I never seen it on Hardy. -walter
On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Caroline Meeks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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/ >> >> >> >> Thanks to the Ubuntu SugarTeam for packaging Sugar on Ubuntu and to >> >> Probono for building the sugar.squashfs. >> >> >> >> David >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Sugar mailing list >> >> Sugar@lists.laptop.org >> >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar