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
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 of SoaS Mirabelle
- updated 5/25/2010
root=sugarroot
This appliance is ready to run "firstboot" (agree/user name/password/tz/etc)
- installed with liveinst (Anaconda) to 8-GB Virtual Disk in 2-GB slices
Download these 3 files:
http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-v3-Mirabelle.mf http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-v3-Mirabelle.ovf http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-v3-Mirabelle.vmdk
- Start VirtualBox (I used: Version 3.1.5 r59339 for export.)
Top Left Corner of window:<file><Import Appliance>
Note: Import Option is not available on OSE version of Virtualbox.
<Choose> (to find 3 downloaded files you just downloaded)
select: soas-v3-Mirabelle.ovf <Appliance Import Settings> Window appears:
- Correct line: "Guest OS Type" to OS:linux Version:fedora (click on Other/unknown it is a dropdown box)
- Agree to GPL license
- <Import>
- start sugar
To Install VirtualBox
VirtualBox available free. (You do need to accept a license in order to download.)
Download:
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
- Choose your OS Version
(OSX, Windows, Linux, other.)
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 (http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/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!