[SoaS] "Read Only" SoaS Almost Passes the "Teacher Test"... but not quite.

[Peter Robinson]

Hi Caryl,

Try with the Mac first and see if it works and then we'll take it from there.

Cheers,
Peter

On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> I have started the download.  Would you like me to make a non-persistant
> version using the Terminal on the Mac or would you like me to do it with the
> Fedora live usb creator on my new (refurb) eeePC that is supposed to arrive
> tomorrow? Or both?
>
> Caryl
>
>
>
>> Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:31:00 +0100
>> Subject: Re: [SoaS] "Read Only" SoaS Almost Passes the "Teacher Test"...
>> but not quite.
>> From: pbrobinson at gmail.com
>> To: cbigenho at hotmail.com
>> CC: support-gang at lists.laptop.org; soas at lists.sugarlabs.org;
>> support-gang at laptop.org
>>
>> Hi Caryl,
>>
>> Do you think you could try the 64 bit version of SOAS on your Mac and
>> see if it works? There is an issue booting the 32 bit version off
>> newer Macs.
>>
>>
>> http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/soas/soas-x86_64-20100416.18.iso
>>
>> Regards,
>> Peter
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi George and All,
>> >
>> > OK, so I tried changing the name of the SoaS usb stick to "FEDORA" in
>> > the
>> > finder on 2 different Macs, running 10.4 and 10.5.  It wasn't an option
>> > on
>> > either... but I found out why. I just don't know how to fix it.
>> >
>> > I did the get-info process (highlight the item on the screen, then
>> > "command-i".  At the very bottom I expanded "Sharing & Permissions"....
>> >
>> > "You can only read"
>> >
>> > So.... that explains why I can't change the name and why the Name and
>> > Color
>> > Combination choices don't persist between boots (recall... I was able to
>> > boot it with the extra step of holding down the "c" key while booting
>> > with
>> > the boot helper disk and then "Tab" and editing the text that appears on
>> > the
>> > screen as suggested by George below).
>> >
>> > So...  How do we create an SoaS stick that isn't "read only"????
>> >
>> > Caryl
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> > Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:17:23 -0400
>> > From: georgejhunt at gmail.com
>> > To: support-gang at lists.laptop.org
>> > Subject: Re: [support-gang] SoaS Almost Passes the "Teacher Test"... but
>> > not
>> > quite.
>> >
>> > on my OSX10.4, if you open finder, <ctl>click on the usb name in the
>> > left
>> > column, I am given the option to rename the USB stick.
>> >
>> > George
>> >
>> > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi George and All,
>> >
>> > Thanks to George's patience and persistence and all of the hints you
>> > sent,
>> > I finally got the image-writer-mac program to work and make a SoaS usb
>> > stick. We used the method where we dragged the files over from a finder
>> > window to the terminal window.
>> >
>> >  I feel sure it is good, but I don't have a handy PC to try it on and
>> > there
>> > is a funny problem trying to boot it on the MacBook with the help of the
>> > Boot Helper CD. I got that same fateful sounding  "sleeping forever"
>> > message
>> > that someone else got earlier in the week.
>> >
>> > The MacBook, requires a boot helper disk that looks for a usb stick
>> > named
>> > FEDORA.  I suspect they wrote it that way so it can also be used with
>> > Strawberry and with other future versions of SoaS. However, this stick
>> > is
>> > named  "soas-2-blueberry", not FEDORA.
>> >
>> > Well  I tried to rename the usb stick "FEDORA" when it was finished so I
>> > could use it on the MacBook, but, try as I may, I cannot change the
>> > name.  I
>> > even tried it on Ed's computer too (a G4 Powerbook) with no luck.  I can
>> > change the name of any other file or other usb stick, but not this one.
>> > It
>> > is apparently "soas-2-blueberry", forever.
>> >
>> > I even tried another tack.  I changed the name of the
>> > "soas-2-blueberry.iso"
>> > file to "FEDORA.iso" before going to terminal to run the
>> > image-writer-mac
>> > program again and make another stick.  It still wrote the name as
>> > "soas-2-blueberry". So now, I have made 2 SoaS usb drives I can probably
>> > use
>> > on PCs, but not on Macs.
>> >
>> > Finally, I tried the method one of you put up a few days ago where you
>> > boot
>> > holding down the C key, then the Tab, then change the instructions in
>> > the
>> > edit mode. While this did work, it is definitely not "Teacher-friendly."
>> >
>> > If someone could figure out a way to change the name of the usb stick
>> > from
>> > "soas-2-blueberry" to FEDORA somewhere along the way when making the
>> > SoaS
>> > stick, we would have something that definitely would meet the "teacher
>> > test."  I repeat, all usual methods failed.  Any ideas???
>> >
>> > I still have 8 days before InfoTech.
>> >
>> > Caryl
>> >
>> > BTW, The choice of "Name" and color combination did not persist from
>> > boot to
>> > boot.
>> >
>> >
>> >
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