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→‎Make it work to both boot and to run on the computers' current operating systems.: Export the VirtualBox .vdi hard drive to a 2nd USB and create a new machine that uses the .vdi to run

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*We need a Mac and Linux VirtualBox or other VM Solution.

* We need a simple, elegant, Sugar specific UI that is presented to the user when they insert a stick into a running Windows machine.

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Suggestion: Put 2 files for VirtualBox import/export on a 2nd USB stick

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*Suggestion-1:

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On insertion; the contents of the USB stick pop up

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:Put 2 files for VirtualBox import/export on a 2nd USB stick

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An example:

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:On insertion; the contents of the USB stick pop up

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:An example:

f16-live-RC4-Desktop-sugaruser-disk1.vmdk

f16-live-RC4-Desktop-sugaruser.ovf '''<==click on this file and it immediately imports into VirtualBox (less than 2 Minutes)'''

(Only the .ovf file icon is highlighted in the USB stick contents)

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This is OS agnostic for a system with an installed VirtualBox 4.1

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*Suggestion-2:

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:Export the VirtualBox .vdi hard drive to a 2nd USB and create a new machine that uses the .vdi to run

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:/home/(user)/VirtualBox VMs/ (copy all three files to USB-stick)

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:Create a new appliance

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:use pre-existing hard disk

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:Look for .vdi (on USB-stick)

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[[File:Trisquel_running_from_Ext_USB-stick.png|500px]]

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*This is OS agnostic for a system with an installed VirtualBox 4.1

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===Make it work with Macs.===

: It kinda works sometimes now. Some macs reboot if you do magic incantations. Some don't. A VirtualBox "boot helper" VM that started the boot in VirtualBox, then looks to the stick was created by Dave Bauer, but it doesn't work on all Macs yet.

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