[SoaS] CD helper soas-3-boot-test.iso boots 2 GB Mirabelle USB in Apple Macbook Air with changes to Boot line and 4 .cfg files on the USB

[Thomas C Gilliard]

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Thomas C Gilliard wrote:
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> Thomas C Gilliard wrote:
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>> Matt Wronkiewicz wrote:
>>> On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Thomas C Gilliard
>>> <satellit at bendbroadband.com> wrote:
>>>  
>>>> You don't need a Mac to test it. You shouldn't need it for a Mac (you
>>>> just need to use the 64 bit version of it)
>>>>     
>>>
>>> A MBR-partitioned USB stick will boot on an Intel Mac with an EFI
>>> firmware? The Wiki made it sound like that was not possible. I guess I
>>> should try it.
>>>
>>>   
>> That is what the Mac boot CD is supposed to do.
>> Enable the Mac to boot from the CD then switch to the USB
>> look at
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Downloads#Apple_Mac_OS_X
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Mac
>> (The USB contains both a boot and an EFI boot folders)
>>>> I am geting ready to do so.
>>>> USB of Sugar-v4 and boot helper in CD drive. : )
>>>>
>>>> (Diskless hp pavillion laptop Turion 64x2 with nivida)
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Is this the boot helper I posted earlier? It won't work with Sugar-v4,
>>> just v3 Mirabelle. I can rebuild it for v4 if you're interested in
>>> testing it.
>>>
>>>   
>>
> Matt:
>
> I purchased a New Apple MacBook Air today:
>
> After a little fiddling , I got your
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> http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/soas-3-boot-test.iso
>
> To work with a 2GB USB script installed soas-v3-Mirabelle USB
> I found that the USB booted but the graphics caused a very 
> distorted/smeared image.
> After I did the folowing changes' it boots fine:
>
> Method:
> Take the Mirabelle USB and mount it in a Linux Box. Open the USB;
> edit the 4 files in it (attached) to match:
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> Fedora/EFI/boot.conf
> Fedora/EFI//grub.conf
> Fedora/EFI/isolinux.cfg
> Fedora/syslinux/syslinux.cfg
>
> Put the mirabelle USB in the Apple Air USB port
> Load the soas-3-boot-test.cd in a External USB CD/DVD drive and 
> connect it to the 2nd USB port on the Macbook Air
> Hold down the "C" key and press power button. release power button -It 
> will make a bong sound- continue holding down the "C" key until you 
> get a fedora blue boot screen from the Spinning CD. hit TAB and edit 
> the boot line like the CD_boot Menu-changes.jpg show.
>  edit out "quiet" and and add "nomodeset xdriver=vesa"
> Hit return and the USB will begin boot sequence.
> Disregard the ata:COMRESET failed (errno=-16)messages (repeats t least 
> 3 times)
> Eventually the USB will Boot to F3 Ring. (Mirabelle_f3.jpg)
>
> I am sure that all 4 of the .cfg files do not need to be edited and 
> saved on the USB, but It does boot the USB into Soas correctly.
> Next I have to buy a network adapter, the MacBook Air wireless is not 
> recognized by Network Manager....Maybe I should have obtained a 
> Macbook with a CD and network Cat5 installed. :  /
>
> Congratulations;
>
> >Can you build a new soas-3-boot-test.iso with the changed boot line?
>
> Thanks again for a neat solution;
>
> Tom Gilliard
> satellit
> Bend Oregon
>
>
>
>> Please do make one, if it works with Soas-v4; you will be a Hero. I 
>> will gladly test it ( I have no Intel Mac however).
>>
>> One caveat is that f15 seems destined to use systemd  ( 
>> http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd.html )  and upstart for 
>> booting. :  /
>> It was experimented in early Soas f14 builds and proved much too buggy.
>>
>> NOTE: As a test. I did burn your soas-3-boot-test.iso to a CD and 
>> booted with it in a hp Laptop.
>> It  found and switched to my 2 GB Soas-v3-Mirabelle USB and 
>> sucessfully started it   : )
>>
>>
>> Tom Gilliard
>> satellit
>>> Matt
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