Update: Today I used Fedora Live USB creator on a windows machine to create the SoaS-beta Live USB. Plugged it into Classmate-2 and it works! Sound, network all good! very stoked. Regards, Mitch <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Marten Vijn <<a href="mailto:info@martenvijn.nl">info@martenvijn.nl</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Can you boot image from the drive with qemu and what happens? to install qemu sudo apt-get install qemu sudo qemu /dev/sdc My usb-drive is sdc here an can boot in qemu. FYI-1 I have seen about 10-20% of first attemps not working. That's why i wack the mbr of zero that whole drive. FYI-2 there are usb-drives/flashdrives that can't boot. To find out you need to play a little with other hardware to find the failing part. Swapping parts is generally a fast way. And qemu can also help to isolate issues. Kind regards, Marten <div><div></div><div class="h5"> On Tue, 2009-04-07 at 13:18 +1000, Mitchell Seaton wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Caroline Meeks > <<a href="mailto:solutiongrove@gmail.com">solutiongrove@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Hi, > > Is it this problem? <a href="http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/421" target="_blank">http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/421</a> > > How much of the boot do you get through? > > No boot. I simply get "Missing operating system". I select to boot > from usb: Sony etc, and immediately shows this screen. > > > > If so I have some questions that might help us gather data. > > 1. Did you burn your stick on windows or linux? > > Using Ubuntu 8.10 with livecd-iso-to-disk script, > > > 2. FAT or FAT32 format. And actually we know that in your > case. 4GB can only be FAT32. If you have a 1 or 2GB stick, > try formatting it FAT before you burn and let me know if that > works. > > Cleared the MBR, reformatted as FAT (32) using mkfs.vfat. > Changed "default" to linux0 in syslinux.cfg. > USB has two directories: LiveOS and syslinux directories. > > Still having the same problem occurring. > > Cheers, > Mitch > > > > > thanks, > Caroline > > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 3:59 AM, Mitchell Seaton <meaton.2v > +<a href="mailto:iaep@gmail.com">iaep@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > Hi, > > Recently I've been trying to load SoaS > (<a href="http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/snapshots/1/Soas1-200903232259.iso" target="_blank">http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/snapshots/1/Soas1-200903232259.iso</a>) onto a Classmate-2 laptop that we have here at my work. Following the instructions on the wiki (Sugar on a Stick/Installation) using using live iso to disk script, I created the USB (on a Sony 4GB Stick). > > However, booting from the USB on the Classmate I have > the following msg "Missing operating system". I know > there are some examples of SoaS working out there in > the community I was wondering if there maybe some > steps I'm missing. I will try with different USB or SD > card shortly. I have yet to try to boot on another > machine so far. > > Regards, > Mitchell Seaton > > > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop > project!) > <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a> > > > > > -- > Caroline Meeks > Solution Grove > Caroline@SolutionGrove.com > > 617-500-3488 - Office > 505-213-3268 - Fax > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a> -- </div></div><a href="http://martenvijn.nl" target="_blank">http://martenvijn.nl</a> Marten Vijn <a href="http://martenvijn.nl/trac/wiki/soas" target="_blank">http://martenvijn.nl/trac/wiki/soas</a> Sugar on a Stick <a href="http://bsd.wifisoft.org/nek/" target="_blank">http://bsd.wifisoft.org/nek/</a> The Network Event Kit <a href="http://har2009.org" target="_blank">http://har2009.org</a> 13th-16th August <a href="http://opencommunitycamp.org" target="_blank">http://opencommunitycamp.org</a> 26th Jul - 2nd August </blockquote></div>