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:'''Make a Virtualbox or VMware Player appliance with a burned CD of your favorite xxx.iso'''
 
*web site that builds a vmx file to your specifications (free)
 
*web site that builds a vmx file to your specifications (free)
 
::'''http://www.easyvmx.com/'''
 
::'''http://www.easyvmx.com/'''
 
: Works fine, runs on most platforms, and has persistence
 
: Works fine, runs on most platforms, and has persistence
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: Virtualbox 4.0 Download (free):
 
: VMware Player download (free): http://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/
 
: VMware Player download (free): http://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/
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:EXAMPLE: soas-i386-20100926.17.iso burned to a CD
 
:EXAMPLE: soas-i386-20100926.17.iso burned to a CD
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::Decompressed the .zip file
 
::Decompressed the .zip file
 
::Put soas-i386-20100926.17 CD in your CD Drive
 
::Put soas-i386-20100926.17 CD in your CD Drive
::Open VMPlayer and point it to this vmx file
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::Open VirtualBox4.0 or VMPlayer and point it to this vmx file
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:::In Virtualbox Settings/specify CD Player (/dev/sr0)
 
::CD boots in VMplayer application
 
::CD boots in VMplayer application
 
::Sugar Starts
 
::Sugar Starts
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  Log in to user you specified
 
  Log in to user you specified
  
'''HINT: put the VMplayer Hard Disk Files on a 2 GB USB stick.'''
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'''HINT: copy all of the EasyVMX Hard Disk Files on a 2 GB USB stick.'''
 
::'''(note runs about 10x slower on a USB stick)'''
 
::'''(note runs about 10x slower on a USB stick)'''
 
::Example above created a 1.4 GB set of files'
 
::Example above created a 1.4 GB set of files'

Revision as of 06:46, 24 December 2010


Other virtual machines

This is a quick guide to the locations of various forms of Sugar software that can run in QEMU emulation or VMware or VirtualBox virtualization.

You can download installation images (.iso files) for Linux distributions that support Sugar and create your own bootable images with Sugar installed.

See VirtualBox, VMware, or QEMU for more information on how to run an image, and Supported systems for more information on what is available.

wikipedia Comparison_of_platform_virtual_machines Very nice comparison of features of various Virtual Machines Platforms

VirtualBox

Template:Admon/note NEWVirtualbox 4.0 Downloads: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/downloads/index.html

  • How to Run an Existing Virtualbox Appliance from a 2nd USB
Portable, Individual Copy for Student, Move between separate Computers.
  1. copy-paste the xxxx.vmdk file from /(User)/Virtualbox/HardDisks/xxxx.vmdk (Max OSX) to a 8 USB formatted fat16 in Mac Disk Utility (Erase)
  2. Menu: Machine>New>continue>Name>Operating System>Version/Memory/Continue>Use existing hard disk>[chose xxxx.vmdk on 2nd USB]> Start.

Sugar on a Stick v3-Mirabelle

firstboot has not yet run; so a new user name and password will be set for the gdm login on startup for the first time
How Built:
root=sugarroot
8-GB VirtualBox hard disc
English and English keyboard
USA-Los Angeles (Pacific timezone)
download and import 2 files:
http://download.sugarlabs.org/images/VirtualBox/Fedora-13-i686-Live-SoaS-sugaruser.vmdk 533M
http://download.sugarlabs.org/images/VirtualBox/Fedora-13-i686-Live-SoaS-sugaruser.ovf   12K
  • Note1:Use the latest version of Oracle VM VirtualBox (3.2_10.8-64453 or later). Some appliances have multiple hard disc controllers and the earlier Sun VirtualBox 3.1 version does not support them.
  • Note2: All appliances were built on a MacBook Air with Oracle VM VirtualBox (3.2.10-r66523) then tested on a Ubuntu installation on an Acer Aspire One Netbook imported into VirtualBox (3.2.10 r66523)
  • Note3:Set ControlPanel/Frame "Edge" slider to far left for easier access to sugar-frame features


Trisquel-3-sugar

Log in as sugar
password=sugaruser
8-GB VirtualBox hard disc
English and English keyboard
USA-Los Angeles (Pacific timezone)
download and import 2 files:
http://download.sugarlabs.org/images/VirtualBox/Trisquel-3-sugar-sugaruser.vmdk 543M
http://download.sugarlabs.org/images/VirtualBox/Trisquel-3-sugar-sugaruser.ovf   12K

Trisquel-4.0.1-sugar

Gnome and sugar 0.90.1
Information
Log in as sugar
password=sugaruser
8-GB VirtualBox hard disc
English and English keyboard
USA-Los Angeles (Pacific timezone)
Updated 12/23/2010
download and import 2 files:
http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/trisquel_4.0.1_ext4.vmdk 2.1 GB
http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/trisquel_4.0.1_ext4-sugar0901.ovf   13K

Debian-squeeze-sugar

Full Gnome Desktop plus Sugar-emulator
Updated 12/05/2010 includes activities Downloaded from ASLO as .xo files; and sugar-emulator.
Log in as sugar
password=sugaruser
root=sugarroot
8-GB VirtualBox hard disc
English and English keyboard
USA-Los Angeles (Pacific timezone)
download and import 2 files:
http://download.sugarlabs.org/images/VirtualBox/Debian-sugaruser.vmdk  2.1G
http://download.sugarlabs.org/images/VirtualBox/Debian-sugaruser-1.ovf 14K 


Mandriva-linux-one-2010.1-sugar

Full Gnome Desktop plus Sugar-emulator
Note Log into gnome desktop first to enable networking then start sugar-emulator
Log in as sugar
password=sugaruser
root=sugaruser
8-GB VirtualBox hard disc
English and English keyboard
USA-Los Angeles (Pacific timezone)
download and import 2 files:
 download and import 2 files:
http://download.sugarlabs.org/images/VirtualBox/mandriva-linux-one-2010-sugaruser-plus.ovf  14K 
http://download.sugarlabs.org/images/VirtualBox/mandriva-linux-one-2010.vmdk  1.4G

Info:

Mandriva_Linux_2010.1
Mandriva 2010.1 Features
The Brazilian government education authority has selected Intel-powered classmate PCs running Mandriva Linux for educational use nationwide.


Photo of F1 Neighborhood on MacBook Air-Mandriva 2010.1

  • Note: The above appliances were built on a MacBook Air with Oracle VM VirtualBox (3.2.10-r66523) then tested on a Ubuntu installation on an Acer Aspire One Netbook imported into VirtualBox (3.2.10 r66523)

Hint for the following Appliances: when Downloading xxxx.mf and xxxx.ovf files use "save as" to download then hit < on browser to return to previous screen in browser

  • Sugar on a Stick v2 Bluberry
link: Blueberry
Read this first.
download and import 3 files: soas-2-blueberry.ovf soas-2-blueberry.mf soas-2-blueberry.vmdk
  • Sugar on a Stick v1 Strawberry
Link: Strawberry
soas-strawberry-vdi.zip Sugar 0.84 (22 June 2009)
This is a compressed VirtualBox Hardisk. Decompress it and Create a new Virtualbox Appliance that points to this existing .vdi Hard Disk not a new one.
How_to_Update_Soas-v1-Strawberry-vdi Activities
  • openSUSE-Sugar-11.3
Reference links: openSUSE-Sugar-11.3.i686-1.0.0-Build6.3.iso Uploaded 26 September 2010
download and import 3 files:openSUSE_sugar.ovf openSUSE_sugar.ovf openSUSE_sugar.mf openSUSE-Sugar-11.3.vmdk
8-GB VirtualBox hard disc
English and English keyboard
USA-Los Angeles (Pacific timezone)
Autologin- user=sugar password=sugaruser
Ready to auto-configure to your hardware on first booting.
note choose /dev/sda2 when prompted to do so on first run
  • UbuntuSugarRemix
Reference links: Community/Distributions/Ubuntu, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sugar
shutdown does nothing from sugar; To exit sugar use "Log Out" then shutdown from bottom right gdm bar
download and import 3 files: USR-922-IRC-Remix.ovf USR-922-IRC-Remix.mf USR-i386-20100922.vmdk
TZ=LA USA USA Keyboard 8-GB HD fully updated on 22 September 2010 with
apt-get Updates
apt-get Upgrade
Remixed to add
Surf-115.xo browser
IRC.xo -(edited to log in to #sugar and #ubuntu-sugarteam)
Analyze.xo
Import the 3 files into Oracle Virtualbox
User=sugar autologin
Password=sugaruser
  • install the virtualbox guest additions
Integrates a Running Virtualbox Appliance with the desktop
install the virtualbox guest additions with sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-utils

VMware Player

  • VMware Player appliance of soas-v3-Mirabelle
This appliance is ready to run "firstboot" (agree/user name/password/tz/etc)
(1) Install VMware Player: Download VMware Player (free)
(2)Download these three files:
soas-v3-Mirabelle.mf
soas-v3-Mirabelle.ovf
soas-v3-Mirabelle.vmdk
(3) Launch: VmPlayer and select soas-v3-Mirabelle.vmdk
sugarroot is the root password.
  • VMware Player appliance Sugar on a Stick v2 (Blueberry)
Read this first.
download
  • VMware Player appliance of openSUSE-Sugar
Read this first.
download
networking help
how to use

QEMU

instructions, downloads

See here for other experiments

Image installation tools

ZyX-LiveInstaller

ZyX-LiveInstaller allows you to install Sugar from either a booted Live USB device or Live CD media to a system or external disk. It creates a traditional operating system installation on disk (or removable media such as SD or USB storage devices).
This program can be useful for installing to a virtualized hard disk. It is not included in builds after soas-v2 Blueberry, so it must be downloaded and installed to use.
In a running SoaS Terminal session or console, execute the following commands:
su
yum install zyx-liveinstaller gparted

EasyVMX!

Make a Virtualbox or VMware Player appliance with a burned CD of your favorite xxx.iso
  • web site that builds a vmx file to your specifications (free)
http://www.easyvmx.com/
Works fine, runs on most platforms, and has persistence
Virtualbox 4.0 Download (free):
VMware Player download (free): http://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/


EXAMPLE: soas-i386-20100926.17.iso burned to a CD
specified a 8 GB Hard Drive and other parameters
downloaded, in browse, the Custom vmx file as a .zip file
Decompressed the .zip file
Put soas-i386-20100926.17 CD in your CD Drive
Open VirtualBox4.0 or VMPlayer and point it to this vmx file
In Virtualbox Settings/specify CD Player (/dev/sr0)
CD boots in VMplayer application
Sugar Starts
  • To install to VMplayer Hard Disk:
Open Sugar-terminal:
su
liveinst
Anaconda installer opens
Initialize all disks
Install procedes normally
reboot
firstboot
Log in to user you specified

HINT: copy all of the EasyVMX Hard Disk Files on a 2 GB USB stick.

(note runs about 10x slower on a USB stick)
Example above created a 1.4 GB set of files'
Copy-Paste all files
Sugar on a Stick in VM Player form with persistence
Portable (Student can take home and run on home Computer)
Run it on different Platforms

References