<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Thanks, Mike. Maybe we could make a little table of which key works on which machine and put it on the wiki. I found that the Esc key works on my eeePC.<div>Anyone else want to contribute?</div><div><br></div><div>Here's a Start, just add yours to the list:</div><div><br></div><div><b>Getting to BIOS</b></div><div><br></div><div>eeePC 701<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>F2</div><div><br></div><div>eeePC 900 Esc</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Caryl</div><div><br></div><div><br><br>> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01:22:47 -0500<br>> Subject: Re: [IAEP] Boot SoaS on Windows machines? Help!<br>> From: curiouslee@gmail.com<br>> To: cbigenho@hotmail.com<br>> CC: soas@lists.sugarlabs.org; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; support-gang@laptop.org<br>> <br>> Caryl,<br>> <br>> Which eeePC do you have? On the eeePC 701 I have (the original), I<br>> press and hold F2, then power on with the SoaS inserted. The American<br>> Megatrends logo should appear on black, then the blue "BIOS SETUP<br>> UTILITY" screen. Hit the right arrow to select the "Boot" tab. Then<br>> follow the instructions to change the Boot Device Priority to your USB<br>> drive.<br>> <br>> I have my eeePC handy, but not SoaS. If you need more help, I can look<br>> for one of my SoaS drives tomorrow to test the procedure.<br>> <br>> Unfortunately, the function key for opening the BIOS setup is<br>> different on every PC I've encountered. I've placed a sticker dot over<br>> the proper function key on some of my machines.<br>> <br>> Mike<br>> <br>> <br>> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> > Hi....<br>> > It has been about 6 mos since I last ran SoaS on my eeePC. I am a "Mac<br>> > person." I can't remember how to get Sugar running on the PC.<br>> > I have tried a lot of different things... alt, ctrl, ctrl-c, ctrl-d, F2,<br>> > ctrl-alt, and so forth. Nothing works. I tried opening Windows first and<br>> > then accessing the usb (FEDORA). No luck.<br>> > I need to know this for Saturday, along with variations for different kinds<br>> > of PCs so I can tell folks what to do. Is it the same on all of them? If<br>> > not, how do I find the variations for other folks?<br>> > I really thought I could remember this, but I didn't write it down and the<br>> > wiki doesn't seem to have the info.<br>> > Thanks,<br>> > GrannieB<br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)<br>> > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org<br>> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep<br>> ><br></div> </body> </html>