2010/11/25 Thomas C Gilliard <[email protected]> > Running Soas files on a 2nd USB in Virtualbox 3.2 installed on the MacBook > Air > : In VirtualBox Make a "new" Virtualbox appliance where you specify the > existing vmdk file on the 2nd USB as the Hard Disk. > > NOTE the same 4 GB USB; 2nd USB containing the students appliance files > runs interchagably in BOTH VMPlayer and Virtualbox on Mac and PC.s > > This a very simple solution with [ > http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/3.2.10/VirtualBox-3.2.10-66523-OSX.dmgVirtualBox-3.2.10-66523-OSX.dmg] > installed on your Mac. > > See: [ > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Mac_OS_X-Boot_USB_with_Virtualbox#Soas-v3_Mirabelle_virtualbox_files_to_put_on_2nd_USBSoas-v3_Mirabelle_virtualbox_files_to_put_on_2nd_USB] > > I just discovered the great feature that the 4 GB USB containing > Soas-v3-Mirabelle can be run interchangeably on a PC or a mac with either > VMPlayer or Virtualbox. > This may be why Virtualbox 3.2 now allows multiple expanding HD of 2 Gb > slices. > :: TESTED ON: > :: Acer Aspire One Netbook Ubuntu 9.10 Virtualbox > :: MacBook Air OSX Virtualbox > :: Dell 520n Dektop PC Ubuntu 9.04 VMPlayer > > > This means that the student has his individual copy of Soas on the USB > stick and can open it on multiple computers and operating systems. This is > not a live image but a full install to a virtual Harddisk. It should be much > more robust. Plus the stick's contents can be copied any time as a backup. > The application goes thru firstboot with the student's name and password > required to access it. > > I think that this may be the solution we have been looking for. > > A compressed version of the Soas-v3 Appliance (before firstboot) is > downloadable from > > > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Mac_OS_X-Boot_USB_with_Virtualbox#Prebuilt_Soas-v3-Mirabelle_4GB_Appliance > > Thomas Gilliard > satellit > > > _______________________________________________ > SoaS mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas >
I tried it on my MacBookAir, OSX 10.6.5, VirtualBox 3.2.10 and it needed about 3 times booting undtil it worked (crashes during firstboot and logon). One Problem is there is a root password set and my user is not in sudoers.
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