On 2013-01-23, Jori Mantysalo <[email protected]> wrote: > This is not directly related to Sage. However, Sage for Windows relies on > VirtualBox. > > How have you installed Sage to computer classes that has windows? The image > is
I never heard of this. IMHO everyone who taught or teaches using Sage uses Sage servers (run locally; or, even --- a much less stable setup -- *sagenb.org ones); then nothing special needs to be installed on the client machines (well, perhaps a compatible web browser) And indeed, unless you teach Sage development, not merely usage, this suffices. > several GB of size, so it is dumb to copy disk image to everyone's home > directory. On the other hand, if you have local .vdi, everyone can for > example > see what others using same computer had done -- in theory also change it's > content to ask passwords etc. > > At http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch05.html, on part Special image write > modes, reads "immutable images only remember write accesses temporarily while > the virtual machine is running; all changes are lost when the virtual machine > is powered on the next time." and "An image in multiattach mode can be > attached > to more than one virtual machine at the same time, even if these machines are > running simultaneously. For each virtual machine to which such an image is > attached, a differencing image is created." > > So, I guess system could have basic .vdi installed on the local hard disk as > read-only mode, and a differencing image to user's home directory. But before > trying out I would like to know if somebody has done that before. > > -- > Jori Mäntysalo > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support?hl=en.
