I checked two different sticks, both FAT16. (soas on the same stick works on my laptop) <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Sean DALY <<a href="http://sdaly.be">sdaly.be</a>@<a href="http://gmail.com">gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Dave - are you trying SoaS-1-0323 or SoaS-2-0325 ? I have succeeded in booting both as follows: * check if /boot/olpc.fth present then * try booting with check key pressed, then hit Esc button during countdown, then "boot" at ok Forth prompt </blockquote><div> I tried this same result, stuck at Loading ramdisk image from u:\syslinux\initrd0.img </div><div> This is 200903051021 iso so I'll download the newer one and try that. Thanks for the help. Dave </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Sean <div><div></div><div class="h5"> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Walter Bender <<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Is your stick FAT? We've heard of problems using non-factory formating. > > -walter > > 2009/3/26 Dave Bauer <<a href="mailto:dave@solutiongrove.com">dave@solutiongrove.com</a>>: >> On my XO I recreated a new stick, and upgraded my BIOS to Q2E36 and still >> get stuck extracting the initrd. it hang and never gets past that strage, at >> least there is nothing more on the display. >> >> Any ideas where I can look? >> >> Thanks >> Dave >> -- >> Dave Bauer >> <a href="mailto:dave@solutiongrove.com">dave@solutiongrove.com</a> >> <a href="http://www.solutiongrove.com" target="_blank">http://www.solutiongrove.com</a> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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> >> >> > > > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > <a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">http://www.sugarlabs.org</a> > _______________________________________________ > 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> > </div></div></blockquote></div> -- Dave Bauer <a href="mailto:dave@solutiongrove.com">dave@solutiongrove.com</a> <a href="http://www.solutiongrove.com">http://www.solutiongrove.com</a>