[IAEP] Prep for FOSS VT

[Sean DALY]

Caroline - can you tell me how you are burning SoaS on your Mac?

thanks

Sean


On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Caroline Meeks
<caroline at solutiongrove.com> wrote:
> We have a beta release and I have a way to burn multiple USBs on my mac.
> When it boots it works pretty well!  It even connects to a Jabber server for
> collaboration.  People who get it to boot will be impressed.
>
> The bad news is the current beta release is not working at all with the
> "Boot Helper" CD
>
> The error is Bug in initramfs /init detected. Dropping to a shell. Good
> luck!
>
> bash: no job control in this shell.
>
> This is a shame because giving people a CD is much easier then walking them
> through changing their BIOS.  Also at the wild (as evidenced by the YMCA and
> the Gardner School) many computers (about 50% of the Y and the entire
> computer lab at the Gardner) can't be made to boot from a USB.  With luck
> the laptops people will be carrying at the conference will be newer and boot
> from USBs.
>
> So I'm debating whether I burn both SoaS1 and SoaS2 so we have something for
> people who need to use a CD?  Any hope of getting the boot helper fixed?
>
> The other thing that would be really excellent for Friday would be a working
> Virtual Box install.  If we got one working we could burn it onto a couple
> of sticks and just pass it around to the Mac users.
>
> The final thing on my wish list is a way to show off eBooks.
>
> Great work and thanks to all who have worked so hard. We have made
> tremendous progress!
>
> Cheers,
> Caroline
>
>
>
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