Caryl; I just bought a G1G1 XO-1 on e-bay for testing. * I requested and downloaded a developer key * disabled security (very important!) * installed f11-xo-1-py (fedora 11 gnome and sugar) http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-py/os140py.img http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-py/os140py.crc
This is great software and expands the capabilities of the OLPC XO-1 that bernie has developed for the Paraguay deployment (english and spanish) In the Gnome desktop terminal program on the XO-1: su yum install liveusb-creator liveusb-creator runs using 2 USB sticks: 1-) Target USB 2GB or larger 2-) USB with Blueberry/strawberry.iso's (downloaded on another PC) >DO NOT DOWNLOAD soas.iso's to the XO-1< It has too small a working solid state HD to do this. This is very similar to running a 3 stick solution on a EeePC900 The XO-1 is much slower (50min for Blueberry soas) than the EeePC900; but it makes Soas Live USB's fine. (Plus they boot on the XO-1, just leave them inserted and do a shutdown and restart.) I just did this with the soas-2-blueberry.iso and it boots on the XO-1 plus on the EeePC900. (A EeePC900 livecd-iso-to-disk script created live usb will not boot on the XO-1) This could be a nice way to demonstrate sugar and the OLPC XO-1 while it makes and runs Soas Live USB's Tom Gilliard satellit Caryl Bigenho wrote: > Thanks Tom for the confirmation! I suspected it might work like that, but > not being a PC person, I wasn't sure. > > Sounds like a "piece of cake." > > Caryl > > Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:08:38 -0700 > From: satel...@bendbroadband.com > To: cbige...@hotmail.com > CC: s...@lists.sugarlabs.org; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; > support-g...@laptop.org > Subject: Re: [SoaS] "SoaS For Dummies?" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Caryl Bigenho wrote: > > Hi Bert, Tom, and All, > > In case you are all wondering why I want to make this so easy, remember that > while I am sort of a "closet techie" and could learn to do all these fancy > work-arounds, I also have many years experience working with and training > other educators who are very shy about using computers. > > For most of them it has to be very simple and work almost as a > "plug-'n-play." Even the boot-helper disk is a stretch, but I think it is > doable with some very clear step-by-step instructions. It needs to be easy, > and hopefully fun, with a high probability of success. > > Bert wrote: > > The iso file is a "CD image". ISO is short for "ISO 9660", a.k.a. "CDFS > (Compact Disc File System)". It is a file system designed for CDs, which is > read-only. > > So, I could save money and just use an image on a cd, but unfortunately the > live CD will not boot on a MacBook. It needs a boot helper cd to run the usb > stick version and there is only one optical drive on the machine. > > Probably about 50% of the teachers will have Macs. > > And, Tom suggested using Virtual Box: > > I really didn't want to use the Virtual Box again. I did that with an early > version of Strawberry. I think the Virtual Box would be a deal breaker for a > lot of teachers, whereas a usb version with the boot helper cd should be > quite acceptable and easy to use. That is why I was hoping to get a usb > version that could be used on both PCs and Macs. > > After all the advice I got from you folks, I ordered a refurbished eeePC 900 > with Windows XP today. It will arrive Monday. I chose to get one with > Windows XP because the Fedora Live USB Creator seems to be the easiest route > to success... sort of "SoaS for Dummies!" > > So... according to the instructions at > <http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/SoaS_Blueberry_Instructions> you download the > blueberry image while in the LiveUSB Creator. Rather than downloading all > over again, can I just plug in one of my usb sticks with SoaS (created on the > Mac) and use it? Or could I download it to the eeePC once and use it there? > What would be the easiest, most fool-proof way to do this? > > > > Caryl; > > YOU DO NOT NEED external CD to do this: > > * Copy-paste the <Blueberry.iso>file from the SugarCreation Kit > CD onto an empty USB inserted in your MAC > > * transfer the .iso to your EeePC900 by inserting that USB into the > EeePC900 and (drag - drop/copy-paste) the .iso to the XP Desktop. > > > > * Install Liveusb-creator for Windows: (See attached .png file) > > https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/ > > * Use Liveusb-creator for windows to make a soas USB with it. > > * Do not do a Download again. use left select box (use existing live > CD/ Browse) to find the blueberry.iso on the XP Desktop > > * Insert a new target USB (2GB fat16) into EeePC900 ad see it appear > in Target Device window > > * move slider to set persistence storage (Max it ) > > *Create Live USB....: ) > > Very simple > > > > You can repeat this process for as many USB sticks that you want. > > > > Tom Gilliard > > satellit > > --------------------------------------------- > > note: > > If you get a message in graphical window :"... reset mbr" > > exit the running graphical liveusb-creator > > and start windows terminal > > enter "liveusb-creator --reset-mbr" > > it will restart graphical liveusb-creator using this extra command. > > > > > I do plan to purchase an optical drive as well, so I could put the image on > cd. I could probably pick one up tomorrow or Sunday at Fry's so I would have > it when the eeePC arrives Monday. > > If the CD/DVD will work for accessing the files in the LiveUSB Creator > process, I could make a mini-version of Tom's Soas Creation Kit with just a > few files and hand it out at InfoTech. I would probably just include the > blueberry iso file, the boot-helper file, and maybe some instructions in a > text file. What else would be good to include on this "SoaS For Dummies" > disk? Remember KISS. > > Thanks for helping get this ready for the "Big Time!" > Caryl > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SoaS mailing list > s...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas > > > > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep