[Sugar-devel] Adventures with GPA Macbooks

[Caroline Meeks]

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Bill Bogstad <bogstad at pobox.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Caroline Meeks
> <caroline at solutiongrove.com> wrote:
> >...
> > Bottom line is we'll get a lot farther if we can use the macbook laptop
> > cart.
>
> Did you ever get the exact model number of those macbooks?  It would
> help when researching precise hardware compatibility issues.
>

I'm hoping the attached screenshots will help. Anurag will be back on Friday
and can gather more info if you let us know what is needed.

>
> >...
> > I think the next thing i want to try is a CD version of Bill's Floppy
> boot.
> > It works differently doing a full linux boot then booting another kernal
> on
> > the USB.
>
> There is a (fixable) issue with just burning the floppy image as the
> 'boot floppy' on a CD that involves the fact that 'floppy emulation'
> CD booting requires using the BIOS to read/write the emulated floppy.
> I think I can move the necessary config files into the initial
> ramdisk.   However,  I haven't  had the time to decide if this is the
> best/most maintainable way
> to do this.  Even once I get you an ISO using my boot floppy, I
> wouldn't be surprised if you still have problems.
>

Problems seem to be a good bet! What the golly gosh jimminy crippers is
going on?!? Why does it work once and not again? What is linux doing that is
keeping MacOSX from booting even after all the linux medium is removed?  why
are these macbooks different from all other macs anyone has tired before?

My thought is the problem seems to be around how its looking for the USBs.
 Your boot helper works in a fundamentally different manner, doing a full
boot of one kernel then booting the next one.  It seems worth a try. Mostly
because I only have one idea that seems better and I am in super stubborn
mode these days.

Thanks Bill today is really pushing my family friendly email list limits.

>
> Bill Bogstad
>



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