Thanks, Mike. Maybe we could make a little table of which key works on which machine and put it on the wiki. I found that the Esc key works on my eeePC.Anyone else want to contribute? Here's a Start, just add yours to the list: Getting to BIOS eeePC 701 F2 eeePC 900 Esc
Caryl > Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01:22:47 -0500 > Subject: Re: [IAEP] Boot SoaS on Windows machines? Help! > From: curious...@gmail.com > To: cbige...@hotmail.com > CC: soas@lists.sugarlabs.org; i...@lists.sugarlabs.org; > support-g...@laptop.org > > Caryl, > > Which eeePC do you have? On the eeePC 701 I have (the original), I > press and hold F2, then power on with the SoaS inserted. The American > Megatrends logo should appear on black, then the blue "BIOS SETUP > UTILITY" screen. Hit the right arrow to select the "Boot" tab. Then > follow the instructions to change the Boot Device Priority to your USB > drive. > > I have my eeePC handy, but not SoaS. If you need more help, I can look > for one of my SoaS drives tomorrow to test the procedure. > > Unfortunately, the function key for opening the BIOS setup is > different on every PC I've encountered. I've placed a sticker dot over > the proper function key on some of my machines. > > Mike > > > On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbige...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi.... > > It has been about 6 mos since I last ran SoaS on my eeePC. I am a "Mac > > person." I can't remember how to get Sugar running on the PC. > > I have tried a lot of different things... alt, ctrl, ctrl-c, ctrl-d, F2, > > ctrl-alt, and so forth. Nothing works. I tried opening Windows first and > > then accessing the usb (FEDORA). No luck. > > I need to know this for Saturday, along with variations for different kinds > > of PCs so I can tell folks what to do. Is it the same on all of them? If > > not, how do I find the variations for other folks? > > I really thought I could remember this, but I didn't write it down and the > > wiki doesn't seem to have the info. > > Thanks, > > GrannieB > > _______________________________________________ > > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > > i...@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > >
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