[SoaS] troubleshooting SoaS failures

[Dave Bauer]

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Brooks, Kevin <Kevin.Brooks at ndsu.edu>wrote:

> I'm working on a project in which we gave ten 3rd-5th graders a SoaS; we
> asked them to take it home and try it.  Only 3 of 10 were successful in
> booting to the stick. We gave them good instructions (we think) and they
> reported trying various things (F12, Esc, Delete, combinations). Is there a
> trouble shooting FAQ available, or can list members generate some likely
> scenarios.  Are there hardware and software issues that could be
> interfering? I've never had a SoaS NOT work, so the fail rate surprised me.
>
>
It depends on the age of the computer, and the BIOS brand/version. I have
also seen F2 or F8 for boot options or entering the BIOS.

Some systems can't boot off USB at all. Some can only boot off USB if you
actually edit the BIOS boot settings. I don't know which instructions you
included, perhaps a link to the instructions you sent home would help.

Dave


> Thanks.
>
> Kevin Brooks
> http://fargoxo.wordpress.com
>
>
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