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# Add Activities, change Home favorites, save Browse bookmarks, download E-books, ...
# Add Activities, change Home favorites, save Browse bookmarks, download E-books, ...
# Plug in a second, target USB/SD stick.
# Plug in a second, target USB/SD stick.
# Switch to the Terminal Activity and execute 3 simple commands.
# Switch to the Terminal Activity and execute [[#Live USB installation option|3 simple commands]].
<span style="font-size: 105%">''Voilà''</span>, you have a '''Sugar Clone'''! And the Sugar Clone can make new Sugar Clones with just 1 simple, Terminal command.
<span style="font-size: 105%">''Voilà''</span>, you have a '''Sugar Clone'''! And the Sugar Clone can make new Sugar Clones with just 1 simple, Terminal command.


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===Test Usage===
===Test Usage===


Test Usage:
Pre-boot installation option:


# Obtain the SugarClone script at http://people.sugarlabs.org/fgrose/SugarClone.
# Obtain the SugarClone script at http://people.sugarlabs.org/fgrose/SugarClone.
# Before booting the SoaS device that will be the source of the new Sugar Clone, copy the SugarClone script to the root, '/', folder at the base of the filesystem for the device, or, to /mnt/live (from the perspective of a running LiveOS image).
# Before booting the SoaS device that will be the source of the new Sugar Clone, copy the SugarClone script to the root, '/', folder at the base of the filesystem for the device, or, to /mnt/live (from the perspective of a running LiveOS image).
# Boot the computer from the USB stick into SoaS, and insert, or have a second USB device inserted, into the computer.
 
# In the Terminal Activity of that running SoaS image, enter the command,
Boot:
 
: Boot the computer from the USB stick into SoaS, and insert, or have a second USB device inserted, into the computer.
 
Clone:
 
: In the Terminal Activity [[File:Activity-terminal.png|middle|link=]] of that running SoaS image, enter the command,


::{{Code|/mnt/live/SugarClone}}
::{{Code|/mnt/live/SugarClone}}
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The scripts will copy the currently running image to the target device. When that device is booted, a new, Sugar Learner sign-in will be triggered.  The previously customized Journal and operating system will be present on the Sugar Clone.
The scripts will copy the currently running image to the target device. When that device is booted, a new, Sugar Learner sign-in will be triggered.  The previously customized Journal and operating system will be present on the Sugar Clone.


On a running LiveOS image, the root folder of the USB/SD device is available at the /mnt/live mount point.  The SugarClone script can be obtained (assuming Internet connectivity) as follows:
====Live USB installation option====
On a running LiveOS image, the root folder of the parent USB/SD device is available at the /mnt/live mount point.  The SugarClone script can be obtained (assuming Internet connectivity) as follows:
 
In the Terminal Activity [[File:Activity-terminal.png|middle|link=]],<br>
change the working directory,


In the Terminal Activity, change the working directory, and get the file:
: {{Code|cd /mnt/live}}
: {{Code|cd /mnt/live}}
Get the SugarClone script file:
: {{Code|wget http://people.sugarlabs.org/fgrose/SugarClone}}
: {{Code|wget http://people.sugarlabs.org/fgrose/SugarClone}}


At this point,
Clone:


: {{Code|SugarClone}}
: {{Code|SugarClone}}
will launch the script.


===Possible Use Cases===
===Possible Use Cases===
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