.net/terminal|945|400|1}} − *# Click the 'Become root' icon, [[File:Activity-become-root.svg|40px|bottom|link=http://en.flossmanuals.net/terminal]], to gain administrative permissions in the Terminal session. − *# Change the working directory to {{Code|/LiveOS/}}<br>{{Code|cd /LiveOS/}} − *# execute the Linux command line:<br>{{Code|./livecd-iso-to-disk --overlay-size-mb 200 --home-size-mb 200 --delete-home --unencrypted-home /dev/live /dev/sd'''?'''1}} − :: ''Be certain of your USB/SD '''s'''csi '''d'''rive node name (such as sda, sdb, etc.) and partition (such as 1, 2, etc.), yielding, for example,'' {{Code|/dev/sdb1}}. − ::: Use the {{Code|df -Th}} command to confirm your devices before executing the script. − :'''Note:''' Every ''[[Sugar on a Stick/Mirabelle|Mirabelle]] or [[Sugar on a Stick/Strawberry|Strawberry]] Sugar on a Stick'' can copy its original installation to another USB stick or SD card by following the above instructions. See [[Sugar on a Stick/Sugar Clone]] for instructions on how to customize the contents of a Sugar on a Stick device. − * or '''Launch a virtual machine''', such as VirtualBox with the soas-mirabelle.iso file. − *: See [[#SoaS on VirtualBox|SoaS on VirtualBox]] below. − + − + + Line 108:
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[[Category:HowTo]]
[[Category:Sugar on a Stick]]
[[Category:Sugar on a Stick]]
[[Category:Live USB]]
[[Category:Live USB]]
==SoaS installation on USB/SD devices==
==SoaS installation on USB/SD devices==
{{:Sugar on a Stick/Windows}}
===with Apple Macintosh===
===with Apple Macintosh===
[[File:Apple.gif|link=]]
[[File:Apple.gif|link=Sugar on a Stick/Mac]]
* See and adapt the instructions at [[Sugar on a Stick/Mac]].
* See and adapt the instructions at [[Sugar on a Stick/Mac]].
===with GNU/Linux===
===with GNU/Linux===
[[File:Gnulinux.png|link=]]<ol start="0">
[[File:Gnulinux.png|link=Sugar on a Stick/Linux]] (See [[Sugar on a Stick/Linux]] for more details.)
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<li>Use this script file http://bit.ly/livecd-iso-to-disk to create a bootable image.<br>(Run {{Code|chmod +x livecd-iso-to-disk.sh}} after you download the script to make it executable.)</li>
<li>Use this script file http://bit.ly/livecd-iso-to-disk to create a bootable image.<br>(Run {{Code|chmod +x livecd-iso-to-disk.sh}} after you download the script to make it executable.)</li>
<li>Execute, as the root user, in <u>one</u> command with arguments, the following:<br>
<li>Execute, as the root user, in <u>one</u> command with arguments, the following:<br>
Installing boot loader
Installing boot loader
USB stick set up as live image!
USB stick set up as live image!
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=== on an OLPC XO-1 ===
[[File:OLPCXO.png|link=Sugar on a Stick/Installation/OLPC|50px]]
This [http://www.mail-archive.com/devel@lists.laptop.org/msg23544.html discussion thread] explains why Fedora 13 and [[Sugar on a Stick/Mirabelle]] are not compatible with the XO-1 (until a fix is implemented).
* See [[Deployment Team/Sugar-0.88 Notes]] for the latest Sugar version 0.88 on Fedora 11 for the XO-1.
==SoaS on VirtualBox==
==SoaS on VirtualBox==
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* See [[VirtualBox]]</includeonly>
* See [[VirtualBox]]</includeonly>
= Backup and Restore =
Some backup and restore options for Sugar on a Stick include the following:
Some backup and restore options for Sugar on a Stick include the following:
* [[olpc:School Server]] - requires a server installation.
* [[olpc:School Server]] - requires a server installation.
* [[Sugar on a Stick/deja-dup]]
* [[Sugar on a Stick/deja-dup]]
* [[Sugar on a Stick/Sugar Clone]]
* [[Sugar on a Stick/Sugar Clone]]
==Subpage index==
==Subpage index==
{{Special:PrefixIndex/Sugar on a Stick/Installation/}}
{{Special:PrefixIndex/Sugar on a Stick/Installation/}}