On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 5:28 PM, pbrobin...@gmail.com <pbrobin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 5:06 PM, pbrobin...@gmail.com >> <pbrobin...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 4:52 PM, pbrobin...@gmail.com >>>> <pbrobin...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 4:33 PM, pbrobin...@gmail.com >>>>>> <pbrobin...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> Hi Walter, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Walter Bender >>>>>>> <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> I've been doing some work on the Get Sugar landing page in the wiki, >>>>>>>> which has been the source of some confusion amongst our potential user >>>>>>>> community. My proposed modifications (See >>>>>>>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Walter/Get_Sugar) are an attempt to >>>>>>>> streamline and consolidate the instructions for first-time users. >>>>>>>> Feedback and testing requested. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Some feedback.... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For the Mac side of things I think we would be better dealing with it >>>>>>> from a direct boot option and then having a separate virtualisation >>>>>>> option as in terms of GUI say VirtualBox is the same across all >>>>>>> platforms. >>>>>> >>>>>> Do we have a robust direct boot option? I thought that was still >>>>>> causing more headaches than it was worth (from the support >>>>>> perspective). >>>>> >>>>> 64 bit yes, and the other graphics issues will be fixed by Fedora 14 >>>>> beta (if they're not already). >>>> >>>> Where are the instructions for the 64-bit version? The only >>>> instructions I can find >>>> (http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Mac) refer to a helper >>>> CD. >>> >>> Not sure about the wiki but they're here: >>> >>> http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/#downloads >>> >>> There are two problems with the Mac platform: >>> 1) Linux doesn't support 32 bit platforms from 64 bit EFI systems. >>> This is a kernel issue and is the case on all platforms. Someone I >>> know at one of the major server companies was going to have a look at >>> this for me as all their new servers will be 64 bit and are EFI based >>> and while they will only support 64 bit on them they have customers >>> that will want to run 32 bit. I've followed up but not heard anything >>> back. >>> >>> 2) Graphics support due to some random way the Mac platform deals with >>> its GPU initialisation. This will be fixed for F-14 (and so SoaSv4). >>> The patches might also fix #1 but I don't have Macs to test. >>> >>> # 2 should be in the F-14 beta so testers would be welcome on 64 bit >>> and it would be interesting to see if it also fixes #1 as well. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Peter >>> >> >> Is there a recommended way to create the Live USB on a Mac? Or is it >> still recommended to create the stick on a GNU/Linux or Windows box? > > TBH I have no idea as I don't have access to one to be able to test. > Its certainly a platform that could do with more developer testing but > as my nearest Mac that I can test on is a 4 hour round trip its only > something I do every now and again when I'm at my mates place and I > normally do that using a pre created key. > > I know that liveusb creator was created with the a background idea of > supporting Mac platforms in the future. Its written in QT and with the > underlying Mac platform supporting all the Linux style commands out of > the box it wouldn't be hard to add Mac support if someone has a > project they wish to do or support. Its been discussed but > unfortunately people have been busy so its dropped down their priority > list. > > Peter >
OK. I'll recommend that people use a different platform for creating their sticks. thanks for all the feedback. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep