[IAEP] Need Live CD to take to Argentina

[Caroline Meeks]

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Jim Simmons <nicestep at gmail.com> wrote:

> Caroline,
>
> Sorry to confuse you with Caryl.  Don't know why I did that.
>

No problem,

>
> I'll try making up a Fedora 12 CD and booting from it.  As I
> understand it, your idea is simply to see if I can boot the Fedora
> Live CD, not that this would be an alternative way to boot SoaS
> Blueberry.
>
> I was able to boot SoaS Strawberry using a boot helper CD before, so I
> was surprised that the boot helper CD for Blueberry didn't work.
>

Yes, my goal is to better understand where the bug is, in Blueberry, the
boot-helper or in F12.

Thanks

>
> James Simmons
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Caroline Meeks
> <caroline at solutiongrove.com> wrote:
> > I think you meant this question for me, Caroline not Caryl,
> > You should be able to boot to Fedora from a CD made from the ISO here,
> > installation is optional I think.
> > http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora
> > You mentioned that you had two older machines that were not booting
> > Blueberry from the boothelper. I am curious whether they will boot a
> normal
> > Fedora 12 CD.
> > Thanks,
> > Caroline
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Jim Simmons <nicestep at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Caryl,
> >>
> >> Not sure what you mean by a straight Fedora 12 CD.  The only Fedora 12
> >> CD I'm familiar with runs F12 as a live CD system and gives you the
> >> option to install it to your hard disk by double-clicking an icon on
> >> the GNOME desktop.  I don't see how that's going to help me boot from
> >> a USB or for that matter boot from the CD but use the USB the way the
> >> SoaS boot CD does.
> >>
> >> If you can clear this up I'd appreciate it.
> >>
> >> James Simmons
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Caroline Meeks <solutiongrove at gmail.com
> >
> >> wrote:
> >> > Jim,
> >> > With the older machines that failed to boot, can you try a straight
> F12
> >> > CD
> >> > and see if that works?
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Caroline
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Jim Simmons <nicestep at gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Caryl,
> >> >>
> >> >> If you do choose to use a Boot Helper CD make sure you test booting
> up
> >> >> from it before you go.  When I tried Blueberry myself I found that I
> >> >> could boot off the USB itself just fine on a newer PC that supports
> >> >> booting directly from USB.  However, I tried using two other older
> >> >> machines that needed a boot helper CD and neither of them was able to
> >> >> boot with the CD.  The pretty boot art with the circle of dots seems
> >> >> to work OK until it is time to draw the final two dots and then it
> >> >> hangs.  Note that I have used these machines with Strawberry and
> >> >> earlier SoaS and their corresponding boot CDs, so the evidence seems
> >> >> to point to the helper CD itself.
> >> >>
> >> >> I did report this on BugTraq:
> >> >>
> >> >> http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1626
> >> >>
> >> >> James Simmons
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> > Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:47:25 -0800
> >> >> > From: Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com>
> >> >> > Subject: [IAEP] Need Live CD to take to Argentina
> >> >> > To: IAEP SugarLabs <iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>, Developers List
> >> >> >        <devel at lists.laptop.org>
> >> >> > Message-ID: <SNT118-W15F3515BC439D32A18D0C5CC7B0 at phx.gbl>
> >> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > H All i...
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Did this ever get implemented? If so where do I find it? Are there
> >> >> > any
> >> >> > special instructions I need to make and use the live CD? Can a usb
> >> >> > stick be
> >> >> > used for file storage?
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/0.84/Sugar_LiveCD
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I would like to be able to take several copies with me to give to a
> >> >> > tech
> >> >> > person at an elementary school in Buenos Aires when I go there in
> >> >> > mid-January.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks,
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Caryl
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> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Caroline Meeks
> >> > Solution Grove
> >> > Caroline at SolutionGrove.com
> >> >
> >> > 617-500-3488 - Office
> >> > 505-213-3268 - Fax
> >> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Caroline Meeks
> > Solution Grove
> > Caroline at SolutionGrove.com
> >
> > 617-500-3488 - Office
> > 505-213-3268 - Fax
> >
>



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Caroline Meeks
Solution Grove
Caroline at SolutionGrove.com

617-500-3488 - Office
505-213-3268 - Fax
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