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==SoaS Beta Testing== | ==SoaS Beta Testing== | ||
Sugar 0.88 beta testing is underway on a Sugar on a Stick image with Fedora 13 beta (rawhide) (see [[Talk:Sugar_on_a_Stick/Linux#SoaS_Fedora_matrix|Soas Fedora image matrix]]). | Sugar 0.88 beta testing is underway on a Sugar on a Stick image with Fedora 13 beta (rawhide) (see [[Talk:Sugar_on_a_Stick/Linux#SoaS_Fedora_matrix|Soas Fedora image matrix]]). | ||
| − | ===Download and | + | ===Download and test=== |
| − | * ''Mirabelle'' [http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/soas/ Nightly builds] | + | * [[File:Soas-mirabelle-logo.png|120px|link=http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/soas/]] ''Mirabelle'' [http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/soas/ Nightly builds] |
* See [[Sugar on a Stick/Mirabelle]] | * See [[Sugar on a Stick/Mirabelle]] | ||
* [[0.88/Testing|Sugar 0.88 Testing]]. | * [[0.88/Testing|Sugar 0.88 Testing]]. | ||
| − | ===SoaS | + | ===SoaS installation on USB/SD devices=== |
* Use ONLY this script file to create a bootable image, http://bit.ly/livecd-iso-to-disk. | * Use ONLY this script file to create a bootable image, http://bit.ly/livecd-iso-to-disk. | ||
:(Don't forget to <code>chmod +x tools_livecd-iso-to-disk.sh</code> after you download the script.) | :(Don't forget to <code>chmod +x tools_livecd-iso-to-disk.sh</code> after you download the script.) | ||
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'''Note:''' | '''Note:''' | ||
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* To install the .iso disc image, execute the shell script as the root user in <u>one</u> command with arguments as follows: | * To install the .iso disc image, execute the shell script as the root user in <u>one</u> command with arguments as follows: | ||
| − | + | :{{Code|./livecd-iso-to-disk --overlay-size-mb 200 --home-size-mb 200 --delete-home --unencrypted-home /path/to/source/iso/or/device /dev/sd'''?'''1}} | |
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| + | :: where '{{Code|'''?'''}}' in the final parameter represents the target bootable device node, such as {{Code|sdb1}} or {{Code|sdc1}}, etc. | ||
| + | :: (You may use '\' line-continuation symbols followed by a newline [enter or return keypress] to break a long line visually on the terminal, but not logically to the script processing software.) | ||
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:* (*) ''be sure of your USB/SD '''s'''torage '''d'''evice name (such as sda, sdb, etc.) and partition (such as 1, 2, etc.), yielding, for example,'' <code>/dev/sdb1</code>. ''Use the mount command or the partition manager to confirm it before executing the script.'' | :* (*) ''be sure of your USB/SD '''s'''torage '''d'''evice name (such as sda, sdb, etc.) and partition (such as 1, 2, etc.), yielding, for example,'' <code>/dev/sdb1</code>. ''Use the mount command or the partition manager to confirm it before executing the script.'' | ||
:* <code>--format --reset-mbr</code> are optional arguments for the shell script, but may be excluded to preserve the existing disc format and data. See [[olpc:How to Damage a FLASH Storage Device]] for a discussion of why you might want to try to keep your factory format on a flash storage device. | :* <code>--format --reset-mbr</code> are optional arguments for the shell script, but may be excluded to preserve the existing disc format and data. See [[olpc:How to Damage a FLASH Storage Device]] for a discussion of why you might want to try to keep your factory format on a flash storage device. | ||
| + | :*: [[Talk:Downloads]] and [[LiveOS image]] have more information on this and other installation options. | ||
:* If you do use the format and reset master boot record arguments, you'll want to specify the target device name and not a partition, that is <code>/dev/sd*</code> with no partition number, instead of <code>/dev/sd*1</code> as in the example above used to specify an existing partition. ''As noted above, confirm your target disc device name—in this case, it is VERY DANGEROUS to your other discs if this is entered wrong, as the whole disc will be reformatted and a new master boot record written causing all previously written data on that disc to be lost.'' | :* If you do use the format and reset master boot record arguments, you'll want to specify the target device name and not a partition, that is <code>/dev/sd*</code> with no partition number, instead of <code>/dev/sd*1</code> as in the example above used to specify an existing partition. ''As noted above, confirm your target disc device name—in this case, it is VERY DANGEROUS to your other discs if this is entered wrong, as the whole disc will be reformatted and a new master boot record written causing all previously written data on that disc to be lost.'' | ||
Revision as of 12:51, 8 May 2010
SoaS Beta Testing
Sugar 0.88 beta testing is underway on a Sugar on a Stick image with Fedora 13 beta (rawhide) (see Soas Fedora image matrix).
Download and test
Mirabelle Nightly builds- See Sugar on a Stick/Mirabelle
- Sugar 0.88 Testing.
SoaS installation on USB/SD devices
- Use ONLY this script file to create a bootable image, http://bit.ly/livecd-iso-to-disk.
- (Don't forget to
chmod +x tools_livecd-iso-to-disk.shafter you download the script.)
- The .iso file may be burnt to a CD-ROM and booted on your PC (or mounted in a virtual machine to boot it):
Note:
- To install the .iso disc image, execute the shell script as the root user in one command with arguments as follows:
./livecd-iso-to-disk --overlay-size-mb 200 --home-size-mb 200 --delete-home --unencrypted-home /path/to/source/iso/or/device /dev/sd?1
- where '
?' in the final parameter represents the target bootable device node, such assdb1orsdc1, etc. - (You may use '\' line-continuation symbols followed by a newline [enter or return keypress] to break a long line visually on the terminal, but not logically to the script processing software.)
- where '
- (*) be sure of your USB/SD storage device name (such as sda, sdb, etc.) and partition (such as 1, 2, etc.), yielding, for example,
/dev/sdb1. Use the mount command or the partition manager to confirm it before executing the script. --format --reset-mbrare optional arguments for the shell script, but may be excluded to preserve the existing disc format and data. See olpc:How to Damage a FLASH Storage Device for a discussion of why you might want to try to keep your factory format on a flash storage device.- Talk:Downloads and LiveOS image have more information on this and other installation options.
- If you do use the format and reset master boot record arguments, you'll want to specify the target device name and not a partition, that is
/dev/sd*with no partition number, instead of/dev/sd*1as in the example above used to specify an existing partition. As noted above, confirm your target disc device name—in this case, it is VERY DANGEROUS to your other discs if this is entered wrong, as the whole disc will be reformatted and a new master boot record written causing all previously written data on that disc to be lost.
- (*) be sure of your USB/SD storage device name (such as sda, sdb, etc.) and partition (such as 1, 2, etc.), yielding, for example,