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Mac OS X-Boot USB with VirtualBox (view source)
Revision as of 06:49, 23 November 2010
, 06:49, 23 November 2010→Soas-v3 Mirabelle virtualbox files to put on 2nd USB: Build your own using EasyVMX!
===Soas-v3 Mirabelle virtualbox files to put on 2nd USB===
===Soas-v3 Mirabelle virtualbox files to put on 2nd USB===
====Prebuilt Soas-v3-Mirabelle 4GB USB img====
====Build your own using EasyVMX!====
:'''xxx.vmx files it creates can be opened in Virtualbox 3.2 which is preinstalled on Mac F14 Boot USB'''
::An installation of VMPlayer (free) is used to create the files we need (linux or windows)
*web site that builds a vmx file to your specifications (free)
::'''http://www.easyvmx.com/'''
: Works fine, runs on most platforms, and has persistence
: VMware Player download (free): http://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/
::specified a 8 GB Hard Drive and other parameters
::downloaded, in browse, the Custom vmx file as a .zip file
::Decompressed the .zip file
::Put [http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-3-mirabelle.iso CD soas-3-mirabelle.iso burned as CD] in your CD Drive
::Open VMPlayer and point it to this vmx file
::CD boots in VMplayer application
::Sugar Starts
::Put soas-i386-20100926.17 CD in your CD Drive
::Open VMPlayer and point it to this vmx file
::CD boots in VMplayer application
::Sugar Starts
*To install to VMplayer Hard Disk:
:Open Sugar-terminal:
su
liveinst
Anaconda installer opens
Initialize all disks
custom/create
/boot 200 ext4
/ 6000
swap 400
Install proceeds normally
Shutdown
: Copy the files created in VMPlayer (this can be used to make 4GB USB's for different students as it starts with firstboot.)
* To use:
:Copy-Paste all files to a 4 GB USB (fat 16 Label: MIRABELLE) and insert it into a Mac booted from the F14 MAC Boot disk with Virtualbox running
* Advantages:
::Portable (Student can take home and run on home Computer)
::Run it on different Platforms
===Boot Helper CD's===
===Boot Helper CD's===