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=With the soas-2-blueberry.iso, leave out the options for a separate persistent home:=
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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.


    sudo ./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --overlay-size-mb 400  soas-2-blueberry.iso /dev/sd(x)1
{{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.
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.  


    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
{{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: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Linux
:(The above was copied and revised from: [[Sugar_on_a_Stick/Linux]].)






==Using boot helper disk with blueberry usb on intel mac==
==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==
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Linux#Put_SoaS_onto_a_stick_using_Fedora_or_Ubuntu
[[Sugar_on_a_Stick/Linux#Put_SoaS_onto_a_stick_using_Fedora_or_Ubuntu]]
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