> some idea of what is going on. > > I've tested CD helper vs. floppy helper on Pentium III generation computer. > On these, floppies take *way* longer than CD's: 5 minutes (minimum) to 1 > (actually, more like 10:2). Even though boot times are significant, the > actual *Activity* executions are satisfactory (though hardly "peppy"). > Overall performance is similar to the XO-1. >
Wow, thats very different then the results I've gotten. I found that it took a minute for the floppy to boot, then it starts the USB boot which takes the same amount of time as it does without the floppy. Thus we add about a minute. I wonder what the difference is. > > Art Hunkins > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Caroline Meeks <solutiongr...@gmail.com> > *To:* Art Hunkins <abhun...@uncg.edu> > *Cc:* Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> ; > community-n...@lists.sugarlabs.org ; iaep <i...@lists.sugarlabs.org> ; > Sugar-dev > Devel <sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org> > *Sent:* Sunday, September 13, 2009 10:48 AM > *Subject:* Re: [Sugar-devel] Bill Bogstad's floppy disk boot (Soas) > > I tested this on the GPA computer lab computers. It takes about 1 more > minute (4.5 vs 3.5) to boot. I think that it will take more then a minute > on average to give all the students CDs, have them open the CD drawer, turn > off the computer, turn it on again and collect all the CD at the end of > class so that the next class boots into Windows. My plan is the floppies > can just live in the machines, not pushed in all the way. > The current version > requires the user to press enter 1 minute into the process. Can we get a > version that we just start the boot, then goto the rug for our lesson and 4.5 > minutes later the machines are booted? > > Thanks! > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Art Hunkins <abhun...@uncg.edu> wrote: > >> With regard to Bill Bogstad's floppy boot disk project for SoaS: it works >> flawlessly for me. (I've tried it successfully on both an older Windows >> laptop and desktop - vintages: Pentium II/III.) >> >> I've one suggestion for Bill: for use by children, I'd make everything as >> automatic as possible. Either delete the display where the user needs to >> make a choice (it's *way* technical and *I* didn't know what to do), or >> put >> a (10"?) auto-timer on it so that it goes on through (the usual way) >> without >> user intervention. >> >> For Windows people: I suggest creating the boot disk with RAWriteWin. It's >> simple, user-friendly and efficient. >> >> Great job, Bill. >> >> Art Hunkins >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Walter Bender" <walter.ben...@gmail.com> >> To: <community-n...@lists.sugarlabs.org> >> Cc: "iaep" <i...@lists.sugarlabs.org>; "Sugar-dev Devel" >> <sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org> >> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 9:55 AM >> Subject: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Digest 2009-09-11 >> >> >> === Sugar Digest === >> >> 7. Bill Bogstad has been working on a floppy boot disk for Sugar on a >> Stick. See >> http://people.sugarlabs.org/~bogstad/floppy/<http://people.sugarlabs.org/%7Ebogstad/floppy/>for >> more >> details. >> >> -walter >> -- >> Walter Bender >> Sugar Labs >> http://www.sugarlabs.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >> > > > > -- > Caroline Meeks > Solution Grove > carol...@solutiongrove.com > > 617-500-3488 - Office > 505-213-3268 - Fax > > -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove carol...@solutiongrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax
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