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Mac OSX-F14-desktop with Virtualbox Boot USB

This is a 4GB USB that is booted on a MacBook Air with a boot helper CD

It opens a Soas-v3-Mirabelle Virtual Appliance located on a 2nd USB
This 2nd USB can be exchanged with that of another student.

This is proposed as a first solution for SL#598 Boot Helper Virtual Machine

How you can get it

Boot USB

dd command to copy it to your 4GB USB

To Write to your 4GB USB

/dev/sd(x) BE CERTAIN THIS IS THE DEVICE ADDRESS OF YOUR USB

root@xxx:/home/xxx/Desktop# dd if=Mac_F14_Vbox.img of=/dev/sd(x)
7831552+0 records in
7831552+0 records out
4009754624 bytes (4.0 GB) copied, 1365.52 s, 2.9 MB/s
root@xxx:/home/xxx/Desktop#

Soas-v3 Mirabelle virtualbox files to put on 2nd USB

Boot Helper CD

How it was Made

F14 Desktop USB with Virtualbox installed

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-==Mac OS X-Boot USB with Virtualbox==
+=Mac OSX-F14-desktop with Virtualbox Boot USB =
 :: '''This is a 4GB USB that is booted on a MacBook Air with a boot helper CD'''
+:::It opens a Soas-v3-Mirabelle Virtual Appliance located on a 2nd USB
+;;; This 2nd USB can be exchanged with that of another student.
-===How you can get it===
+This is proposed as a first solution for [http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/598 SL#598 Boot Helper Virtual Machine]
-:Boot USB
-::dd command to copy it to your 4GB USB
+==How you can get it==
- **To Duplicate**
+===Boot USB===
-  root@xxx:/home/xxx/Desktop# dd if=Mac_F14_Vbox.img of=/dev/sdg
+====dd command to copy it to your 4GB USB====
+*To Write to your 4GB USB
+:/dev/sd(x) '''BE CERTAIN THIS IS THE DEVICE ADDRESS OF YOUR USB'''
+  root@xxx:/home/xxx/Desktop# '''dd if=Mac_F14_Vbox.img of=/dev/sd(x)'''
   7831552+0 records in
   7831552+0 records out
   4009754624 bytes (4.0 GB) copied, 1365.52 s, 2.9 MB/s
   root@xxx:/home/xxx/Desktop#
-:Soas-v3 Mirabelle to put on 2nd USB
+===Soas-v3 Mirabelle virtualbox files to put on 2nd USB===
-: Boot Helper CD
+===Boot Helper CD===
 ===How it was Made===
+*F14 Desktop USB with Virtualbox installed
 ===References===
 *http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit#Building_a_bootable_USB_using_a_MacBook_Air
 *http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2010-November/012019.html

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