<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 9:49 AM, 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;"> Hmmm I'm not sure a BIOS will be wiling to boot from a USB port on a card. However, combined with a CD boot helper might do the trick.</blockquote><div> I have to use the CD at this point anyway. My goal is to have it boot more quickly and respond more quickly once its booted. </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Reconditioning older PCs (even just adding RAM or a USB card) is a bit of a thankless job :-(</blockquote><div> But one that makes many high school and young at heart computer geeks pretty happy on a Saturday, especially if you add pizza and donuts. If a school IT person has to do it, its never financially feasible, but I could see a lot of volunteers actually enjoying the work, and getting a lot of satisfaction about getting faster computers into kids hands and keeping computers out of the land fill. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I'm wondering if there's a way for SoaS to automatically report what it has booted on. Computer labs are prime candidates for SoaS and are often populated with a single PC model; it would be great if we could offer good upgrade advice x30.</blockquote><div> Ah actually Sebastian already wrote that! I forgot to do it when I was in the computer lab. I will remember next time. It would be cool to turn that into an Activity so its super easy. My work trying to get a Work Study student for GPA looks like its going to generate a bunch of volunteers without the correct paperwork to get paid as Work Study students. Let me echo Caryl's question. Do we have a page with tasks for new volunteers? </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 Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Caroline Meeks<<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com">caroline@solutiongrove.com</a>> wrote: > This week, thanks for installing the Broadcom drivers separately, we got > Sugar on a Stick up and running on the GPA computers. > <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Gardner_Pilot_Academy#Current_computers_at_GPA" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Gardner_Pilot_Academy#Current_computers_at_GPA</a> > > They are older computer and they run faster then an XO but still not that > snappy. > > A big part of SoaS is using existing computers and donated computers. I > wonder what it would take to upgrade older computers, and make them > snappier. > > I don't know if we will get permission to open up these particular > computers, (which are owned by Boston Public Schools) but there are > certainly tons of older computers like them around. > > I think there are two things that might make them perform better. > > 1. Add a USB 2.0 port. They are almost certainly USB 1 right now. I see > that if the box has the right slots for it, USB 2.0 cards are less then $10. > <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815123010" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815123010</a> > 2. Add more RAM. Earlier this year I worked with a group that specialized > in repairing and recyclying computers. They had lots of RAM they had > scavanged. > > It would be very cool if someone had some old computers and could try Sugar, > then do motifications like add a USB 2.0 port and RAM and document the > results. Caryl, this is another potential project for someone who wants to > help. > > -- > Caroline Meeks > Solution Grove > Caroline@SolutionGrove.com > > 617-500-3488 - Office > 505-213-3268 - Fax > </div></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