[sugar] [IAEP] Sugar on Ubuntu LiveUSB is ready

[David Van Assche]

You are correct, its only for Intrepid... but its cool and easy never
the less :-) and intrepid is out now, so now's a good a time as any to
upgrade...

David

On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:
> I never seen it on Hardy.
>
> -walter
>
> On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Caroline Meeks
> <caroline at solutiongrove.com> 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 <dvanassche at gmail.com>
>> 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
>>> <caroline at solutiongrove.com> 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 <dfarning at sugarlabs.org>
>>> > 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
>>> >>
>>> >>
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>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Caroline Meeks
>>> > Solution Grove
>>> > Caroline at SolutionGrove.com
>>> >
>>> > 617-500-3488 - Office
>>> > 505-213-3268 - Fax
>>> >
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Caroline Meeks
>> Solution Grove
>> Caroline at SolutionGrove.com
>>
>> 617-500-3488 - Office
>> 505-213-3268 - Fax
>>
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> Walter Bender
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