Hi David, I boot up with my USB. I enter Sugar. How do I get to "System -> Administration" for Hardy Heron?
On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 12:04 PM, David Van Assche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Actually with the advent of intrepid Ibex, and I believe Hardy Heron > too, there is a menu option under System -> Administration that says > create USB startup disk. You choose your iso and choose how much of > the usb stick u want to use for the OS, and hit create startup disk... > dont think it could be simpler... > > David Van Assche > > On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Caroline Meeks > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok! I got this to work. thank you Ubuntu developers but talk about > screwing > > in your own seat! > > > > Is there an easier way to help people create USBs? On SLAX we created a > zip > > file then there was a boot file (2 versions actually one for linux and > one > > for windows) that is run to make the stick bootable: > > http://schoolkey.net/wiki/creating-keys > > > > Is there a way I can I copy my USB and make the new one bootable so I > don't > > have to go through the whole process again? > > > > The USB boots up to Sugar, which is what I want. Is there a way for me to > > also access the underlying Ubuntu? > > > > > > > > Here is my feedback on making the existing directions more friendly. > > > > Download the stock ubuntu-8.04.1-desktop-i386.iso and burn it > > > > Yup, I can do this. > > > > Boot from this CD and from there, use LiveUSB to copy the system to USB > > stick (use a stick with 1-2 GB capacity as problems have been reported > with > > larger ones) > > > > Ok so when you follow this link you eventually end up at this page. > > http://ppa.launchpad.net/probono/ubuntu/pool/main/l/liveusb/ > > > > Please provide instructions on exactly what to download. I picked > > liveusb_0.1.1_all.deb > > Then also provide instructions on exactly what the user should do to > install > > it. I fumbled around and eventually it opened, but I couldn't actually > tell > > someone else how to do it. > > Then provide instruction on exactly which options to set. I picked both > > persistence and flash and the flash ended up giving me an error. > > > > If you use the persistence option, you need to replace casper/initrd.gz > on > > the stick with the bugfixed initrd.gz provided here. > > > > The Casper direction is write protected. Please provide instructions on > how > > to deal with that. > > What is this? Why am I doing it? > > > > Add the file sugar.squashfs to the directory casper/ on the USB stick > > > > Again the write protection on Casper made this more of a challenge then > > might be expected. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:19 AM, David Farning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> > >> It looks like our friends at Ubuntu have been hard at work building a > >> Subuntu live usb. Simon Peter, also know as probono, has posted > information > >> on downloading and building the usb at > >> > >> http://dev.laptop.org/~probono/sbuntu/<http://dev.laptop.org/%7Eprobono/sbuntu/> > >> > >> Thanks to the Ubuntu SugarTeam for packaging Sugar on Ubuntu and to > >> Probono for building the sugar.squashfs. > >> > >> David > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Sugar mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Caroline Meeks > > Solution Grove > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 617-500-3488 - Office > > 505-213-3268 - Fax > > > > _______________________________________________ > > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove [EMAIL PROTECTED] 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax
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