Re: [Sugar-devel] [SoaS] SOAS

[David Leeming]

Hi Peter,

Iain referred me to a Fedora community where LinuxliveUSB installer was 
recommended and it works just fine. It also installs a Linux emulator for 
Windows Virtualbox and I found I could run SOAS beautifully in that way. That 
is very convenient for my purposes (a quick lead in to Sugar). I also found few 
problems booting USB sticks and SD cards installed using LinuxLiveUSB, on one 
machine it seems to hang but others it is fine. So it seems the installer was 
my issue. 

Regarding collaboration, if we have a few PC computers on the same WLAN running 
SOAS, can we expect them to see each other and collaborate in neighbourhood 
view, without a server (ie. in the same fashion as XOs on an ad-hoc network)? I 
seem to recall doing that with early versions of SOAS. If not, is there a 
simple/light way to enable collaboration/presence service on a local server 
sufficient to allow a few local SOAS machines to collaborate?. I am familiar 
with XS developments (up to 0.7) but in the schools in Vanuatu we'll be using 
gateway servers we have developed ourselves based on Debian (Jessie 8).  

Best,

David Leeming
Solomon Islands 

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From: sugar-devel-boun...@lists.sugarlabs.org 
[mailto:sugar-devel-boun...@lists.sugarlabs.org] On Behalf Of Peter Robinson
Sent: Wednesday, 22 July 2015 10:58 a.m.
To: Development of live Sugar distributions
Cc: Sugar-dev Devel; Iain Brown Douglas
Subject: Re: [Sugar-devel] [SoaS] SOAS

Hi David,

I'm the SoaS maintainer.

> I want to demonstrate SOAS to teachers in Vanuatu. I would like to be more 
> useful, but actually don't have the luxury of time to research these arcane 
> technical issues in which I am not an expert. I just want to know, is there a 
> version of SOAS that is properly tested and known to work? I have used SOAS 
> many times before (years ago) without any problems. Which version is stable 
> and will boot without errors and not hang on use?

The lastest stable version is available here:
https://spins.fedoraproject.org/en/soas/

> Could be hardware? I will try with another flashdrive. Is 2GB of persistent 
> storage too little/too much?

2Gb should be fine.

Ask here on the SoaS list if you've got any other queries or issues.

Peter

> David Leeming
> Solomon Islands
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: sugar-devel-boun...@lists.sugarlabs.org 
> [mailto:sugar-devel-boun...@lists.sugarlabs.org] On Behalf Of Iain Brown 
> Douglas
> Sent: Tuesday, 21 July 2015 7:52 p.m.
> To: David Leeming
> Cc: 'Sugar-dev Devel'
> Subject: Re: [Sugar-devel] SOAS
>
> Hi David,
>
> From what you say, you already did a search for your error message.
>
> Does this Fedora forum answer cover your issue?
> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=301945
>
> I have been working with the script livecd-iso-to-disk and it works
> fine.
>
> I am working on SoaS Loader, here is a link to the work in progress.
>
> http://soas-loader.readthedocs.org/
>
> Good luck, and thanks for putting time in trying to demonstrate SoaS :)
>
> Iain
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 2015-07-21 at 10:51 +1100, David Leeming wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> I have familiarity with Sugar since working with OLPC from 2008, but I
>> haven’t been active in these communities for some time. I’m just
>> refreshing myself on current status of Sugar with a view to
>> introducing teachers to it in a forthcoming workshop in Vanuatu. We’ll
>> be using tablets as well as PCs so I have familiarised myself with
>> Sugarizer. I then intended to introduce the wider world of Sugar
>> conveniently with SOAS.
>>
>>
>>
>> So I have downloaded both the 32-bit and 64-bit iso files and verified
>> their hashes. I also download the latest version of USB Live
>> Installer. I formatted a fairly new 16GB USB with FAT32 and installed
>> SOAS on it leaving 2000Mb of persistent memory. The USB stick is a
>> “SanDisk Cruzer Facet 16GB”.
>>
>>
>>
>> Immediately I run into problems. When booting (on a fairly recent
>> Toshiba i7 laptop) it stops with “vesamenu.c32 not a com32r image”. On
>> pressing Tab key I do not see “Live” as an option, but it does start
>> with the option linux0. Sugar boots and I can use it for a few
>> minutes, I tried Speak and Turtle Art for instance, but within a short
>> time it hangs and needs a hard boot.
>>
>>
>>
>> I repeated the whole process with the 32-bit (verified) iso file and
>> same problem. I’ll give this problem only a few hours as that is all I
>> have. But I would like to know what are the requirements for a
>> reliable repeatable experience with SOAS, as it says on the website,
>> to get Sugar into Vanuatu schools.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> David Leeming
>>
>> Solomon Islands
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [Sugar-devel] SOAS

[David Leeming]

Iain,

I have installed SOAS using Linuxlive www.linuxliveusb.com which will also 
install Virtualbox, that it runs from the emulator almost perfectly so far (the 
only issue I saw was it did not detect the camera) No errors booting (as long 
as you use the correct 32/64 bit version for your machine) and so far I am 
Speaking and Turtle-ing with no problems, very responsive, in Windows! 
Launching in Windows apparently does not support persistence but it is a super 
easy intro to the full power of Linux! 

Booting from the USB on my main machine, I found on one larger i7 laptop it 
will hang after a few minutes, but it seems stable on another less powerful 
notebook. I will try other USB sticks. But as long as we know there may be some 
hardware issues, we can live with it. It is great.  

Many thanks for the tip as it was spot on. Use LinuxLiveUSB to install it and 
it will run nicely in Virtualbox

 

David Leeming
Solomon Islands Rural Link 
P.O.Box 652 Honiara, Solomon Islands
+677 7476396 (m) +677 24419 (h)
www.rurallink.com.sb


-Original Message-
From: Iain Brown Douglas [mailto:i...@browndouglas.plus.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 21 July 2015 7:52 p.m.
To: David Leeming
Cc: 'Sugar-dev Devel'
Subject: Re: [Sugar-devel] SOAS

Hi David,

From what you say, you already did a search for your error message.

Does this Fedora forum answer cover your issue?
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=301945

I have been working with the script livecd-iso-to-disk and it works
fine.

I am working on SoaS Loader, here is a link to the work in progress.

http://soas-loader.readthedocs.org/

Good luck, and thanks for putting time in trying to demonstrate SoaS :)

Iain




On Tue, 2015-07-21 at 10:51 +1100, David Leeming wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>  
> 
> I have familiarity with Sugar since working with OLPC from 2008, but I
> haven’t been active in these communities for some time. I’m just
> refreshing myself on current status of Sugar with a view to
> introducing teachers to it in a forthcoming workshop in Vanuatu. We’ll
> be using tablets as well as PCs so I have familiarised myself with
> Sugarizer. I then intended to introduce the wider world of Sugar
> conveniently with SOAS.
> 
>  
> 
> So I have downloaded both the 32-bit and 64-bit iso files and verified
> their hashes. I also download the latest version of USB Live
> Installer. I formatted a fairly new 16GB USB with FAT32 and installed
> SOAS on it leaving 2000Mb of persistent memory. The USB stick is a
> “SanDisk Cruzer Facet 16GB”.
> 
>  
> 
> Immediately I run into problems. When booting (on a fairly recent
> Toshiba i7 laptop) it stops with “vesamenu.c32 not a com32r image”. On
> pressing Tab key I do not see “Live” as an option, but it does start
> with the option linux0. Sugar boots and I can use it for a few
> minutes, I tried Speak and Turtle Art for instance, but within a short
> time it hangs and needs a hard boot. 
> 
>  
> 
> I repeated the whole process with the 32-bit (verified) iso file and
> same problem. I’ll give this problem only a few hours as that is all I
> have. But I would like to know what are the requirements for a
> reliable repeatable experience with SOAS, as it says on the website,
> to get Sugar into Vanuatu schools.
> 
>  
> 
>   
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> David Leeming
> 
> Solomon Islands 
> 
>  
> 
> 
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Re: [Sugar-devel] [SoaS] SOAS

[Peter Robinson]

Hi David,

I'm the SoaS maintainer.

> I want to demonstrate SOAS to teachers in Vanuatu. I would like to be more 
> useful, but actually don't have the luxury of time to research these arcane 
> technical issues in which I am not an expert. I just want to know, is there a 
> version of SOAS that is properly tested and known to work? I have used SOAS 
> many times before (years ago) without any problems. Which version is stable 
> and will boot without errors and not hang on use?

The lastest stable version is available here:
https://spins.fedoraproject.org/en/soas/

> Could be hardware? I will try with another flashdrive. Is 2GB of persistent 
> storage too little/too much?

2Gb should be fine.

Ask here on the SoaS list if you've got any other queries or issues.

Peter

> David Leeming
> Solomon Islands
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: sugar-devel-boun...@lists.sugarlabs.org 
> [mailto:sugar-devel-boun...@lists.sugarlabs.org] On Behalf Of Iain Brown 
> Douglas
> Sent: Tuesday, 21 July 2015 7:52 p.m.
> To: David Leeming
> Cc: 'Sugar-dev Devel'
> Subject: Re: [Sugar-devel] SOAS
>
> Hi David,
>
> From what you say, you already did a search for your error message.
>
> Does this Fedora forum answer cover your issue?
> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=301945
>
> I have been working with the script livecd-iso-to-disk and it works
> fine.
>
> I am working on SoaS Loader, here is a link to the work in progress.
>
> http://soas-loader.readthedocs.org/
>
> Good luck, and thanks for putting time in trying to demonstrate SoaS :)
>
> Iain
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 2015-07-21 at 10:51 +1100, David Leeming wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> I have familiarity with Sugar since working with OLPC from 2008, but I
>> haven’t been active in these communities for some time. I’m just
>> refreshing myself on current status of Sugar with a view to
>> introducing teachers to it in a forthcoming workshop in Vanuatu. We’ll
>> be using tablets as well as PCs so I have familiarised myself with
>> Sugarizer. I then intended to introduce the wider world of Sugar
>> conveniently with SOAS.
>>
>>
>>
>> So I have downloaded both the 32-bit and 64-bit iso files and verified
>> their hashes. I also download the latest version of USB Live
>> Installer. I formatted a fairly new 16GB USB with FAT32 and installed
>> SOAS on it leaving 2000Mb of persistent memory. The USB stick is a
>> “SanDisk Cruzer Facet 16GB”.
>>
>>
>>
>> Immediately I run into problems. When booting (on a fairly recent
>> Toshiba i7 laptop) it stops with “vesamenu.c32 not a com32r image”. On
>> pressing Tab key I do not see “Live” as an option, but it does start
>> with the option linux0. Sugar boots and I can use it for a few
>> minutes, I tried Speak and Turtle Art for instance, but within a short
>> time it hangs and needs a hard boot.
>>
>>
>>
>> I repeated the whole process with the 32-bit (verified) iso file and
>> same problem. I’ll give this problem only a few hours as that is all I
>> have. But I would like to know what are the requirements for a
>> reliable repeatable experience with SOAS, as it says on the website,
>> to get Sugar into Vanuatu schools.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> David Leeming
>>
>> Solomon Islands
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [Sugar-devel] [SoaS] SOAS

[Sam P.]

Hi David,

2GB should be an OK size for a soas stick.  I think you'd get 1GB of
journal storage if your lucky.

What operating system are you trying to create the sugar stick on?  If your
on windows, maybe try the win32 disk imager program [1].  If your on Linux,
try using the plan dd command.

Thanks,
Sam

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager

On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 6:08 am David Leeming 
wrote:

> Hi Ian
>
> I want to demonstrate SOAS to teachers in Vanuatu. I would like to be more
> useful, but actually don't have the luxury of time to research these arcane
> technical issues in which I am not an expert. I just want to know, is there
> a version of SOAS that is properly tested and known to work? I have used
> SOAS many times before (years ago) without any problems. Which version is
> stable and will boot without errors and not hang on use?
>
> Could be hardware? I will try with another flashdrive. Is 2GB of
> persistent storage too little/too much?
>
> David Leeming
> Solomon Islands
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: sugar-devel-boun...@lists.sugarlabs.org [mailto:
> sugar-devel-boun...@lists.sugarlabs.org] On Behalf Of Iain Brown Douglas
> Sent: Tuesday, 21 July 2015 7:52 p.m.
> To: David Leeming
> Cc: 'Sugar-dev Devel'
> Subject: Re: [Sugar-devel] SOAS
>
> Hi David,
>
> From what you say, you already did a search for your error message.
>
> Does this Fedora forum answer cover your issue?
> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=301945
>
> I have been working with the script livecd-iso-to-disk and it works
> fine.
>
> I am working on SoaS Loader, here is a link to the work in progress.
>
> http://soas-loader.readthedocs.org/
>
> Good luck, and thanks for putting time in trying to demonstrate SoaS :)
>
> Iain
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 2015-07-21 at 10:51 +1100, David Leeming wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> >
> > I have familiarity with Sugar since working with OLPC from 2008, but I
> > haven’t been active in these communities for some time. I’m just
> > refreshing myself on current status of Sugar with a view to
> > introducing teachers to it in a forthcoming workshop in Vanuatu. We’ll
> > be using tablets as well as PCs so I have familiarised myself with
> > Sugarizer. I then intended to introduce the wider world of Sugar
> > conveniently with SOAS.
> >
> >
> >
> > So I have downloaded both the 32-bit and 64-bit iso files and verified
> > their hashes. I also download the latest version of USB Live
> > Installer. I formatted a fairly new 16GB USB with FAT32 and installed
> > SOAS on it leaving 2000Mb of persistent memory. The USB stick is a
> > “SanDisk Cruzer Facet 16GB”.
> >
> >
> >
> > Immediately I run into problems. When booting (on a fairly recent
> > Toshiba i7 laptop) it stops with “vesamenu.c32 not a com32r image”. On
> > pressing Tab key I do not see “Live” as an option, but it does start
> > with the option linux0. Sugar boots and I can use it for a few
> > minutes, I tried Speak and Turtle Art for instance, but within a short
> > time it hangs and needs a hard boot.
> >
> >
> >
> > I repeated the whole process with the 32-bit (verified) iso file and
> > same problem. I’ll give this problem only a few hours as that is all I
> > have. But I would like to know what are the requirements for a
> > reliable repeatable experience with SOAS, as it says on the website,
> > to get Sugar into Vanuatu schools.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > David Leeming
> >
> > Solomon Islands
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [Sugar-devel] SOAS

[David Leeming]

Hi Ian

I want to demonstrate SOAS to teachers in Vanuatu. I would like to be more 
useful, but actually don't have the luxury of time to research these arcane 
technical issues in which I am not an expert. I just want to know, is there a 
version of SOAS that is properly tested and known to work? I have used SOAS 
many times before (years ago) without any problems. Which version is stable and 
will boot without errors and not hang on use? 

Could be hardware? I will try with another flashdrive. Is 2GB of persistent 
storage too little/too much?

David Leeming
Solomon Islands 


-Original Message-
From: sugar-devel-boun...@lists.sugarlabs.org 
[mailto:sugar-devel-boun...@lists.sugarlabs.org] On Behalf Of Iain Brown Douglas
Sent: Tuesday, 21 July 2015 7:52 p.m.
To: David Leeming
Cc: 'Sugar-dev Devel'
Subject: Re: [Sugar-devel] SOAS

Hi David,

From what you say, you already did a search for your error message.

Does this Fedora forum answer cover your issue?
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=301945

I have been working with the script livecd-iso-to-disk and it works
fine.

I am working on SoaS Loader, here is a link to the work in progress.

http://soas-loader.readthedocs.org/

Good luck, and thanks for putting time in trying to demonstrate SoaS :)

Iain




On Tue, 2015-07-21 at 10:51 +1100, David Leeming wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>  
> 
> I have familiarity with Sugar since working with OLPC from 2008, but I
> haven’t been active in these communities for some time. I’m just
> refreshing myself on current status of Sugar with a view to
> introducing teachers to it in a forthcoming workshop in Vanuatu. We’ll
> be using tablets as well as PCs so I have familiarised myself with
> Sugarizer. I then intended to introduce the wider world of Sugar
> conveniently with SOAS.
> 
>  
> 
> So I have downloaded both the 32-bit and 64-bit iso files and verified
> their hashes. I also download the latest version of USB Live
> Installer. I formatted a fairly new 16GB USB with FAT32 and installed
> SOAS on it leaving 2000Mb of persistent memory. The USB stick is a
> “SanDisk Cruzer Facet 16GB”.
> 
>  
> 
> Immediately I run into problems. When booting (on a fairly recent
> Toshiba i7 laptop) it stops with “vesamenu.c32 not a com32r image”. On
> pressing Tab key I do not see “Live” as an option, but it does start
> with the option linux0. Sugar boots and I can use it for a few
> minutes, I tried Speak and Turtle Art for instance, but within a short
> time it hangs and needs a hard boot. 
> 
>  
> 
> I repeated the whole process with the 32-bit (verified) iso file and
> same problem. I’ll give this problem only a few hours as that is all I
> have. But I would like to know what are the requirements for a
> reliable repeatable experience with SOAS, as it says on the website,
> to get Sugar into Vanuatu schools.
> 
>  
> 
>   
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> David Leeming
> 
> Solomon Islands 
> 
>  
> 
> 
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Re: [Sugar-devel] Problems with servers

[Sebastian Silva]

oh and,
cl.sugarlasbs.org  munin.sugarlabs.org wiki-devel.sugarlabs.org
co.sugarlasbs.org  node-aslo.sugarlabs.org wiki.squeakland.org
codewiz.orgolenepal.org wiki.sugarlabs.org
contest.sugarlabs.org  pe.sugarlabs.org www.laboratoriosazucar.org
dc.sugarlabs.org   people.sugarlabs.org www.sugarlabs.org
dev.sugarlabs.org  planet-devel.sugarlabs.org
developer.sugarlabs.orgplanet.laptop.org


On 21/07/15 08:28, Gonzalo Odiard wrote:

Anybody knows if something is happening with our servers?
I have been problems to access wiki, aslo and download sites,
yesterday and today again.
Looks like something in the apache instance, because ping to 
sunjammer.sugarlabs.org 

reply ok.

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Re: [Sugar-devel] Problems with servers

[Sebastian Silva]

Affected services:
doc.sugarlabs.org   planet.py.sugarlabs.org
download-testing.sugarlabs.org  planet.sugarlabs.org
activities.sugarlabs.org   download.sugarlabs.org repo.roscidus.com
ar.sugarlabs.org   id.codewiz.org ssl-test.sugarlabs.org
aslo-bot-master.sugarlabs.org  id.sugarlabs.org static.sugarlabs.org
blog.somosazucar.org   join.sugarlabs.org stats.sugarlabs.org
bugs-devel.sugarlabs.org   karma.sugarlabs.org 
sugarcamp-devel.somosazucar.org

bugs-testing.sugarlabs.org ldap.sugarlabs.org sugarcamp.somosazucar.org
bugs.sugarlabs.org lists.codewiz.org turtle.sugarlabs.org
buildbot.sugarlabs.org lists.sugarlabs.org walterbender.org
cal.sugarlabs.org  logcollect.sugarlabs.org webcal.sugarlabs.org
camp.laboratoriosazucar.orgmirrors.sugarlabs.org webmail.sugarlabs.org


On 21/07/15 08:28, Gonzalo Odiard wrote:

Anybody knows if something is happening with our servers?
I have been problems to access wiki, aslo and download sites,
yesterday and today again.
Looks like something in the apache instance, because ping to 
sunjammer.sugarlabs.org 

reply ok.

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Re: [Sugar-devel] Problems with servers

[Sebastian Silva]

Yes since last Friday we've had unexplained apache processes exhausting 
resources on sunjammer until it stops responding.

I've restarted the service for now.

Bernie as medium term plan. I'd be happy to help but at the moment my 
hands are full.


Sebastian



On 21/07/15 08:28, Gonzalo Odiard wrote:

Anybody knows if something is happening with our servers?
I have been problems to access wiki, aslo and download sites,
yesterday and today again.
Looks like something in the apache instance, because ping to 
sunjammer.sugarlabs.org 

reply ok.

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[Sugar-devel] Problems with servers

[Gonzalo Odiard]

Anybody knows if something is happening with our servers?
I have been problems to access wiki, aslo and download sites,
yesterday and today again.
Looks like something in the apache instance, because ping to
sunjammer.sugarlabs.org
reply ok.

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Re: [Sugar-devel] quick introduction

[Gonzalo Odiard]

Welcome!


On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 7:14 PM, Paul Clarke  wrote:

> Hey.
> My name's paul, I'm one of the high schoolers who did the Google code in
> (I submitted just one measly patch).  I really like what y'all are doing,
> and I'd like to help out some with sugar. So this is a heads up that you
> might me see me on IRC or the bug tracker once in a while.
> hope I can be useful.
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Re: [Sugar-devel] SOAS

[Sean DALY]

Forwarding to SoaS list

On Tuesday, July 21, 2015, David Leeming 
wrote:

>  Hello,
>
>
>
> I have familiarity with Sugar since working with OLPC from 2008, but I
> haven’t been active in these communities for some time. I’m just refreshing
> myself on current status of Sugar with a view to introducing teachers to it
> in a forthcoming workshop in Vanuatu. We’ll be using tablets as well as PCs
> so I have familiarised myself with Sugarizer. I then intended to introduce
> the wider world of Sugar conveniently with SOAS.
>
>
>
> So I have downloaded both the 32-bit and 64-bit iso files and verified
> their hashes. I also download the latest version of USB Live Installer. I
> formatted a fairly new 16GB USB with FAT32 and installed SOAS on it leaving
> 2000Mb of persistent memory. The USB stick is a “SanDisk Cruzer Facet 16GB”.
>
>
>
> Immediately I run into problems. When booting (on a fairly recent Toshiba
> i7 laptop) it stops with “vesamenu.c32 not a com32r image”. On pressing Tab
> key I do not see “Live” as an option, but it does start with the option
> linux0. Sugar boots and I can use it for a few minutes, I tried Speak and
> Turtle Art for instance, but within a short time it hangs and needs a hard
> boot.
>
>
>
> I repeated the whole process with the 32-bit (verified) iso file and same
> problem. I’ll give this problem only a few hours as that is all I have. But
> I would like to know what are the requirements for a reliable repeatable
> experience with SOAS, as it says on the website, to get Sugar into Vanuatu
> schools.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *David Leeming*
>
> Solomon Islands
>
>
>
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Re: [Sugar-devel] SOAS

[Iain Brown Douglas]

Hi David,

From what you say, you already did a search for your error message.

Does this Fedora forum answer cover your issue?
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=301945

I have been working with the script livecd-iso-to-disk and it works
fine.

I am working on SoaS Loader, here is a link to the work in progress.

http://soas-loader.readthedocs.org/

Good luck, and thanks for putting time in trying to demonstrate SoaS :)

Iain




On Tue, 2015-07-21 at 10:51 +1100, David Leeming wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>  
> 
> I have familiarity with Sugar since working with OLPC from 2008, but I
> haven’t been active in these communities for some time. I’m just
> refreshing myself on current status of Sugar with a view to
> introducing teachers to it in a forthcoming workshop in Vanuatu. We’ll
> be using tablets as well as PCs so I have familiarised myself with
> Sugarizer. I then intended to introduce the wider world of Sugar
> conveniently with SOAS.
> 
>  
> 
> So I have downloaded both the 32-bit and 64-bit iso files and verified
> their hashes. I also download the latest version of USB Live
> Installer. I formatted a fairly new 16GB USB with FAT32 and installed
> SOAS on it leaving 2000Mb of persistent memory. The USB stick is a
> “SanDisk Cruzer Facet 16GB”.
> 
>  
> 
> Immediately I run into problems. When booting (on a fairly recent
> Toshiba i7 laptop) it stops with “vesamenu.c32 not a com32r image”. On
> pressing Tab key I do not see “Live” as an option, but it does start
> with the option linux0. Sugar boots and I can use it for a few
> minutes, I tried Speak and Turtle Art for instance, but within a short
> time it hangs and needs a hard boot. 
> 
>  
> 
> I repeated the whole process with the 32-bit (verified) iso file and
> same problem. I’ll give this problem only a few hours as that is all I
> have. But I would like to know what are the requirements for a
> reliable repeatable experience with SOAS, as it says on the website,
> to get Sugar into Vanuatu schools.
> 
>  
> 
>   
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> David Leeming
> 
> Solomon Islands 
> 
>  
> 
> 
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