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* During the meeting, Alex Pilon suggested that a liveUSB could be booted in VirtualBox, but we had trouble doing this. I (JN) tried again the next day, with no success, despite giving myself ownership of the /dev/sdc device where the liveUSB was attached. However, qemu was able to boot a (32bit) CrunchBang Waldorf liveUSB, but not my (64bit) 2016 DanceBox. Dmitriy Korovkin emailed me that he had managed to boot CorePlus-7.2.iso after putting it on a USB, but not Ubuntu 16.04. So booting a liveUSB in a virtual | * During the meeting, Alex Pilon suggested that a liveUSB could be booted in VirtualBox, but we had trouble doing this. I (JN) tried again the next day, with no success, despite giving myself ownership of the /dev/sdc device where the liveUSB was attached. However, qemu was able to boot a (32bit) CrunchBang Waldorf liveUSB, but not my (64bit) 2016 DanceBox. Dmitriy Korovkin emailed me that he had managed to boot CorePlus-7.2.iso after putting it on a USB, but not Ubuntu 16.04. So booting a liveUSB in a virtual | ||
* I also looked into converting the liveUSB (back) to an iso. This should be fairly straightforward, | * I also looked into converting the liveUSB (back) to an iso. This should be fairly straightforward, | ||
- | * I have re-edited a quite long article on my efforts to (re-)build the DanceBox iso and liveUSB. These are in the file {{ :: | + | * I have re-edited a quite long article on my efforts to (re-)build the DanceBox iso and liveUSB. These are in the file {{ :: |
* In a few days I will send out a note on the OCLUG Linux list asking who might be interested in pursuing the liveUSB (based on Arch) to prepare one or more " | * In a few days I will send out a note on the OCLUG Linux list asking who might be interested in pursuing the liveUSB (based on Arch) to prepare one or more " | ||
- | * Whether this project or some other inspires some shared activity, I believe we should be looking to undertake some efforts to amplify the knowledge within the Group. Most of us have some particular knowledge and expertise -- mine tends to be spotty in the present area but in numerical computing -- but most of us are capable of testing and documenting things, and much of the best of open source comes from diligence and persistence | + | * Whether this project or some other inspires some shared activity, I believe we should be looking to undertake some efforts to amplify the knowledge within the Group. Most of us have some particular knowledge and expertise -- mine tends to be spotty in the present area but in numerical computing -- but most of us are capable of testing and documenting things, and much of the best of open source comes from diligence and persistence |
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