SoaS Blueberry Instructions: Difference between revisions

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=== For Windows Users ===

Persons using PCs running Windows have two options for creating a Sugar/Blueberry USB flash drive:

::'''Option #1: Use LiveUSB Creator from within Windows to create a Sugar-on-a-Stick Live USB with a compressed filesystem.'''

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# Stop your flash drive using the '''Safely Remove Hardware''' dialog and eject it.

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::'''Option #2: (ADVANCED USERS ONLY) Create a bootable Sugar/Blueberry USB flash drive that does not have a compressed filesystem.''' This option requires at least a 4GB drive.

::::'''WARNING: MAKING A MISTAKE IN THIS PROCEDURE COULD WIPE YOUR PC'S HARD DISK!!!!'''

::# In Windows, download the latest version of the [http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-2-blueberry.iso Live CD image], and burn the image to a CD.

::# Follow the instructions [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/ZyX-LiveInstaller here] to create the bootable Sugar/Blueberry USB flash drive by (i) booting the PC into Sugar with the CD and (ii) running ZyX-LiveInstaller within the Terminal activity. You will also need a spare, blank (or erasable) USB flash drive -- preferably manufactured by a different manufacturer than the target USB -- to use as a swap drive during the procedure. Any data on the swap drive will be wiped.

Notes:

* If you do ~~this~~ often, you may want to download the Blueberry [http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-2-blueberry.iso CD Image] once. Then, when it comes to create the flash drive, hit the Browse button and select the downloaded file rather than selecting "Blueberry" from the menu as above.

* If you do Option #1 often, you may want to download the Blueberry [http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-2-blueberry.iso CD Image] once. Then, when it comes to create the flash drive, hit the Browse button and select the downloaded file rather than selecting "Blueberry" from the menu as above.

* Option #1 creates an SoaS that cannot detect when its drive space eventually runs out, causing stick failure.

* Option #2 creates a more-robust, more-stable drive whose free space can be monitored using the Terminal activity. Non-compressed SoaS drives, however, are not bootable with a boot helper CD.

=== For GNU/Linux Users ===

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 === For Windows Users ===
+Persons using PCs running Windows have two options for creating a Sugar/Blueberry USB flash drive:
+::'''Option #1:  Use LiveUSB Creator from within Windows to create a Sugar-on-a-Stick Live USB with a compressed filesystem.'''
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 # Stop your flash drive using the '''Safely Remove Hardware''' dialog and eject it.
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+::'''Option #2:  (ADVANCED USERS ONLY) Create a bootable Sugar/Blueberry USB flash drive that does not have a compressed filesystem.'''  This option requires at least a 4GB drive.
+::::'''WARNING:  MAKING A MISTAKE IN THIS PROCEDURE COULD WIPE YOUR PC'S HARD DISK!!!!'''
+::# In Windows, download the latest version of the [http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-2-blueberry.iso Live CD image], and burn the image to a CD.
+::# Follow the instructions [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/ZyX-LiveInstaller here] to create the bootable Sugar/Blueberry USB flash drive by (i) booting the PC into Sugar with the CD and (ii) running ZyX-LiveInstaller within the Terminal activity.  You will also need a spare, blank (or erasable) USB flash drive -- preferably manufactured by a different manufacturer than the target USB -- to use as a swap drive during the procedure.  Any data on the swap drive will be wiped.
 Notes:
-* If you do this often, you may want to download the Blueberry [http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-2-blueberry.iso CD Image] once. Then, when it comes to create the flash drive, hit the Browse button and select the downloaded file rather than selecting "Blueberry" from the menu as above.
+* If you do Option #1 often, you may want to download the Blueberry [http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/soas-2-blueberry.iso CD Image] once. Then, when it comes to create the flash drive, hit the Browse button and select the downloaded file rather than selecting "Blueberry" from the menu as above.
+* Option #1 creates an SoaS that cannot detect when its drive space eventually runs out, causing stick failure.
+* Option #2 creates a more-robust, more-stable drive whose free space can be monitored using the Terminal activity.  Non-compressed SoaS drives, however, are not bootable with a boot helper CD.
 === For GNU/Linux Users ===