[IAEP] Experiences with Soas2-200904231400.iso Snapshot

[Sebastian Dziallas]

James Simmons wrote:
> Another comment on SoaS snapshot:
>
> When I found myself without a Browse activity in the first stick I had a
> notion to copy the Smolt text from Terminal to the clipboard, save the
> text to the Journal, then copy that Journal entry to a second thumb
> drive which I could then mount on a different computer to update the
> Wiki with a link to my hardware profile.  I found that SoaS would not
> recognize that I had inserted a second USB thumb drive and automatically
> mount it.  It seems to me that this is something it should be able to do.
>
> James Simmons

Er... that's interesting. Normally, SoaS mounted additional USB drives. 
This was in the latest snapshot, right? Using a boot helper or not?

I guess we should really get a new boot helper soon, to narrow down some 
issues. We need to find out what's causing which error here.

--Sebastian

> Caroline Meeks wrote:
>> Hi James,
>>
>> Thanks for testing!
>>
>> We do have a "Boot Helper" CD iso on the wiki page. I personally think
>> we shoudl recommend that people start with that then see if they can
>> change thier BIOS so we have more first time success.
>
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