[Sugar-devel] Fwd: [Question #81566]: Can't boot MacBooks at GPAfrom CD + USB

[Bill Bogstad]

On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Art Hunkins<abhunkin at uncg.edu> wrote:

> However, bootable (3.5") *floppies* would be altogether a different matter.
> Floppies have been bootable forever, and all vintage machines have floppy
> drives - including both my Pentium I/II laptops. A floppy/USB combo, for
> laptops with a USB port, would at least theoretically render all such
> machines SoaS-capable. The combo would also work fine for older desktops as
> long as you could find a USB card for them.

My thoughts as well.

> Bottom line: I'd really look forward to the availability of the boot floppy
> that's being completed by one of our list-members. If you had older desktops
> or laptops, you could easily configure them to boot first from the A: drive,
> having inserted the floppy disk and perhaps black-plastic-electrical-taped
> over the A: drive opening (?!).

I just got an account at SugarLabs today.   I'll try to upload my most
recent test image this evening and post where it is...

Bill Bogstad