Features/SoaS Creation Station

Summary

A Custom Remix of Gnome Desktop with livecd-tools and spin-kickstarts

It can be either a liveCD or An Install CD.

Targeted Audience: Teachers, Experienced Users, and Deployments.

• This Feature will allow Users to Make Customized Respins by editing kickstart files and Building Custom-Remix.iso files.
• Detailed instuction on how to make remixes will be provided on the Desktop and as a default firefox web page wiki:[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Features/Soas_V4/Remixability#Build_Your_Own_Remix
• This CD provides a complete set of tools for Creating a Custom Remix of Soas.
• Requires installation to a Hard Disk to allow Building .iso's.
• Recommended Install Method: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/ZyX-LiveInstaller Works wih zyx.?

(still testing=looks like livecd-tools may use too many resources with the zyx-liveinstaller file structure) still testing 09/09/2010 tg

Managed to do build on 16Gb USB took 4+ hrs. NOT PRACTICAL (as need LVM structured install for enough room)08/14/2010

• zyx-liveinstaller copies the SCS CD exactly (as It is running on Users Desktop.) Any personal customization is transferred to a normal file system on the users Hard Disk

zyx-liveinstaller (In fedora repositories) is included on the SCS.iso

CD also includes gparted; livecd-tools, spin-kickstarts.

liveinst(Anaconda) does not transfer the custom features of the SCS.iso

• Coordination with the Remixability feature.[1]
• May require using Anaconda with custom anaconda.cfg and .ks (If this is possible)

Owner

• Name: [| Thomas Gilliard]

• Email: satellit <at> bendbroadband <dot> com

Current status

• Targeted release: (Soas v4 Mangolassi)
• Last updated: [| Thomas Gilliard] 06:08, 9 Sept 2010 (PST)
• Percentage of completion: 40%

Detailed Description

• This CD will Provide the tools, including detailed instructions, for creating a custom Soas-remix.

• References on how to use the SCS will be added to The Customization Guide.

Benefit to Sugar

Promotes our already-existing technical flexibility to customize Soas-v4 for Deployments and individuals.

• add/delete desired applications to standard set on .iso

• Targeted uses:

Multiple Language versions (Including EU Languages?)

e-book reader

Older students

Games

• Shared kickstart files e-mailed to SOAS and posted to wiki allow others to learn how to make a .ks file and try various remixes.
• Posted links to a Catalog of prebuilt remix.iso's, with a description of their use and contents, allows less skilled users to use them.

Scope

The technical ability to create remixes has worked for a long time.

all entries labled xxxx-remix were built using these instructions:

• Current

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Sugar_on_a_Stick_release_process#Test_Matrix

• Archive:

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Features/Soas_V4/Install_Test_Table#Test_results

The implementation of this feature depends on:

• the editing of the Customization Guide

http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/docs/customization-guide

• The creation of a wiki page

UI Design

N/A

How To Test

Features/SoaS Creation Station/Testing

• 1-) Burn .iso to CD and boot from CD
• 2-) Install to HD with zyx-liveinstaller (Icon is on desktop)

• use partitioner (button at top of zyx-liveinstaller window) to partition HD

/boot 500 ext4

/ (balance of HD minus 10000)

swap 10000

exit partitioner "X" on top right of window

• Hit -> arrow at bottom of zyx-liveinstaller

Select root (/); boot-(/boot); swap.

• Hit -> arrow at bottom of zyx-liveinstaller to begin install

• 3-)Reboot to HD when installer completes.

make a new directory on the Desktop "spin-kickstarts"

open terminal and enter this command:

cp /usr/share/spin-kickstarts/*.ks /home/(user)/Desktop/spin-kickstarts

Follow instructions on wiki:http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Features/Soas_V4/Remixability#Build_Your_Own_Remix

• 4-) Create your own Remix.iso with one of the .ks files in the Desktop spin-kickstarts folder

edit with gedit the .ks file to add programs etc; save with new name in spin-kickstarts folder

save-as to use new name of your .ks and then copy that name inot the following commands in a new gedit file:

livecd-creator \
--config=/home/(user)/Desktop/spin-kickstarts/fedora-livecd-soas.ks \
--fslabel=SCS-v(2-3-4)-dd/mm/year-Remix --cache=/var/cache/live

copy-paste the above edited command to a root terminal:

cd Desktop
# Desktop

connect to internet and hit return and Build should begin..(up to 1 hr to finish )

Burn .iso to CD

Boot from new Remix

User Experience

Wider choices for users of Soas-v4 due to ability to Customize.

Dependencies

None that I know of.

Contingency Plan

Not Needed

Documentation

Log of successful build on 8GB USB :http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Features/Soas_V4/SugarCreationStation

Remixability: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Features/Soas_V4/Remixability#Build_Your_Own_Remix

Release Notes

None Needed

Comments and Discussion

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