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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.
 
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
 
: Online IRC support is available from http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/IRC
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: Various VirtualBox experiments may be found on the [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|Discussion page]].
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==Sugar disc images==
 
==Sugar disc images==
 
===Sugar on a Stick===
 
===Sugar on a Stick===
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# Next Follow the instructions '''Setup a Virtual Machine for Sugar on a Stick'''
 
# 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.)
 
#:You can watch a screencast video of the rest of the process on a Mac below in the Setup section (click the [show] link.)
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=====EFI support in 4.1.2 virtualbox for OSX=====
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:'''Note this is not fully working (Display is 1920x1200-U ONLY)-Please help if you have the inclination.'''
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*Fedora 16 RC (DVD and netinstall only)
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::http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/16-Beta.RC4/
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:Setting up EFI: http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#efi
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:'''Go to Settings/System/motherboard before booting'''
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::[x] Enable EFI (Special OSes Only)
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Start
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enable scale mode (to see all of screen)
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'''INSTALL'''
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get message " grub1 conflicts 1:grub2-1.99-5.fc16.x86-64"
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install anyway
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Installs Minimal system (302 pkgs) No package selection available from DVD
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Boot from HD
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Boots HD to EFI Shell
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exit (shell)
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Boot Maintenance Manager
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boot from file/ enter/ <efi> redhat grub.efi
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Boots to console
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root/password starts correctly
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yum cannot retrieve repo data... (no Networking)
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Does Not see DVD repo
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* Bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742695
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:Expected results:
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::Boot to Gnome
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* More Information
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:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/EFI
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:http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/15/html/Installation_Guide/Making_Minimal_Boot_Media.html
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:https://gitorious.org/tianocore_uefi_duet_builds/pages/Linux_Windows_BIOS_UEFI_boot_USB
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:Display settings: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2009-December/042925.html
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::https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFIBooting
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::https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFIBooting#Configuring_X.org
      
=== on Microsoft Windows ===
 
=== on Microsoft Windows ===