Hi...
Still no luck making a live SoaS on the eeePC. I guess need to learn a lot
more about Windows before I can do it. I have no idea which drive is which
(A,B,...F,G...etc) or how to properly eject. a usb. Oh well, I do have 2
working non-persistant copies I can use Saturday, one on the MacBook and one on
the eeePC.
I spent today printing and preparing materials to hand out at InfoTech on
Saturday. Tomorrow I have to go get the CUELA XO library machines, bring them
home and get them all reflashed and charged so I can check them out to teachers
on Saturday. So, I am running out of time to do much more with SoaS before
Saturday.
I do intend to pursue this until it is at a point when I can write the "Super
Simple Steps to Soas," or something like that. Here is my report and some of
my problems.
Problems keep coming up when I try to run the Live usb Creator on the eeePC. It
keeps choosing the my source drive as the one to use as a target. Sometimes it
looks like it is ready to work, but then comes up with the message that the
checksums are wrong. I have no idea how to check them after downloading and
before using them.
I do notice that there is an option to download the software as a part of the
creation process. I assume this would cause fewer problems. Can the eeePC
handle this? I could have it run overnight.
What does it mean when it says that I am running out of "Virtual Memory?" What
is the largest size SD card can I use? How do I implement its use? Macs are so
much easier (even though they can't do everything we wish they could).
Maybe I should just visit the local library and check out a copy of Windows for
Dummmies, or should it be PCs for Dummies? I haven't a clue.
I did check on the frame triggers on the eeePC. The corners (all except the
upper left) worked to trigger the frame. The suggestions to use the "fn" key
to enable the F1, F2, and F3 keys to do what they do on the XO worked great.
That is the "teacher friendly" way to solve that problem.
I notice that there has been a lot of use of SoaS in Argentina and some other
Latin American countries. Are they using the same basic methods to create the
usb sticks? I was thinking of asking them for suggestions too.
I'll keep you posted on my progress (or lack of it ;-D )
Thanks again to all of you who are helping me with this learning experience,
Caryl
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