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

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi Peter,

My first attempt at downloading did not complete. Now the link isn't working.  Has it been moved?

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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