VirtualBox

With VirtualBox^® one can run Sugar on Microsoft Windows, Intel-based Apple Macintosh, or Linux host computers from within a virtual machine window.

VirtualBox overview

Virtualbox 4.0 Downloads: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/downloads/index.html

(See VirtualBox/Technical for some collected details, and the VirtualBox.org Web site.)

See VirtualBox/Preparing a disk image for instructions on building a VirtualBox virtual machine disk from an .iso disk image.

Problems using MacBook Pro i7 (sandyBridge) with some OS Guests http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/8474

The following instructions are intended for those Learners interested in using VirtualBox to run Sugar. The process is not fully mature as the technology is evolving both in the VirtualBox and operating system software.

Online IRC support is available from http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/IRC

Sugar disc images

Sugar on a Stick

Below are instructions for running a copy of Sugar on a Stick, available from this Fedora download site, in a VirtualBox window.

Note:
Prebuilt virtual machines that may be run in VirtualBox are available here: Emulator image files#VirtualBox.

Install VirtualBox

on Mac OS X

- the Apple Macintosh operating system

Please help:
Assistance is needed from Macintosh system experts to sort out the peculiarities involved with the operating system and VirtualBox.

virtualbox overview - Look at this first

Download VirtualBox for OS X from here, http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Install it by opening the .dmg.
Follow the instructions in the window
1. Double click VirtualBox.mpkg
2. If you see a warning about running a program from the Internet, click OK to run it.
3. Click continue until you see the license popup, click Agree.
4. Choose location to install, probably something like Macintosh HD, then click Continue.
5. Click Continue, then Install. Enter password, if required.
Now you can run VirtualBox by opening the Applications folder and double clicking on the icon.
Next Follow the instructions Setup a Virtual Machine for Sugar on a Stick
You can watch a screencast video of the rest of the process on a Mac below in the Setup section (click the [show] link.)

EFI support in 4.1.2 virtualbox for OSX

Note this is not fully working (Display is 1920x1200-U ONLY)-Please help if you have the inclination.

Fedora 16 RC (DVD and netinstall only)

http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/16-Beta.RC4/

Setting up EFI: http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#efi

Go to Settings/System/motherboard before booting

[x] Enable EFI (Special OSes Only)

INSTALL 
get message " grub1 conflicts 1:grub2-1.99-5.fc16.x86-64"
install anyway
Installs Minimal system (302 pkgs) No package selection available
........
Boot from HD
Boots HD to EFI Shell
........
exit (shell)
.........
Boot Maintenance Manager
boot from file/ enter/ <efi> redhat grub.efi
Boots to console
root/password starts correctly
yum cannot retrieve repo data... (no Networking)

Expected results: Boot to Gnome

Additional info: get message " grub1 conflicts 1:grub2-1.99-5.fc16.x86-64" install anyway

More Information

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/EFI

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/15/html/Installation_Guide/Making_Minimal_Boot_Media.html

https://gitorious.org/tianocore_uefi_duet_builds/pages/Linux_Windows_BIOS_UEFI_boot_USB

Display settings: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2009-December/042925.html

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFIBooting

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFIBooting#Configuring_X.org

on Microsoft Windows

Download from http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads.

on GNU/Linux

See http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

For Ubuntu, it is available in Synaptic Package Manager, once you add the the URI, distribution & components to your 3rd-party software sources or enter the following in your /etc/apt/sources.list.

deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian <distribution> non-free

Install dkms, as well, so upgrades to your system will update the kernel modules.

(See the Talk:VirtualBox page for experimental installation variations.)

Setup a Virtual Machine for Sugar on a Stick

Notice: A prebuilt Vitualbox 3.2 Appliance of Sugar on a Stick Mirabelle is available.Sugar_on_a_Stick_v3-Mirabelle

One may also use these instructions, VirtualBox/Preparing a disk image, to prepare one's own.

You can watch a screencast video of the process with an earlier version of SoaS on a Mac here:

In VirtualBox click New
Click Next
Enter a name "Sugar"
Operating System: choose Linux
Version: choose Fedora
Click Next
For memory leave 256 MB
Click Next
Virtual Hard Disk click Existing
Click the little folder to the right of the selection box
1. A new window pops up
2. Click Add button in the toolbar
3. Browse to the location where you extracted the .vdi disk image
4. Click Open
5. Click Select
Click Next
Click Finish
Select Sugar on the left
Click Start in the toolbar
After a minute or two you should see the Sugar screen asking for you name
Enter your name
Click Done at the bottom of the window. You might have to scroll.
From now on you can start VirtualBox and start the "Sugar" virtual machine

Issues

Activating the Frame might be a little difficult. The lower 2 corners are easiest and you may want to configure edge activation in the My Settings > Frame panel. With VirtualBox Guest Additions installed (see here), only the bottom edge and corners are available for Frame activation.

On Mac keyboards, you might wish to change the Virtual Box default key for switching the Sugar cursor to the normal one, as the default key (control right arrow on Mac keyboards) is trapped by Sugar. (Windows and Linux keyboards use Right Ctrl.) You may do this change in File/settings of the Virtual Box menu.

Resources

http://www.virtualbox.org/
OLPC:VirtualBox
How To Install Virtualbox Guest Additions in Fedora Guest (Based on Fedora 8)
install the virtualbox guest additions

2nd Method

sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-utils