[SoaS] SoaS Digest, Vol 16, Issue 5

[roberto]

On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Kevin Gordon <kgordon420 at gmail.com> wrote:
> If you're using LiveUSB creator in Windows 32 bit, there is earlier
> documentation in the SoaS archive on thes SYSLINUX issue.
>
> I have today upgraded from 4.02 to 4.03, and can confirm that those
> instructions still work for this newer version.  To recap
>
> The direct link to the SYSLINUX  file directory  is
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/
>
> You'll want to choose the 4.03 .zip file to download, then expand it, then
> drlll down to the win32 directory of the expanded archive, and grab the
> syslinux.exe file.
>
> Copy it into the LiveUSB Creator\Tools directory over the older version that
> exists there.  Recreate your Live USB stick.
>
> As I said, therest of the instructions are the same as the earlier posts.
>


thank you for the hint;
also, this post
http://www.fergytech.com/2010/11/getting-fedora-14-liveusb-to-boot/
suggests to use unetbootin as an alternative, but does it allow to
create a persistent storage for the installation on the pendrive ?

thank you

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>>   1. Re: Fedora 14 + Mango Lassi Installation problems and ...
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>> Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 09:38:22 +0000
>> From: Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com>
>> To: Development of live Sugar distributions <soas at lists.sugarlabs.org>
>> Cc: Jean FRUITET <jean.fruitet at free.fr>
>> Subject: Re: [SoaS] Fedora 14 + Mango Lassi Installation problems and
>>        ...     solutions
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>> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Jean FRUITET <jean.fruitet at free.fr>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> > Please excuse my really poor english :((
>> >
>> > Trying to get a LiveUsb Sugar on a stick based on Fedora14 and Mango
>> > Lassi
>> > with Windows7 OS,
>> > I gone through many issues.
>> > Here is a list and some hints to correct them.
>> >
>> > 1) Boot don't work.
>> > LiveUsb Creator can't install a working on Fedora14 ?Soas version.
>> > Hint : ?You have to download the last version of Syslinux ( 4.03)
>> > http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/The_Syslinux_Project
>> > unarchive it and replace the syslinux.exe onto LiveUsb ./tool/ directory
>> > by
>> > the ./win/syslinux.exe from Syslinux ( 4.03) archive.
>>
>> I'm working to get this problem resolved.
>>
>> > 2) When setting on date and ?language for Sugar, you need to reboot.
>> > If you have enterred your login + password for gnome key ring more that
>> > once
>> > time (see 2) at the first time you boot Soas
>> > you would never access to Sugar again after a reboot.
>> > The stick have to be formatted again.
>> >
>> > So use hint 3) and all will be fine.
>> >
>> > 3) After first boot, ?a gnome key ring form ask for a login + password
>> > Then the form ?it displayed 2 more times.
>> >
>> > Hint : Type in your login + password and valid them once time then click
>> > cancel at the following form.
>> > It seams that your account is registered the first time you type it in.
>> >
>> > After a reboot of the stick, type in your password and you will access
>> > to
>> > Sugar.
>> >
>> > 4) Many activities don't work on Mango Lassi :
>> > - TamTam
>> > - Physics (V. 5) have to be upgraded (V.7)
>> > - Write needs a very long time to load. Perhaps a USB issue ?
>> > - It seams that double screens does n'ot work with Sugar on a stick.
>> > Perhaps
>> > a driver issue ?
>>
>> If your using a full install (not just the live image) you can do a OS
>> update from the command line "sudo yum update" and that will update to
>> the latest releases of the Activities. I don't believe dual screens
>> are supported within sugar, depends on your hardware the drivers most
>> definitely do support dual screens.
>>
>> Peter
>>
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