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==Persistent Home Directory== | |||
See [[LiveOS image]] for a discussion of storage options with the LiveOS images. | |||
You may leave out the options for a separate persistent home | |||
*download the script:[http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/livecd-iso-to-disk.sh] | *download the script:[http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/livecd-iso-to-disk.sh] | ||
*Use this script in Terminal for soas-v2-Blueberry.iso: (/dev/sd(x)1 is your USB device) use partition manager to determine what it is. | *Use this script in Terminal for soas-v2-Blueberry.iso: (/dev/sd(x)1 is your USB device) use partition manager to determine what it is. | ||
{{Code|sudo ./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --overlay-size-mb 400 soas-2-blueberry.iso /dev/sd(x)1}} | |||
==Sample Install to USB/SD Stick== | ==Sample Install to USB/SD Stick== | ||
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=Older versions of SOAS:= | =Older versions of SOAS:= | ||
Normally,the livecd-iso-to-disk installation has the advantage over the liveusb-creator installation method by allowing a persistent /home/liveuser folder with the --home-size-mb NNN option. | |||
This feature would allow you to update the OS image while keeping the user files (by running the script against your existing installation but leaving out the --home-size-mb NNN option). | This feature would allow you to update the OS image while keeping the user files (by running the script against your existing installation but leaving out the --home-size-mb NNN option). | ||
* Run it as root, making sure to pass the correct USB device and to set overlay and home size appropriately, depending on the stick size. | * Run it as root, making sure to pass the correct USB device and to set overlay and home size appropriately, depending on the stick size. | ||
{{Code|sudo ./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --overlay-size-mb 300 --home-size-mb 160 --delete-home --unencrypted-home soas-strawberry.iso /dev/sd(x)1}} | |||
* The --delete-home option is used to avoid an error message while requesting both a new home (with --home-size-mb) and a persistent home (indirectly with --unencrypted-home). You wouldn't use the --delete-home option on an upgrade of the operation system only. | * The --delete-home option is used to avoid an error message while requesting both a new home (with --home-size-mb) and a persistent home (indirectly with --unencrypted-home). You wouldn't use the --delete-home option on an upgrade of the operation system only. | ||
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* Watch out for errors in the output of the script, the script seems to ignore them! (and say all is fine on the last line). | * Watch out for errors in the output of the script, the script seems to ignore them! (and say all is fine on the last line). | ||
copied and revised from: | :(The above was copied and revised from: [[Sugar_on_a_Stick/Linux]].) | ||
==Using boot helper disk with blueberry usb on | ==Using boot helper disk with blueberry usb on Intel mac== | ||
See [[Sugar on a Stick/Mac]]. | |||
Question #95622 on Sugar on a Stick changed: | Question #95622 on Sugar on a Stick changed: | ||
https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/soas/+question/95622 | https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/soas/+question/95622 | ||
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what I do to make it work: | what I do to make it work: | ||
#Restart my MacBook Pro with the Blueberry imaged USB and the Boot Helper CD in place. | # Restart my MacBook Pro with the Blueberry imaged USB and the Boot Helper CD in place. | ||
# Hold the 'C' key from the time the screen becomes black on the restart until the CD's boot screen comes up. | |||
#Hold the 'C' key from the time the screen becomes black on the restart until the CD's boot screen comes up. | # At the boot screen, press Tab key to enter into the boot/kernel parameters screen. | ||
#At the boot screen, press Tab key to enter into the boot/kernel parameters screen. | |||
*This screen shows default values as follow: | *This screen shows default values as follow: | ||
vmlinuz0 initrd=initrd0.img root=LABEL=FEDORA rootfstype=vfat rw liveimg overlay=LABEL=FEDORA quiet rhgb | vmlinuz0 initrd=initrd0.img root=LABEL=FEDORA rootfstype=vfat rw liveimg overlay=LABEL=FEDORA quiet rhgb | ||
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==More Linux Information== | ==More Linux Information== | ||
[[Sugar_on_a_Stick/Linux#Put_SoaS_onto_a_stick_using_Fedora_or_Ubuntu]] | |||