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[[wikipedia:VMware|VMware]] (Workstation, Player, Server) is a commercial, "non-free", virtualization system that emulates hardware resources allowing one computer to host a number of x86 architecture-compatible operating systems. The Player and Server versions are distributed free of charge (gratis). It runs on either Win32 or Linux host machines, allowing one to run Sugar images within the virtual machine. A Mac version is also available, VMWare Fusion, however this is not provided free of charge. A free 30-day evaluation is available, and free licenses are [http://www.vmware.com/partners/academic/ available] for academic instruction and research use.
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[[wikipedia:VMware|'''VMware''']] (Workstation, Player, Server) is a commercial, "non-free", virtualization system that emulates hardware resources allowing one computer to host a number of x86 architecture-compatible operating systems. The Player and Server versions are distributed free of charge (gratis). It runs on either Win32 or Linux host machines, allowing one to run Sugar images within the virtual machine. A Mac version is also available, VMware Fusion, however this is not provided free of charge. A free, 30-day evaluation is available, and free licenses are [http://www.vmware.com/partners/academic/ available] for academic instruction and research use.
  
Software applications, such as the Sugar platform, may be deployed as VMware Virtual Appliances, which are one or more virtual machines pre-built, packaged, installed, updated, maintained, and managed as a unit.
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Software applications, such as the Sugar platform, may be deployed as VMware Virtual Appliances, which are one or more virtual machines pre-built, packaged, installed, updated, maintained, and managed as a unit.
  
==Pre-built SUGAR appliances==
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==Appliance files==
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See '''[[Emulator image files]]'''.
  
* Prebuilt Appliances (look at READ ME files for each Appliance first) [http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/]
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=====[http://www.easyvmx.com/easyvmx.shtml EasyVMX!] (build your own VMware virtual machine for VMware Player)=====
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: Lets you bypass the requirement to have a copy of VMware Workstation to create your own VMware Player appliance from a burned CD of a live .iso
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:: Free website to download a custom .vmx file to use with your CD Drive
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:: (You must have the free application, VMware Player installed to use it.)
  
*openSUSE-EDU-sugar-vmx files: [http://education.opensuse.org/download/ISOs/]
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* Web Page:-[http://www.easyvmx.com/easyvmx.shtml] Info:[http://www.virtualization.info/2005/12/guide-to-create-vmx-files-for-vmware.html]
 
====Minimum 4-GB USB/SD required====
 
  
* Start right up after decompression of .zip files
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*openSUSE-edu:
* Using VMware Player (free download)
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:'''NEW''' : [[OpenSUSE#openSUSE_12.2-sugar_0.96.2]]  --[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 08:07, 10 September 2012 (EDT)
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:Old : http://sourceforge.net/projects/opensuse-edu/files/Sugar/
  
*please test these applications
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==Building a virtual appliance==
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====from a live.iso file (No persistence)====
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This appliance runs just like a bootable CD&mdash;it has no data persistence&mdash;the system image is treated as a read-only file. (You are running the .iso image with VMware Player.) The appliance file size is only slightly larger than the .iso file.
  
==Building a virtual appliance==
 
===from a live.iso file (No Persistence)===
 
 
* Make a new Appliance in VMware Workstation ([http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/ 30-day, free evaluation license]) with (minimal) hard disk.
 
* Make a new Appliance in VMware Workstation ([http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/ 30-day, free evaluation license]) with (minimal) hard disk.
 
* Set XXX-live.iso as CD in VMware Workstation with a 0.1 GB hard disk.
 
* Set XXX-live.iso as CD in VMware Workstation with a 0.1 GB hard disk.
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* Open this copied Appliance on the USB drive with VMware Workstation, and edit the location of the live.iso file to point to one on the USB stick, then close it.
 
* Open this copied Appliance on the USB drive with VMware Workstation, and edit the location of the live.iso file to point to one on the USB stick, then close it.
 
* Start VMware Player ([http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ free downwload]) and open this Appliance from the USB drive, or ''any other VMware Player on any PC''.
 
* Start VMware Player ([http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ free downwload]) and open this Appliance from the USB drive, or ''any other VMware Player on any PC''.
*: this appliance is just like a boot CD&mdash;it has no persistence&mdash;the system image is treated as a read-only file. (You are running the .iso image with VMware Player.) The appliance file size is only slightly larger than the .iso file.
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'''Boot this Appliance from a USB boot drive/stick (see below)'''
 
'''Boot this Appliance from a USB boot drive/stick (see below)'''
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* Run Sugar on unbootable PC's using a VMware Player application
 
* Run Sugar on unbootable PC's using a VMware Player application
  
===Appliances with Persistence===
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====Appliances with persistence====
 
* VMware Workstation 6.5.2 with Fedora-11-i386-netinst.iso  
 
* VMware Workstation 6.5.2 with Fedora-11-i386-netinst.iso  
 
  http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/11/i386/
 
  http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/11/i386/
http://fedora.osuosl.org/linux/releases/11/Fedora/i386/iso/
 
 
  Fedora 11 DVD does not include Sugar Desktop
 
  Fedora 11 DVD does not include Sugar Desktop
 
* Settings for VMware Workstation:
 
* Settings for VMware Workstation:
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:# shutdown -h now
 
:# shutdown -h now
  
===Alternatives===
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====Alternatives====
* Fedora-edu Nightly-Composes-(latest versions of F12(rawhide) Gnome & Sugar) [http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/education/]
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* Fedora-edu spin-(latest versions of F12(rawhide) Gnome & Sugar) [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/edu/]
 
(enter liveinst in terminal to install to VMworkstation disks or USB)
 
(enter liveinst in terminal to install to VMworkstation disks or USB)
* SUSE Sugar Spin:(see section below)
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* SUSE Sugar Spin: [[Talk:VMware#openSUSE]]
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* EasyVMX! (build your own VMware virtual machine for VMware Player)-[http://www.easyvmx.com/easyvmx.shtml] info:[http://www.virtualization.info/2005/12/guide-to-create-vmx-files-for-vmware.html]
  
===Comments===
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====Comments====
* Run on free VMplayer loaded on any PC with 512 kB of memory (256 kB required for VMplayer).  
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* Run on VMware Player loaded on any PC with 512 kB of memory (256 kB required for VMware Player).  
* ADVANTAGE: No need to boot USB stick on problem machines.
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* ADVANTAGE: No need to boot USB stick on computers that have a problem booting from a USB device.
* Same machine can be used by a succession of students with their own copy of Sugar.
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* The same computer can be used by a succession of students with their own copy of Sugar.
 
* Students can take USB/SD drives home and run them on their own PCs.
 
* Students can take USB/SD drives home and run them on their own PCs.
* Disadvantage: Have to install VMplayer on PCs
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* Disadvantage: Have to install VMware Player on PCs
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====More Info====
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# Other Methods:http://www.pendrivelinux.com/category/virtual-machine/
  
==Two stick alternative==
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===Two stick alternative===
 
* Install VMware Player on a 2-GiB USB/SD boot stick
 
* Install VMware Player on a 2-GiB USB/SD boot stick
 
* Install the Sugar platform in a virtual appliance on a second 4-GiB or larger stick.
 
* Install the Sugar platform in a virtual appliance on a second 4-GiB or larger stick.
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'''This allows VMware Player to be used by multiple students without rebooting the PC.'''
 
'''This allows VMware Player to be used by multiple students without rebooting the PC.'''
  
==One 8-GiB stick with 2 partitions==
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===One 8-GiB stick with 2 partitions===
 
Ubuntu 9.04 has a "USB Startup Disk Creator". I used a 8-GiB USB stick with 2 partitions to run a VMware Player Appliance on the Same Stick
 
Ubuntu 9.04 has a "USB Startup Disk Creator". I used a 8-GiB USB stick with 2 partitions to run a VMware Player Appliance on the Same Stick
 
VMware Player WILL install on Ubuntu or Fedora 10, but NOT on F11 at this time.
 
VMware Player WILL install on Ubuntu or Fedora 10, but NOT on F11 at this time.
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* In PC running Ubuntu 9.04 (or running in VMware Workstation 6.5.2.)
 
* In PC running Ubuntu 9.04 (or running in VMware Workstation 6.5.2.)
  
===Start partition manager===
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====Start partition manager====
 
* Delete existing partitions on USB [/dev/sdb?]
 
* Delete existing partitions on USB [/dev/sdb?]
 
*: (BE CAREFUL TO BE LOOKING AT the USB drive and not your Hard Disk.)
 
*: (BE CAREFUL TO BE LOOKING AT the USB drive and not your Hard Disk.)
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* Create a FAT32 primary partition with the remaining, unformatted space on the USB drive, set boot flag, and label VM_Apps
 
* Create a FAT32 primary partition with the remaining, unformatted space on the USB drive, set boot flag, and label VM_Apps
 
* Exit Partition Manager
 
* Exit Partition Manager
===Remove and reinstall USB stick===
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====Remove and reinstall USB stick====
 
* Two USB icons will appear
 
* Two USB icons will appear
 
* Copy VM Appliance into VM_Apps
 
* Copy VM Appliance into VM_Apps
  
===Re-boot PC with USB stick===
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====Re-boot PC with USB stick====
* Start Firefox and download VMplayer (free)  Linux xxxx.bundle
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* Start Firefox and download VMware Player Linux xxxx.bundle
 
* Place .bundle file in /tmp
 
* Place .bundle file in /tmp
 
* su - command in /tmp
 
* su - command in /tmp
 
* Enter password for root
 
* Enter password for root
 
* Install bundle in /tmp ( ./ command as administrator. )
 
* Install bundle in /tmp ( ./ command as administrator. )
===Run VMware Player===  
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====Run VMware Player====  
 
* Start VMware Player
 
* Start VMware Player
 
* Choose VM_apps Icon and open VM Appliance file
 
* Choose VM_apps Icon and open VM Appliance file
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* It is complicated to make, but simple to use and it works.
 
* It is complicated to make, but simple to use and it works.
  
==Host operating systems==
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===Operating system notes===
See this Page for Information on other operating systems [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Downloads]
 
 
 
==OPERATING SYSTEM NOTES==
 
 
 
===Windows XP SP2===
 
Loads and runs VMware virtual machine in Windows XP SP2 {tested on a Dell 2350 Tower and EeePC1000 }
 
 
 
Appliance (packaged virtual machine) runs from USB Stick & Hard Disk on VMPlayer or VMWorkstation
 
 
 
=== Ubuntu 8.04 and 9.04 ===
 
VMware Workstation 6.5.2 can make virtual machine image files in Ubuntu. VMware Player will run these virtual appliances. The appliance can be distributed by copying to a DVD or a 4-GiB SD or USB drive or by downloading prebuilt VMPlayer Appliances from Sugar Labs [[http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/]] or other server.
 
====For VMWorkstation HD Installs in Ubuntu====
 
* (also works for HD installs to PC)
 
 
 
* Ubuntu Installations use sugar-PPAs:[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Ubuntu#Using_sugar_PPAs]
 
 
 
* see Trisquel 3.0-Sugar [http://devel.trisquel.info/sugar/] (based on Ubuntu 9.04)
 
 
 
===Fedora 12===
 
====Soas04.iso Install using zyx-liveinstaller ====
 
Download link: [http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/snapshots/2/]
 
# Method used for this Install to VMware 4GB IDE(custom)Hard disk /(SCSI will not work):
 
SEE THIS NOTE FIRST:
 
(zyx-liveinstaller needs to be upgraded on soas02 ans soas03)[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:VMware]
 
*'''<<In sugar terminal as root>>'''
 
* zyx-liveinstaller
 
*'''Grapical Installer Starts'''
 
*START PARTITIONER
 
*4GB unallocated
 
*Make new partition (All of it;that just creates the partition scheme, you can create the partitions afterwards)
 
=====Create new Partitions=====:
 
* 200 MiB  ext2 for /boot
 
* 2.93 GiB ext4 for /
 
* 902 Mib  linux-swap
 
* Edit-Apply all Operations
 
*CANCEL PARTITIONER (hit X in Right top corner)
 
*zyx-live installer behind in window
 
*select the data and boot partitions and start install.
 
 
 
Also will write to USB/SD
 
 
 
=== Fedora12-EDU Spin ===
 
http://spins.fedoraproject.org/edu/#downloads
 
* F12 release 12 (Constantine)
 
* Use as a Live CD or as a 8-GB Appliance for VMware Player.
 
* 0.86.3 Sugar and Gnome Desktop.
 
* It installs nicely in the normal manner with liveinst (or anaconda from terminal)
 
* dd install works (8GB USB) to make non-persistent installer USB for Netbooks
 
 
 
* See the procedure above to make a VMplayer on a USB boot stick run this latest version of the Sugar platform as an Appliance..
 
 
 
===Fedora 11===
 
VMware Player will not load in Fedora 11 beta or Fedora Preview loaded with shell command; One gets "Unable to modify kernel" error and quits.
 
 
 
===Fedora 10===
 
* VMplayer can be loaded in Fedora 10 and used to run a VMplayer Appliance of Sugar platform based on Fedora 11.
 
* The Sugar platform included in Fedora 10 is not the current version.
 
 
 
===openSUSE===
 
 
 
* http://en.opensuse.org/Sugar
 
:(See: nubae and cyberorg on #irc  #sugar #opensuse-edu for details.)
 
 
 
SUSE is building and hosting appliances at these sites for downloading.
 
 
 
=====Live CD=====
 
 
 
* http://education.opensuse.org/download/ISOs/
 
* http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education/images/iso/
 
* Newest versions of live .iso can be installed to USB/SD with dd command:
 
* Now 2nd partition can be created with a script: http://en.opensuse.org/Live_USB_stick
 
 
 
  *(x)be careful to use correct device or you can wipe your hard disk!
 
===========unformatted 2GB USB==================
 
dd if=openSUSE-Sugar.i686-11.2.0-Build2.1.iso of=/dev/sd(x) bs=4M
 
151+1 records in
 
151+1 records out
 
636485632 bytes (636 MB) copied, 86.862 s, 7.3 MB/s
 
Add 2nd Persistent Partition:
 
fdisk /dev/sd(x)
 
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1959.
 
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
 
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
 
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
 
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
 
  (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
 
Command (m for help): p
 
Disk /dev/sd(x): 2055 MB, 2055019008 bytes
 
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 1959 cylinders
 
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
 
Disk identifier: 0x3e698287
 
  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System
 
/dev/sd(x)1  *          1        607      621568  83  Linux
 
Command (m for help): n
 
Command action
 
  e  extended
 
  p  primary partition (1-4)
 
p
 
Partition number (1-4): 2
 
First cylinder (608-1959, default 608):
 
Using default value 608
 
Last cylinder, +cylinders or +size{K,M,G} (608-1959, default 1959):
 
Using default value 1959
 
Command (m for help): p
 
Disk /dev/sd(x): 2055 MB, 2055019008 bytes
 
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 1959 cylinders
 
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
 
  Disk identifier: 0x3e698287
 
  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System
 
/dev/sd(x)1  *          1        607      621568  83  Linux
 
/dev/sd(x)2            608        1959    1384448  83  Linux
 
Command (m for help): w
 
The partition table has been altered!
 
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
 
Syncing disks.
 
 
======Installation to VMWare hard disk (or Hard Disk)======
 
Sugar terminal:
 
:<code>su -
 
: yast2 live-installer
 
</code>
 
 
 
======add user======
 
:<code> yast2 users
 
</code>
 
 
 
======change networking======
 
:<code> yast2 lan
 
</code>
 
======wireless networking======
 
:<code> yast2 lan
 
</code>
 
 
 
* su -
 
* yast2 lan
 
* need to switch networking out of network manager; edit and add wireless wlan wireless wlan0; and enter info on encrypted or open, and if WEP, SSID plus WEP Key information.
 
* select wired interface>edit>general>activate device>never
 
* ok
 
* yast2 lan (2nd time) select manage with Network Manager
 
* ok
 
* Reboot USB/SD
 
* Go to drop down box on network and delete network history. Be sure to have radio box checked.
 
* Reboot again, On F1 neighborhood should see circles for wireless network connections.
 
* Mouse over the one you want to use and enter passwords if requested on drop down box
 
* On reboot, to get wireless connection to connect, you may have to enter the following in terminal:
 
su -
 
rcnetwork restart
 
 
 
====Mult-User Sugar Appliance====
 
* yast2 users
 
* Add User  ie: Student1, student2
 
* advanced>autologon no password (if you want no passwords )
 
* yast2 lan
 
* disconnect network manager
 
* configure interface
 
* restart
 
To switch users (Students) log out from Sugar and you are presented
 
with a list of users to connect to.
 
 
 
====Prebuilt Sugar Appliance====
 
http://education.opensuse.org/download/ISOs/  (in .zip .vmx and.tar.bz2 formats)
 
 
 
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education/images/ (.raw format for USB Sticks)
 
* Run on VMware Player or VirtualBox after decompressing.
 
 
 
=====Instructions=====
 
'''Important, for all openSUSE Appliances:'''
 
openSUSE-Sugar-0.1.0-Build2.26.1.vmx
 
no password req to start
 
Password(root)=sugaruser
 
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To reset SUGAR ENTIY:
 
(Clear out name, color, and Sugar Journal contents)
 
        <sugar terminal>
 
rm -rf ~/.sugar
 
su -
 
password:sugaruser
 
shutdown -h now
 
restart sugar
 
 
INSTRUCTIONS ***VERY IMPORTANT!***
 
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when you open this VM Appliance with VMPlayer for first time:
 
use "I moved it"
 
NO NOT click "I Copied it"
 
Doing so generates a 2nd MAC id for the network card and leaves it as eth0
 
not configured  (It will not work)
 
clearing the /.sugar entity (see above) does not affect Mac address
 
Nor does changing the color or name on the sugar control panel.
 
 
***** ALSO Do the following Right away after opening sugar for the first time:*****
 
*<sugar terminal>
 
su -
 
  Password:xxx (see above)
 
yast2 sysconfig
 
System>Sysconfig>Enable Sysconfig>(NO)
 
(this locks out network reconfig)
 
exit, shutdown, restart
 
  **(This seems to stop the autoconfiguration of openSUSE on restart)**
 
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IF F1 Neighborhood is not connecting:
 
 
 
Try this First to start Network Manager:
 
*<sugar terminal>
 
su -
 
password:xxx
 
rcnetwork restart
 
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NETWORKING FIX:
 
(Networking Fix for loss of F1 Neighborhood:)
 
<sugar terminal>
 
su-
 
Password:xxx (see above)
 
yast2 lan
 
switch to non-Network Manager control
 
Delete other network cards
 
configure DHCP 4 with hardware and eth0
 
exit
 
 
once you get networking to work;
 
*<sugar terminal>
 
su -
 
Password:xxx (see above)
 
yast2 lan
 
select Network Manager
 
exit
 
(change to network manager for wireless configration)
 
then:
 
*<sugar terminal>
 
su -
 
  Password:xxx (see above)
 
yast2 sysconfig
 
System>Sysconfig>Enable Sysconfig>(NO)
 
(this locks out network reconfig)
 
exit, shutdown, restart
 
 
 
====Image USB/SD Drives====
 
* Details on how to use uncompresses raw file: http://en.opensuse.org/Disc_image_howtos
 
Latest .raw file: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education/images/
 
* Extract raw file
 
: Unmount the USB first, then from terminal:
 
  <code>sudo dd if=/home/suse/"myappliance".raw of=/dev/sdb bs=4k</code>
 
===== Typical Imaging Session=====
 
With raw file on ~/Desktop (BE CERTAIN your USB is sdb (the volume ID). (DO NOT use sdb1, the first partition ID). Change, if different.
 
<pre>XXXX:~/Desktop/$ sudo dd if=openSUSE-Sugar-liveUSB-unstable.i686-0.0.3-Build4.17.raw of=/dev/sdb bs=4k
 
[sudo] password for XXXX:
 
463360+0 records in
 
463360+0 records out
 
1897922560 bytes (1.9 GB) copied, 195.168 s, 9.7 MB/s
 
</pre>
 
  
==Resources==
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Archive: [[Talk:VMware#Operating System Notes]]
* http://www.vmware.com/
 
* [[OLPC:VMware]]
 
===other SUGAR distributions===
 
* Live USB [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Category:Liveusb]
 
* Linux Distributions [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Linux]
 

Latest revision as of 12:00, 1 February 2013

VMware (Workstation, Player, Server) is a commercial, "non-free", virtualization system that emulates hardware resources allowing one computer to host a number of x86 architecture-compatible operating systems. The Player and Server versions are distributed free of charge (gratis). It runs on either Win32 or Linux host machines, allowing one to run Sugar images within the virtual machine. A Mac version is also available, VMware Fusion, however this is not provided free of charge. A free, 30-day evaluation is available, and free licenses are available for academic instruction and research use.

Software applications, such as the Sugar platform, may be deployed as VMware Virtual Appliances, which are one or more virtual machines pre-built, packaged, installed, updated, maintained, and managed as a unit.

Appliance files

See Emulator image files.

EasyVMX! (build your own VMware virtual machine for VMware Player)
Lets you bypass the requirement to have a copy of VMware Workstation to create your own VMware Player appliance from a burned CD of a live .iso
Free website to download a custom .vmx file to use with your CD Drive
(You must have the free application, VMware Player installed to use it.)
  • openSUSE-edu:
NEW : OpenSUSE#openSUSE_12.2-sugar_0.96.2 --Satellit 08:07, 10 September 2012 (EDT)
Old : http://sourceforge.net/projects/opensuse-edu/files/Sugar/

Building a virtual appliance

from a live.iso file (No persistence)

This appliance runs just like a bootable CD—it has no data persistence—the system image is treated as a read-only file. (You are running the .iso image with VMware Player.) The appliance file size is only slightly larger than the .iso file.

  • Make a new Appliance in VMware Workstation (30-day, free evaluation license) with (minimal) hard disk.
  • Set XXX-live.iso as CD in VMware Workstation with a 0.1 GB hard disk.
  • Boot and run VMware Workstation, then shut down.
  • Copy contents of the new Appliance in the VMware directory to a USB flash drive.
  • Copy XXX-live.iso file to the same USB drive.
  • Open this copied Appliance on the USB drive with VMware Workstation, and edit the location of the live.iso file to point to one on the USB stick, then close it.
  • Start VMware Player (free downwload) and open this Appliance from the USB drive, or any other VMware Player on any PC.


Boot this Appliance from a USB boot drive/stick (see below)

  • The system can be run on any PC without changing or accessing its primary hard disk.
  • Use it to run Soas .iso images on PCs lacking a CD-ROM reader but with a USB port.
  • Run Sugar on unbootable PC's using a VMware Player application

Appliances with persistence

  • VMware Workstation 6.5.2 with Fedora-11-i386-netinst.iso
http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/11/i386/
Fedora 11 DVD does not include Sugar Desktop
  • Settings for VMware Workstation:
    1. Create a new virtual machine
    2. Typical
    3. Installer disk image file:(Fedora-11-i386-netinst.iso)
    4. Linux
    5. Other linux 2.6xx kernel 8-GiB disk
    6. Max Disk Size (GB) 8.0
    7. Split disk into 2-GiB files
    8. 512 kB memory.
  • Net install with network connection
  • Use entire disk
  • De-select Gnome Desktop
  • Customize now
  • Select Sugar Desktop (Only selection entered)
  • Set a root password (sugarroot?) and time zone
  • When finished (about 45 min on ??-kbyte/s cable)
  • Reboot, set user password (sugaruser?), shut down.
  • Clone and save clone on Desktop and use to load on 4-GiB SD or USB or make DVD (3.2-Gib files)
    See note below to remove the Sugar user information and make the image ready for a new first user login. Original passwords for root and user (sugarroot/sugaruser?) entered during the install will remain and are needed for login & administration. This is required so that copies will have different identities.
Method to remove Sugar user information (from Dave Bauer VirtualBox/Preparing_a_disk_image).
  1. Open Terminal
  2. Terminal
  3. rm -rf ~/.sugar (if distributing image)
  4. su -
  5. shutdown -h now

Alternatives

  • Fedora-edu spin-(latest versions of F12(rawhide) Gnome & Sugar) [3]

(enter liveinst in terminal to install to VMworkstation disks or USB)

Comments

  • Run on VMware Player loaded on any PC with 512 kB of memory (256 kB required for VMware Player).
  • ADVANTAGE: No need to boot USB stick on computers that have a problem booting from a USB device.
  • The same computer can be used by a succession of students with their own copy of Sugar.
  • Students can take USB/SD drives home and run them on their own PCs.
  • Disadvantage: Have to install VMware Player on PCs

More Info

  1. Other Methods:http://www.pendrivelinux.com/category/virtual-machine/

Two stick alternative

  • Install VMware Player on a 2-GiB USB/SD boot stick
  • Install the Sugar platform in a virtual appliance on a second 4-GiB or larger stick.

This allows VMware Player to be used by multiple students without rebooting the PC.

One 8-GiB stick with 2 partitions

Ubuntu 9.04 has a "USB Startup Disk Creator". I used a 8-GiB USB stick with 2 partitions to run a VMware Player Appliance on the Same Stick VMware Player WILL install on Ubuntu or Fedora 10, but NOT on F11 at this time. METHOD:

  • In PC running Ubuntu 9.04 (or running in VMware Workstation 6.5.2.)

Start partition manager

  • Delete existing partitions on USB [/dev/sdb?]
    (BE CAREFUL TO BE LOOKING AT the USB drive and not your Hard Disk.)
  • Create a FAT16 2-GiB Primary Partition, set boot flag, and label it Ubuntu
  • Exit partition manager
  • Run USB Startup Disk Creator
  • Create USB, select: /dev/sdb1 "Ubuntu"
  • Select "Other" and find Ubuntu 9.04.iso (not live install) previously downloaded to Desktop
  • Create live usb on first partition.
  • Start partition manager again
    (BE CAREFUL TO BE LOOKING AT the USB drive and not your Hard Disk.)
  • Create a FAT32 primary partition with the remaining, unformatted space on the USB drive, set boot flag, and label VM_Apps
  • Exit Partition Manager

Remove and reinstall USB stick

  • Two USB icons will appear
  • Copy VM Appliance into VM_Apps

Re-boot PC with USB stick

  • Start Firefox and download VMware Player Linux xxxx.bundle
  • Place .bundle file in /tmp
  • su - command in /tmp
  • Enter password for root
  • Install bundle in /tmp ( ./ command as administrator. )

Run VMware Player

  • Start VMware Player
  • Choose VM_apps Icon and open VM Appliance file
  • Choose Gnome or Sugar as login, enter password
    Initial Password for Sugar = sugaruser (change user name and password in live user)
    Passwoord for root = sugarroot
Have Fun (Fedora 11 0.93 0.84-2)
  • Thus, with one 8-GiB USB stick loaded with Ubuntu 9.04 and VMware Player, plus the Appliance, a Student can carry the OS and a full copy of GNOME Desktop and Sugar on a single USB stick.
  • It is complicated to make, but simple to use and it works.

Operating system notes

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