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.
Reconditioning older PCs (even just adding RAM or a USB card) is a bit of a thankless job :-( 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. Sean On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Caroline Meeks<carol...@solutiongrove.com> wrote: > This week, thanks for installing the Broadcom drivers separately, we got > Sugar on a Stick up and running on the GPA computers. > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Gardner_Pilot_Academy#Current_computers_at_GPA > > 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. > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815123010 > 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 > carol...@solutiongrove.com > > 617-500-3488 - Office > 505-213-3268 - Fax > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep