Tomeu, Yes, that definitely sounds like it would work! Thanks, Caroline <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 5:20 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <<a href="mailto:tomeu@sugarlabs.org">tomeu@sugarlabs.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">2009/3/21 Caroline Meeks <<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com">caroline@solutiongrove.com</a>>: <div class="im">> Today Mel and I went to two schools in Boston to see how Sugar on a Stick > would fare in the wild. > > Notes are here: > <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/GPA" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/GPA</a> > <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Shaw_Elementary_School" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Shaw_Elementary_School</a> > > > The short summary is we think a wider range of "Boot Helpers" would be very > helpful. > > Our top priority is a virtual machine that can be installed on a computer > that starts up Sugar but looks for student identity, journal, activities, > etc. on a USB stick. Unlike our current emulators this would allow students > to move from machine to machine and different classes to use the same > computer lab. For our current pilot school, GPA we need support from > Windows 2000 and Mac OSX. </div>What if only the emulation software is installed on the hard disk and it's made to boot from a normal Soas usb stick? >From the linux command line, I can do this by running 'qemu -hda /dev/sda1', may be possible to put some windows UI over something like that? Regards, Tomeu <div class="im"> > Also useful would be: > - A boot helper based on F11 which we hope will help with what appear to be > driver issues. > - A boot helper on a Floppy - this will be easier to manage then trying to > get the CD Drives to open. > > Thanks to much work by many volunteers we are getting close! We have > enthusiastic teachers, especially at the Gardner, chomping at the bit to try > Sugar! Please help if you can. > > Thanks!!!! > Caroline > > > -- > Caroline Meeks > Solution Grove > Caroline@SolutionGrove.com > > 617-500-3488 - Office > 505-213-3268 - Fax > </div>> _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > <a href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a> > > </blockquote></div> -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove Caroline@SolutionGrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax