---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dave Bauer <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [SoaS] Experimental Virtualbox Boothelper for Mac OS X To: Carlo Falciola <[email protected]>
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Carlo Falciola <[email protected]> wrote: >> Ok. Here is the first problem! There is no way to create a >> SoaS USB stick on a Mac. > > what about create a minimal fedora appliance for VirtualBox (eventalually > stripped down to the basic) with the liveusb-creator already installed & > ready ? > Moreover in the appliance fs there could already be stored the soas image in > a well known location, so it would be oneshot download... > Shure It's a waste of download-space but should do the trick? Does It? > BTW I assume that a VB fedora VM is able to write an USB stick properly... I do this all the time since my desktop is Ubuntu and its a pain to create SoaS from there. I use the livecd-iso-to-disk but the liveusb-creator runs fine also in a VM. I'll see how small I can make one. Dave > > Then the enduser detailed procedure should be: > 1. Download the VM image properly packed > 2. boot it into Virtual Box > 3. mount the USB stick in the VM > 4. run liveusb-creator available in the VM > 5. prepare the stick (cicle 3 to 5 as desired). > > > ciao > Carlo (F) > > > > > --- Gio 29/10/09, Dave Bauer <[email protected]> ha scritto: > >> Da: Dave Bauer <[email protected]> >> Oggetto: Re: [SoaS] Experimental Virtualbox Boothelper for Mac OS X >> A: "Caryl Bigenho" <[email protected]> >> Cc: "Sugar-Labs Mailing lists" <[email protected]> >> Data: Giovedì 29 ottobre 2009, 14:01 >> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:31 AM, >> Caryl Bigenho <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hi Dave and All, >> > >> > Well, I tried to get the SoaS to work on my MacBook >> from a USB with no >> > luck. Here is what I did... >> > >> > I had an old version of Virtual Box (2.???) so I >> downloaded the new one and >> > uninstalled the old one before installing the new >> one. >> > >> > I downloaded the appliance and attempted to follow the >> instructions. The >> > Boothelper does show up on Virtual Box... powered >> off. The I also seem to >> > have Sugar and Sugar/SoaS... possibly left over from >> the old version I >> > uninstalled. >> > >> > I tried to download SoaS to a usb stick. When I look >> at the contents it >> > shows up as "599-sugar-on-a-stick-v084" and the >> information says it is a >> > Unix executable file. >> > >> >> Ok. Here is the first problem! There is no way to create a >> SoaS USB >> stick on a Mac. Well I suppose you could install Windows or >> Fedora and >> dual boot and then run the liveusb-creator, but that seems >> ever more >> complicated. >> >> > I did a restart holding down the option key... it gave >> me a choice of Mac or >> > Windows, nothing else. I also tried the C key. That >> just went straight to >> > Mac. >> > >> >> Ok. With Virtualbox you don't need to reboot at all. SoaS >> will run >> inside Virtualbox as a guest to your OS X operating >> system. >> >> > I think I may have the files a downloaded correctly >> but just don't know how >> > to make it work. >> >> I'll work on some better instructions. >> >> Thanks for the feedback. >> >> Dave >> >> > >> > Help??? >> > >> > Caryl >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:05:26 -0400 >> >> From: [email protected] >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Subject: [SoaS] Experimental Virtualbox Boothelper >> for Mac OS X >> >> >> >> I have created an experimental USB boothelper for >> Virtualbox on OS X. >> >> This will let you boot from SoaS on USB into a >> virtual machine so you >> >> don't have to try to reboot and use a cdrom. >> >> This includes an applescript application called >> "Soas USB" which will >> >> manage starting the virtual machine and connecting >> the USB to the >> >> virtual machine. >> >> >> >> It has been tested on a Macbook and an iMac >> running OS X 10.5.8 so >> >> far. It seems to work reliably on my Macbook but >> the iMac had some >> >> trouble getting the USB to be recognized. I am >> looking for folks for >> >> might want to test and give feedback. >> >> >> >> You'll need SoaS installed on a USB stick. >> >> >> >> To install the appliance first download and >> install Virtualbox >> >> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads. >> Note this only works with >> >> the Personal and Evaluation License edition since >> the Open Source >> >> edition does not have USB support. >> >> Next download >> >> http://www.solutiongrove.com/SoaS%20Virtualbox%20Boothelper.zip >> >> and unzip it. >> >> >> >> Next open up Virtualbox and select File->Import >> Appliance. Navigate to >> >> where you unzipped the appliance and select the >> Soas Boothelper.ovf >> >> file. >> >> >> >> Insert a SoaS USB. Make sure it is named "FEDORA" >> in the finder. >> >> Now you can run the SoaS USB application which >> will eject FEDORA from >> >> the finder, start up virtualbox and the virtual >> appliance and attach >> >> the USB. Right now its using the verbose boot >> process to detect >> >> errors. >> >> >> >> If anyone has a chance to test this out I would >> appeciate it. Similar >> >> automated solutions could exist for Windows and >> Linux virtualbox >> >> hosts. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Dave Bauer >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://www.solutiongrove.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> SoaS mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas >> > >> >> >> > >> -- >> Dave Bauer >> [email protected] >> http://www.solutiongrove.com >> _______________________________________________ >> SoaS mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas >> > > > > -- Dave Bauer [email protected] http://www.solutiongrove.com -- Dave Bauer [email protected] http://www.solutiongrove.com _______________________________________________ SoaS mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas
