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Updated this page feb 03 2013 - satellit

Install on a USB device

(2-GB or larger USB storage device needed to run VirtualBox Images)

One could modify the instructions at VMware#One_8-GiB_stick_with_2_partitions

Download VirtualBox OSE program, and install instead of VMPlayer.
Boot PC from stick, and run images on same or 2nd stick.

VirtualBox appliance derived from SoaS Mirabelle

updated 13 Oct 2010

This appliance has a traditional, non-compressed filesystem and was built by using ZyX-LiveInstaller on a SoaS Mirabelle image. (It does not simulate the stock Sugar on a Stick image with its LiveOS image with a compressed filesystem, SquashFS, for the operating system files and an optional overlay and home folder for persistence.)

These Activities have been updated: Physics-6, Record-79, Write-70, Turtle Art-99

Download these 3 files: For the first 2 files, you may need to right click and select 'Save link as...' or 'Save Target As...' because they open directly into the browser.

http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Soas-v3-Mirabelle-zyx.mf

http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Soas-v3-Mirabelle-zyx.ovf

http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-v3-Mirabelle.vmdk

Start VirtualBox
In the top-left corner of the application menu bar:
File -> Import Appliance...

Note: The Import Option is not available on the OSE version of VirtualBox.

Import option is available in VirtualBox 4.0.4 (which is ose)

Click the <Choose...> button to find the 3 downloaded files.
select: soas-v3-Mirabelle-zyx.ovf

then click 'Next'
Appliance Import Settings window appears:
Double click on the Guest OS Type row and the right column is a dropdown selection panel. Change the value to OS: Linux Version: Fedora (from Other/unknown)
Agree to GPL license and click the 'Finish' button.
The Import process progress meter will appear, and then the new virtual machine named soas-v3-Mirabelle-zyx2 will appear in your VirtualBox virtual machine list.
Click the start button or double click the machine name to start your virtual machine with Sugar.
- The first boot experience (of selecting a learner name and color set) can be recreated by erasing the /user/liveuser/.sugar/default/owner.key & .../owner.key.pub files from this machine before distribution.
- Can the default window size be set to simulate an XO at 832x624 pixels? Do we have a license to distribute images with Guest Additions installed?
- I found a base memory setting of 802 MB RAM. This may be too high for older computers. --FGrose 13:02, 14 October 2010 (EDT)

You may create you own virtual machine beginning with an .iso image of Sugar on a Stick

Download http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/#downloads
If your hardware is 64-bit capable, chose a 64-bit version.

Virtualbox 3.2.1 on 16GB Toshiba USB Running Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic

This is a nice portable solution for a full Gnome Desktop and Sun Virtualbox 3.2.1 (works with Hp Pavillion "Vista"Notebook) I use it to create .vdi Hard Disk images for soas-v2-Blueberry

install Ubuntu 9.10 [1] from CD to 16GB Toshiba USB (It will run on 8GB USB but very little room left for images)
setup wireless networking
Download VirtualBox: [2]
Install Virtualbox

Have Fun! satellit 12/19/2009

Sugar not booting

I got Sugar to boot under VirtualBox 2.X / MacOS 10.5 following the recommended procedure. With VirtualBox 3.X something seems to be broken. Neither my old VDI nor a newly downloaded one will proceed to more than that black screen. Sad!

But don't despair: You need to get the installation ISO (380 MB) from the downloads page (Sugar on a Stick/Downloads). Add this as the CD-ROM to your virtual machine and set the first boot volume to this CD-ROM. Now Sugar works as before!

I want to give a response to the "Setup a Virtual Machine for Sugar on a Stick" (Mac Os)

I´ve installed the VirtualBox from step 1 - 6 and then i setup a virtual machine. I´ve watched the streamcast about that and i´ve done everything similar to the cast.

The Virtual Box starts, he wants to boot and then there´s a black window for hours ....

Does somebody have an idea what i´ve done wrong or what´s the problem about booting?

Greetings thor.sten