Bert Freudenberg wrote: > On 24.11.2009, at 22:13, Sebastian Dziallas wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> with the next SoaS release coming up really soon (final image is >> supposed to be composed this weekend, release date is Dec 8), there's a >> new snapshot ready for you. It includes a lot of fixes and smaller >> adjustments. It's currently only available as a general .iso build, >> others will presumably follow later. You can get it from here: >> >> http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/snapshots/2/soas06.iso > > Nice! > > As for the instructions on the Mac, it's odd that you need the most skills on > that platform ;) > > I just modified the Linux image-writer script for Mac OS X, see attachment. > It's a bit safer and more comfortable than using raw dd (e.g., it only offers > USB drives, shows the volume label not just device node etc). Only tested on > my own Snow Leopard machine so far - please report back.
Whoa! :) Great work, thanks! I don't have a Mac here, so I can't test it, but I think we'd want to use it and put the screenshot in the instructions. > Of course, doing this with an iso image as in the screenshot is nonsense, but > there is no real USB image yet, right? When it becomes available, what will > be its name? Oh, you can actually even do that! The F12 .iso images are hybrid ones, so you can use dd to copy them over to a flash drive... Thanks again, --Sebastian > - Bert - > > PS: for the documentation folks: it is spelled "Mac OS X". Not OS/X or OSX. > Just spaces. > See http://apple.com/macosx/ ;) *noted*! _______________________________________________ SoaS mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas
