On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Jim Simmons <[email protected]> wrote:
> Caroline, > > Sorry to confuse you with Caryl. Don't know why I did that. > No problem, > > I'll try making up a Fedora 12 CD and booting from it. As I > understand it, your idea is simply to see if I can boot the Fedora > Live CD, not that this would be an alternative way to boot SoaS > Blueberry. > > I was able to boot SoaS Strawberry using a boot helper CD before, so I > was surprised that the boot helper CD for Blueberry didn't work. > Yes, my goal is to better understand where the bug is, in Blueberry, the boot-helper or in F12. Thanks > > James Simmons > > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Caroline Meeks > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think you meant this question for me, Caroline not Caryl, > > You should be able to boot to Fedora from a CD made from the ISO here, > > installation is optional I think. > > http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora > > You mentioned that you had two older machines that were not booting > > Blueberry from the boothelper. I am curious whether they will boot a > normal > > Fedora 12 CD. > > Thanks, > > Caroline > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Jim Simmons <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Caryl, > >> > >> Not sure what you mean by a straight Fedora 12 CD. The only Fedora 12 > >> CD I'm familiar with runs F12 as a live CD system and gives you the > >> option to install it to your hard disk by double-clicking an icon on > >> the GNOME desktop. I don't see how that's going to help me boot from > >> a USB or for that matter boot from the CD but use the USB the way the > >> SoaS boot CD does. > >> > >> If you can clear this up I'd appreciate it. > >> > >> James Simmons > >> > >> On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Caroline Meeks <[email protected] > > > >> wrote: > >> > Jim, > >> > With the older machines that failed to boot, can you try a straight > F12 > >> > CD > >> > and see if that works? > >> > Thanks, > >> > Caroline > >> > > >> > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Jim Simmons <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Caryl, > >> >> > >> >> If you do choose to use a Boot Helper CD make sure you test booting > up > >> >> from it before you go. When I tried Blueberry myself I found that I > >> >> could boot off the USB itself just fine on a newer PC that supports > >> >> booting directly from USB. However, I tried using two other older > >> >> machines that needed a boot helper CD and neither of them was able to > >> >> boot with the CD. The pretty boot art with the circle of dots seems > >> >> to work OK until it is time to draw the final two dots and then it > >> >> hangs. Note that I have used these machines with Strawberry and > >> >> earlier SoaS and their corresponding boot CDs, so the evidence seems > >> >> to point to the helper CD itself. > >> >> > >> >> I did report this on BugTraq: > >> >> > >> >> http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1626 > >> >> > >> >> James Simmons > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:47:25 -0800 > >> >> > From: Caryl Bigenho <[email protected]> > >> >> > Subject: [IAEP] Need Live CD to take to Argentina > >> >> > To: IAEP SugarLabs <[email protected]>, Developers List > >> >> > <[email protected]> > >> >> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > H All i... > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > Did this ever get implemented? If so where do I find it? Are there > >> >> > any > >> >> > special instructions I need to make and use the live CD? Can a usb > >> >> > stick be > >> >> > used for file storage? > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/0.84/Sugar_LiveCD > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > I would like to be able to take several copies with me to give to a > >> >> > tech > >> >> > person at an elementary school in Buenos Aires when I go there in > >> >> > mid-January. > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > Thanks, > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > Caryl > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> 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 > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > Caroline Meeks > > Solution Grove > > [email protected] > > > > 617-500-3488 - Office > > 505-213-3268 - Fax > > > -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove [email protected] 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax
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