<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18812"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Caroline,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>To reply to your *specific* questions:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>With the CD/USB combo, the CD boot seems to work consistently on my PC's. I've tested on two recent PC systems: a desktop and a laptop.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I've noted no difference between shutdown and restart. I've configured bootup order as both: CD then HD; CD then nothing. Same result for each.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Bottom line: the CD boot helper is working flawlessly for me (on recent PC systems).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Take care -</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Art Hunkins</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=cmeeks@sugarlabs.org href="mailto:cmeeks@sugarlabs.org">Caroline Meeks</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=abhunkin@uncg.edu href="mailto:abhunkin@uncg.edu">Art Hunkins</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 03, 2009 8:35 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Sugar-devel] Fwd: [Question #81566]: Can't boot MacBooks at GPAfrom CD + USB</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi, <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>How are things going getting your computers to boot?  Do you get this consistently or is it intermittent? I've seen it intermittently especially if I use restart not shutdown. If I power down its more likely to take.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Thanks</DIV> <DIV>Caroline<BR><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Art Hunkins <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:abhunkin@uncg.edu">abhunkin@uncg.edu</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote> <DIV bgcolor="#ffffff"> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>FWIW, on a WinXP system of mine, a helper CD I made and booted from, completely ignored my SoaS and booted into Windows.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Not very encouraging. I'm finding that quite a few systems I have around here don't have a USB boot option. I've a feeling that most systems more than 4 years old or so fit into this category.</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Art Hunkins</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=h5> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"><B>From:</B> <A title=cmeeks@sugarlabs.org href="mailto:cmeeks@sugarlabs.org" target=_blank>Caroline Meeks</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org href="mailto:sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org" target=_blank>Sugar Devel</A> ; <A title=iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org href="mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org" target=_blank>iaep</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 31, 2009 9:09 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Sugar-devel] Fwd: [Question #81566]: Can't boot MacBooks at GPAfrom CD + USB</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Has anyone seen a "Not Responding" error when booting with a CD helper? <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Also, I'm trying out the LaunchPad Questions functionality to see if this could be a front door where people put in various issues then we triage them to bugs/FAQs etc.<BR><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>---------- Forwarded message ----------<BR>From: <B class=gmail_sendername>Caroline</B> <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:question81566@answers.launchpad.net" target=_blank>question81566@answers.launchpad.net</A>></SPAN><BR>Date: Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:28 PM<BR>Subject: [Question #81566]: Can't boot MacBooks at GPA from CD + USB<BR>To: <A href="mailto:cmeeks@sugarlabs.org" target=_blank>cmeeks@sugarlabs.org</A><BR><BR><BR>New question #81566 on Sugar on a Stick:<BR><A href="https://answers.launchpad.net/soas/+question/81566" target=_blank>https://answers.launchpad.net/soas/+question/81566</A><BR><BR><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir1A3FH08kQ" target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir1A3FH08kQ</A><BR><BR>I've been able to boot with a CD and USB other macbooks, such as those at LGF. I've never seen this error before.<BR><BR>Anurag is going to try a Sugar and Fedora CD tomorrow.<BR><FONT color=#888888><BR>--<BR>You received this question notification because you are a direct<BR>subscriber of the question.<BR></FONT></DIV><BR><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Caroline Meeks<BR>Solution Grove<BR>Caroline@SolutionGrove.com<BR><BR>617-500-3488 - Office<BR>505-213-3268 - Fax<BR></DIV></DIV></DIV> <P></P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>Sugar-devel mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org" target=_blank>Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</A><BR><A href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" target=_blank>http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</A><BR> <P></P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Caroline Meeks<BR>Solution Grove<BR>Caroline@SolutionGrove.com<BR><BR>617-500-3488 - Office<BR>505-213-3268 - Fax<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>