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The goal of the Sugar on a Stick project is to give children access to *their* Sugar on any computer in their environment with just a USB key.
The goal of the Sugar on a Stick project is to give children access to *their* Sugar on any computer in their environment with just a USB key.
We are still in preAlpha on this project. It is not ready to use with children yet.
===Creating a USB Stick===
===Creating a USB Stick===
The basics of creating a Live, bootable USB are you download a '.iso' image. Then you use a USB creator program to copy it to a USB, create a space for users to store files on the USB (if required) and set it to be bootable.
The basics of creating a Live, bootable USB are you download a live USB .iso image. Then you use a USB creator program to copy it to a USB, create a space for users to store files on the USB and set it to be bootable.
In practice this means the first thing you need is a Live USB creator.
In practice this means the first thing you need is a Live USB creator.
How much persistent memory you set will depend on the size of the .iso and the size of your USB but make sure you have some so people can save files.
How much persistent memory you set will depend on the size of the .iso and the size of your USB but make sure you have some so people can save files.
====Ubuntu====
Ubuntu contains an application called 'USB-creator' (use apt-get or other package management application to download it from the repositories), which can copy an Ubuntu based LiveCD to an USB drive automatically and make it bootable. USB-creator can use the currently running LiveCD or a specficied '.iso' image, and provides for a option for persistant storage using a read-write file on the same partition as files from the CD (some systems use a seperate partition).
There another application UCK (Ubuntu Customization Kit) which can be used to remaster a LiveCD image to remove/include applications, change the artwork etc....
===Using Sugar on a Stick===
===Using Sugar on a Stick===
* http://www.sugarlabs.org/~marco/boot.iso
* http://www.sugarlabs.org/~marco/boot.iso
You can also use the 'PLoP Boot Manager' to create a boot floppy for machines without the ability to boot from CD or USB, see http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/No_native_BIOS_support