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.<div> </div><div>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?</div> <div> </div><div>Thanks! <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Art Hunkins <<a href="mailto:abhunkin@uncg.edu">abhunkin@uncg.edu</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> 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" <<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>> To: <<a href="mailto:community-news@lists.sugarlabs.org">community-news@lists.sugarlabs.org</a>> Cc: "iaep" <<a href="mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org">iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org</a>>; "Sugar-dev Devel" <<a href="mailto:sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org">sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a>> 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 <a href="http://people.sugarlabs.org/~bogstad/floppy/" target="_blank">http://people.sugarlabs.org/~bogstad/floppy/</a> for more details. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs <a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">http://www.sugarlabs.org</a> _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a> _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a> </blockquote></div> -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove Caroline@SolutionGrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax </div>