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===Make it work with Macs.=== | ===Make it work with Macs.=== | ||
: It kinda works sometimes now. Some macs reboot if you do magic incantations. Some don't. A VirtualBox "boot helper" VM that started the boot in VirtualBox, then looks to the stick was created by Dave Bauer, but it doesn't work on all Macs yet. | : It kinda works sometimes now. Some macs reboot if you do magic incantations. Some don't. A VirtualBox "boot helper" VM that started the boot in VirtualBox, then looks to the stick was created by Dave Bauer, but it doesn't work on all Macs yet. | ||
====[[Sugar_Creation_Kit#Set_up_MacBook_to_Open_VirtualBox_automatically_when_you_power_it_on|Set up MacBook to Open items automatically when you log in]]==== | |||
:click link ^ | |||
======Make New Virtual Appliance for USB containing .vdi files====== | |||
:VirtualBox/New/(Continue) | |||
::Name..... Operating System...linux.. Version ...Ubuntu (Continue) | |||
::Memory ....1024...(Continue) | |||
::[x] Start-up Disk | |||
::(O) Use existing disk Click on the folder icon on right side | |||
::Select the USB-stick in Devices: select the .vdi file listed (Open) | |||
:Virtual Hard Disk | |||
:: Has (O) Use existing hard disk filled out with your .vdi (Continue) | |||
:Summary (Create) | |||
*VirtualBox Manager | |||
:Pointed to new VM (at bottom of list) ==> Start | |||
* Now when the MacBook is booted it will boot up in VirtualBox pointed at this Virtual Appliance on the USB-stick | |||
;This Procedure can be used on multiple Macs to use the same USB-stick containing the Virtual Appliance of Sugar | |||
===XS integration needs to work simply and elegantly.=== | ===XS integration needs to work simply and elegantly.=== | ||
* Backup and Restore | * Backup and Restore | ||