Here's a question about the VirtualBox solution for Volker or others. How possible is the following lab scenario?
1. Student chooses a computer from a (nightly wiped) lab 2. Student logs on to computer 3. Student open a VirtualBox Sage that is already installed (on the propagated image in the lab), which automatically starts Sage (no " power on Sage-x.y.z by selecting it and clicking 'Start'." as on the SageAppliance wiki page) 4. Student puts in a flash drive, and easily surfs to their flash drive on the "Upload" page of the server (because "enable shared folders" instructions have been done ahead of time somehow) 5. Student works on their worksheet 6. Student downloads worksheet as sws, again to their flash drive (currently I don't see a way to choose where to download them, they just do to the default place) 7. Student ejects zip drive 8. Student leaves for dinner or checks FB or does whatever students do nowadays In particular, I'm wondering whether * having Sage open as soon as one open the VirtualBox, not having to choose it * having the shared folder enabling done ahead of time, possibly universally * having the files be easy to find is possible. /media/sf_<volume name>/filename seems forbidding... Thanks, and my apologies if these questions are obvious from the SageAppliance documentation or ask.sagemath answers; I felt like this was subtly different, but maybe it's not. What I'm hoping is that a little lab admin wizardry could make the VirtualBox solution nearly like having other programs to double-click. Maybe there could even be a script that opened the VirtualBox with Sage at exactly 9:55 for a 10:00 class... Thanks, - kcrisman -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
