Added a couple more entries to the testing page. - thinkpad worked fine (and was a *great* experience off USB) - macbook has no chance of working
It seems the workaround for booting a macbook off USB is to add an entry to the menu.lst of your DVD. - http://www.pendrivelinux.com/usb-boot-cd-for-xubuntu-810/ If this is done then you can use the DVD to start; and then transfer the rest of the boot process to the USB. There are a few other accounts of making a boot to usb DVD around; perhaps we could have a stack of those to hand over to anyone with a mac. Jody On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Cameron Shorter <[email protected]> wrote: > The FOSS4G Organising Committee have budget to distribute OSGeo-Live either > on a DVD or USB. > > Ideally we would have liked to distribute on a USB to all delegates however > out of the 5 or so computers tested, we've had reports of at least 2 > computers which can't boot from the USB. So we will distribute OSGeo-Live to > all delegates on the well tested DVD version. > > However, if we can get test results from enough people by first thing, > Monday 16 August, an OSGeo-Live USB will be created and given to VIPs. > > Here is the deal: > > If we get: > > 7+ test results, from a variety of different computers, showing a reasonable > number of computers will work with a USB > we will hand out OSGeo-Live USBs to the (more forgiving) FOSS4G presenters. > Standard delegates will be given a Live-DVD. > > How to test a USB > > Download and burn the USB as per: > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Quick_Start_for_USB > Describe your test results here: > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Testing#USB_testing > Optionally also tell us your experience on IRC or email: > > irc://freenode.net#osgeolive > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo > > -- > Cameron Shorter > Geospatial Director > Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 > Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 > > Think Globally, Fix Locally > Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source > http://www.lisasoft.com > > _______________________________________________ > Live-demo mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc > _______________________________________________ Live-demo mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc
