On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Thomas C Gilliard <satel...@bendbroadband.com> wrote: > You could try: > > Prebuilt for Sun VB > just import OVF (3 files ) see: > > http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-v3-MirabelleREADME_FIRST.txt > > Done a while ago. As I remember It worked fine. > ----------------------------- > Hint: If you install with "liveinst" (Anaconda) from Mirabelle .iso terminal > as root,there is no need for a persistent overlay. It installs ext3 file > system on the virtualbox HD > > (Mount CD as .iso after creating HD in VB before running it) This method > also works with OSE VB. > > > Use USB's of 4GB size if possible with 1200 persistence use liveusb-creator > (win or linux) or > > Script if using fedora: >> >> ./livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr --overlay-size-mb 1200 >> /home/xxxt/Desktop/xxxx.iso /dev/sd(g)* > > */dev/sd( ) is found in terminal with "mount" it will show > /(dev/sdb-sdc-sdd-sde) as device name for your USB > >>be careful here as it can wipe your PC's HD if you get it wrong! > > Tom Gilliard > satellit > >
Thanks a bunch, Tom. Got your files and built the VM successfully. We will be using a customized version of this VM for teacher training here in Jamaica. There's a part of the instructions on the SoaS page (http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/VirtualBox/Preparing_a_disk_image) which deals with resolution changes via xorg.conf Mirabelle doesn't have a xorg.conf Does this imply just putting the xorg.conf in /etc/X11/ ? cheers, Sameer > > Sameer Verma wrote: >> >> Hello from Jamaica! >> >> I've been trying to set up SoaS Mirabelle for some kids while I'm in >> Jamaica for our OLPC deployments. SoaS on USB has been a hit or miss, >> but I realize that it has to do with brands, partition etc. The >> VirtualBox approach hasn't been pretty either. Every time the VM locks >> up and has to be reset, it refuses to boot a second time. I'm using a >> persistent home using instructions from >> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/VirtualBox/Preparing_a_disk_image >> >> Not sure why the vm refuses to boot (says unable to mount root?) but >> it looks like a persistent overlay related problem. Am I missing >> something? >> >> cheers, >> Sameer >> > > > _______________________________________________ SoaS mailing list SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas