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+==Please maintain these pages==
+To those entering alternate installations and experimental images: please try to organize and integrate the page for the new reader.
+* Sort the information for readers from beginner to advanced.
+* Delete information that is out of date or, if it is significant, link to it on an historical page.
+* If you have entered information, please don't abandon it to the confusion of others. Please use your experience to organize and maintain the information so others can rapidly reach a higher level of understanding of the subject matter.
 ==Updating zyx-liveinstaller==
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 *enter command: zyx-liveinstaller.
 *do graphical installation
+==Sugar on a Stick in VM Player with persistence==
+:Copy-paste the VMware Player hard disk files to a 2 GB USB stick.
+:Advantages;
+::Portable (Student can take home and run on home Computer)
+::Run it on different Platforms Windows. Mac, linux
+:Disadvanage
+::runs about 10x slower on a USB stick
+==Operating System Notes==
+:'''Archive of old information'''
+===Windows XP SP2===
+Loads and runs VMware virtual machine in Windows XP SP2 {tested on a Dell 2350 Tower and EeePC1000 }
+Appliance (packaged virtual machine) runs from USB Stick & Hard Disk on VMPlayer or VMWorkstation
+=== Ubuntu 8.04 and 9.04 ===
+VMware Workstation 6.5.2 can make virtual machine image files in Ubuntu. VMware Player will run these virtual appliances. The appliance can be distributed by copying to a DVD or a 4-GiB SD or USB drive or by downloading prebuilt VMPlayer Appliances from Sugar Labs [[http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/]] or other server.
+====For VMWorkstation HD Installs in Ubuntu====
+* (also works for HD installs to PC)
+* Ubuntu Installations use sugar-PPAs:[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Ubuntu#Using_sugar_PPAs]
+* see Trisquel 3.0-Sugar [http://devel.trisquel.info/sugar/] (based on Ubuntu 9.04)
+===Fedora 12===
+====Soas-v2-blueberry.iso Install using zyx-liveinstaller ====
+Download link: [http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-2-blueberry.iso]
+# Method used for this Install to VMware 4GB IDE(custom)Hard disk /(SCSI will not work):
+*'''<<In sugar terminal as root>>'''
+ * zyx-liveinstaller
+*'''Grapical Installer Starts'''
+*START PARTITIONER
+ *4GB unallocated
+ *Make new partition (All of it;that just creates the partition scheme, you can create the partitions afterwards)
+=====Create new Partitions=====:
+ * 200 MiB  ext2 for /boot
+ * 2.93 GiB ext4 for /
+ * 902 Mib  linux-swap
+ * Edit-Apply all Operations
+*CANCEL PARTITIONER (hit X in Right top corner)
+*zyx-live installer behind in window
+*select the data and boot partitions and start install.
+Also will write to USB/SD
+=== Fedora12-EDU Spin ===
+http://spins.fedoraproject.org/edu/#downloads
+http://spins.fedoraproject.org/edu/
+* F12 release 12 (Constantine)
+* Use as a Live CD or as a 8-GB Appliance for VMware Player.
+* 0.86.3 Sugar and Gnome Desktop.
+* It installs nicely in the normal manner with liveinst (or anaconda from terminal)
+* dd install works (8GB USB) to make non-persistent installer USB for Netbooks
+* See the procedure above to make a VMplayer on a USB boot stick run this latest version of the Sugar platform as an Appliance..
+===Fedora 11===
+VMware Player will not load in Fedora 11 beta or Fedora Preview loaded with shell command; One gets "Unable to modify kernel" error and quits.
+===Fedora 10===
+* VMplayer can be loaded in Fedora 10 and used to run a VMplayer Appliance of Sugar platform based on Fedora 11.
+* The Sugar platform included in Fedora 10 is not the current version.
+===openSUSE===
+* Prebuilt .vmx file for Download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/opensuse-edu/files/Sugar/
+* http://en.opensuse.org/Sugar
+:(See: nubae and cyberorg on #irc  #sugar #opensuse-edu for details.)
+SUSE is building and hosting appliances at these sites for downloading.
+=====Live CD=====
+* http://education.opensuse.org/download/ISOs/
+* http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education/images/iso/
+* Newest versions of live .iso can be installed to USB/SD with dd command:
+* Now 2nd partition can be created with a script: http://en.opensuse.org/Live_USB_stick
+  *(x)be careful to use correct device or you can wipe your hard disk!
+ ===========unformatted 2GB USB==================
+ dd if=openSUSE-Sugar.i686-11.2.0-Build2.1.iso of=/dev/sd(x) bs=4M
++1 records in
++1 records out
+ 636485632 bytes (636 MB) copied, 86.862 s, 7.3 MB/s
+Add 2nd Persistent Partition:
+ fdisk /dev/sd(x)
+ The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1959.
+ There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
+ and could in certain setups cause problems with:
+) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
+) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
+   (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
+ Command (m for help): p
+ Disk /dev/sd(x): 2055 MB, 2055019008 bytes
+heads, 32 sectors/track, 1959 cylinders
+ Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
+ Disk identifier: 0x3e698287
+   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
+ /dev/sd(x)1   *           1         607      621568   83  Linux
+ Command (m for help): n
+ Command action
+   e   extended
+   p   primary partition (1-4)
+ p
+ Partition number (1-4): 2
+ First cylinder (608-1959, default 608):
+ Using default value 608
+ Last cylinder, +cylinders or +size{K,M,G} (608-1959, default 1959):
+ Using default value 1959
+ Command (m for help): p
+ Disk /dev/sd(x): 2055 MB, 2055019008 bytes
+heads, 32 sectors/track, 1959 cylinders
+ Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
+  Disk identifier: 0x3e698287
+   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
+ /dev/sd(x)1   *           1         607      621568   83  Linux
+ /dev/sd(x)2             608        1959     1384448   83  Linux
+ Command (m for help): w
+ The partition table has been altered!
+ Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
+ Syncing disks.
+======Installation to VMWare hard disk (or Hard Disk)======
+Sugar terminal:
+:<code>su -
+: yast2 live-installer
+</code>
+======add user======
+:<code> yast2 users
+</code>
+======change networking======
+terminal
+su -
+:<code> yast2 lan
+</code>
+ Global Options
+   [X] Traditional Method with ifup
+======wireless networking======
+:<code> yast2 lan
+</code>
+* su -
+* yast2 lan
+* need to switch networking out of network manager; edit and add wireless wlan wireless wlan0; and enter info on encrypted or open, and if WEP, SSID plus WEP Key information.
+* select wired interface>edit>general>activate device>never
+* ok
+* yast2 lan (2nd time) select manage with Network Manager
+* ok
+* Reboot USB/SD
+* Go to drop down box on network and delete network history. Be sure to have radio box checked.
+* Reboot again, On F1 neighborhood should see circles for wireless network connections.
+* Mouse over the one you want to use and enter passwords if requested on drop down box
+* On reboot, to get wireless connection to connect, you may have to enter the following in terminal:
+ su -
+ rcnetwork restart
+====Mult-User Sugar Appliance====
+* yast2 users
+* Add User  ie: Student1, student2
+* advanced>autologon no password (if you want no passwords )
+* yast2 lan
+* disconnect network manager
+* configure interface
+* restart
+ To switch users (Students) log out from Sugar and you are presented
+ with a list of users to connect to.
+====Prebuilt Sugar Appliance====
+http://education.opensuse.org/download/ISOs/  (in .zip .vmx and.tar.bz2 formats)
+http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education/images/ (.raw format for USB Sticks)
+* Run on VMware Player or VirtualBox after decompressing.
+=====Instructions=====
+'''Important, for all openSUSE Appliances:'''
+ openSUSE-Sugar-0.1.0-Build2.26.1.vmx
+ no password req to start
+ Password(root)=sugaruser
+ ====================================
+ To reset SUGAR ENTIY:
+ (Clear out name, color, and Sugar Journal contents)
+        <sugar terminal>
+ 	rm -rf ~/.sugar
+ 	su -
+ 	password:sugaruser
+ 	shutdown -h now
+ 	restart sugar
+ INSTRUCTIONS ***VERY IMPORTANT!***
+ ======================================
+ when you open this VM Appliance with VMPlayer for first time:
+ 	use "I moved it"
+ 	NO NOT click "I Copied it"
+ 	Doing so generates a 2nd MAC id for the network card and leaves it as eth0
+ 	not configured  (It will not work)
+ 	clearing the /.sugar entity (see above) does not affect Mac address
+ 	Nor does changing the color or name on the sugar control panel.
+ ***** ALSO Do the following Right away after opening sugar for the first time:*****
+ *<sugar terminal>
+ 	su -
+  	Password:xxx (see above)
+ 	yast2 sysconfig
+ 	System>Sysconfig>Enable Sysconfig>(NO)
+ 		(this locks out network reconfig)
+ 	exit, shutdown, restart
+  **(This seems to stop the autoconfiguration of openSUSE on restart)**
+---------------------------------------
+IF F1 Neighborhood is not connecting:
+Try this First to start Network Manager:
+*<sugar terminal>
+su -
+password:xxx
+rcnetwork restart
+ =============
+ NETWORKING FIX:
+ 	(Networking Fix for loss of F1 Neighborhood:)
+ 	<sugar terminal>
+ 	su-
+ 	Password:xxx (see above)
+ 	yast2 lan
+ 	switch to non-Network Manager control
+ 	Delete other network cards
+ 	configure DHCP 4 with hardware and eth0
+ 	exit
+ once you get networking to work;
+ 	*<sugar terminal>
+ 	su -
+ 	Password:xxx (see above)
+ 	yast2 lan
+ 	select Network Manager
+ 	exit
+ 		(change to network manager for wireless configration)
+ then:
+ 	*<sugar terminal>
+ 	su -
+  	Password:xxx (see above)
+ 	yast2 sysconfig
+ 	System>Sysconfig>Enable Sysconfig>(NO)
+ 		(this locks out network reconfig)
+ 	exit, shutdown, restart
+====Image USB/SD Drives====
+* Details on how to use uncompresses raw file: http://en.opensuse.org/Disc_image_howtos
+ Latest .raw file: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education/images/
+* Extract raw file
+: Unmount the USB first, then from terminal:
+  <code>sudo dd if=/home/suse/"myappliance".raw of=/dev/sdb bs=4k</code>
+===== Typical Imaging Session=====
+With raw file on ~/Desktop (BE CERTAIN your USB is sdb (the volume ID). (DO NOT use sdb1, the first partition ID). Change, if different.
+<pre>XXXX:~/Desktop/$ sudo dd if=openSUSE-Sugar-liveUSB-unstable.i686-0.0.3-Build4.17.raw of=/dev/sdb bs=4k
+[sudo] password for XXXX:
++0 records in
++0 records out
+1897922560 bytes (1.9 GB) copied, 195.168 s, 9.7 MB/s
+</pre>
+==Resources==
+* http://www.vmware.com/
+* [[OLPC:VMware]]
+* http://www.pendrivelinux.com/category/virtual-machine/
+===other SUGAR distributions===
+* Live USB [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Category:Liveusb]
+* Linux Distributions [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Linux]

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