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Instructions for preparing a VirtualBox disk image from a SoaS iso image file. | Instructions for preparing a VirtualBox disk image from a SoaS iso image file. | ||
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# Create a new disk image, 2GB | # Create a new disk image, 2GB | ||
# Finish. | # Finish. | ||
# Download the lastest SoaS, http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/snapshots/2/?C=M;O=D, for Fedora- | # Download the lastest SoaS, http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/snapshots/2/?C=M;O=D, for Fedora-12. | ||
# Mount SoaS ISO as a CD-ROM in the newly created VM. | # Mount SoaS ISO as a CD-ROM in the newly created VM. | ||
# Change Network Adapter to Intel Pro/1000 MT Desktop (82540EM) | # Change Network Adapter to Intel Pro/1000 MT Desktop (82540EM) | ||
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# toggle 1 boot | # toggle 1 boot | ||
# quit | # quit | ||
# umount /dev/sda1 -- | # umount /dev/sda1 -- (not required with soas06.iso) | ||
# / | # /media/soas06/LiveOS/livecd-iso-to-disk --overlay-size-mb 300 --home-size-mb 160 --unencrypted-home --delete-home /dev/sr0 /dev/sda1 | ||
#: (for earlier versions of SoaS, use /mnt/live/LiveOS/livecd-iso-to-disk ...) | |||
#* the --overlay-size-mb NNN option creates space for persistence of changes on the disk; otherwise, a liveOS disk is read-only. | #* the --overlay-size-mb NNN option creates space for persistence of changes on the disk; otherwise, a liveOS disk is read-only. | ||
#* the --home-size-mb NNN option creates space for saving the /home/liveuser folder if you want to update the OS image while keeping the user files. (In this case, skip the new disk creation and parted steps and leave out the --home-size-mb NNN option at this step and continue on.) | #* the --home-size-mb NNN option creates space for saving the /home/liveuser folder if you want to update the OS image while keeping the user files. (In this case, skip the new disk creation and parted steps and leave out the --home-size-mb NNN option at this step and continue on.) | ||
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# shutdown -h now | # shutdown -h now | ||
==Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions== | ==Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions== | ||
# Unmount CDROM in | # Unmount CDROM in VirtualBox settings | ||
# Mount VBoxGuestAdditions.iso in its place. | |||
# Boot VM | # Boot VM | ||
#* (Fails for soas06.iso, cycling between to two screen resolution modes.) | |||
# Open Terminal | # Open Terminal | ||
# su - | # su - | ||