Hi... As I said, it will be several days before I get a chance to try this. I will be testing it on with Mac OSX 10.4.8 on a 3-year-old 2.4GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo. I am also +1 for all the things Bert mentioned in the message below.
Caryl > Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 12:22:35 -0700 > From: satel...@bendbroadband.com > To: cbige...@hotmail.com > CC: s...@lists.sugarlabs.org; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org > Subject: Re: [SoaS] [Sugar-devel] > MacBook_Persistent_SoaS_v5_and_SoaS_v6_EFI_Boot_USB ( boots directly from USB > ) > > Caryl: > look at: > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Fedora-SoaS#Soasv6-Desktop_EFI_USB_Builder_prebuilt_Virtualbox_Appliance > > > I am uploading it now (This should be available to download in several > hours) after I finish testing the Download here. > > This is an importable VirtualBox Appliance that has all of the tools > needed to build an EFI boot USB. > > The problem is that the EFI boot USB does not boot on all Macs... > my 8.1 MacBook Pro i7 boots and works well but my wife's MacBook Air > does not... > I am also building an importable Virtual Box Appliance of Soav6 so that > it will run in OSX on the Mac. > The VirtualBox version of Soas is preferred as wireless is handled in > the VirtualBox envelope. > > Regards; > > Tom Gilliard > > Note: > A Soasv5 Coconut importable virtualbox appliance is already on the wiki > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit#Sugar_on_a_Stick-V5-Coconut > > On 11/02/2011 11:01 AM, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > > Hi Tom, > > I was hoping this would be a plug-and-play thing like Etoys-to-go is. > > While, with effort, I can get VB to work, it is beyond most non-techies... > > parents, teachers, most kids. I'll try it soon and see if I can come up > > with a "Grannies Guide" that explains the process in simple English. > > Any hints you can send will be appreciated. Right now I am working on the > > XO Users Manual Revision, but when I have that under control, I will have a > > chance to try the new SoaS. > > Caryl > > > > Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 06:05:10 -0700 > > From: satel...@bendbroadband.com > > To: cbige...@hotmail.com > > Subject: Re: [Sugar-devel] [SoaS] > > MacBook_Persistent_SoaS_v5_and_SoaS_v6_EFI_Boot_USB ( boots directly from > > USB ) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Caryl: > > > > > > > > I just made a f16 EFI Boot USB using VirtualBox 4.1.4 on my MAcbook > > Pro i7 using the guest additions. It boots RC4 of x86-64 Soas live > > nicely > > > > look at the page again: > > > > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Fedora-SoaS#MacBook_Persistent_SoaS_v5_and_SoaS_v6_EFI_Boot_USB > > > > > > > > Regards; > > > > > > > > Tom Gilliard/satellit_ > > > > > > > > On 11/02/2011 12:16 AM, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > > > > Hi... > > > > > > I am following the progress of this with great interest, and as soon as I > > finish the work I promised to do on the Help Activity/Users Manual refresh, > > I will have a chance to try it. I do have a few questions that will help > > me get started. > > > > > > 1) Which Mac OS X are you running? > > > > > > 2) Has this been tested on a MacBook? > > > > > > 3) Can I create the persistent usb on my MacBook using the instructions I > > found in item 4 on this page? > > > > > > http://www.webupd8.org/2009/04/4-ways-to-create-bootable-live-usb.html > > > > > > If this works, it is really good news! I would love to be able to show it > > at SCaLE 10X in Los Angeles on Jan 20-22. Should I put in a proposal for a > > presentation or is it not ready for the "big time" yet? > > > > > > Better still.... would someone from Sugar Labs like to do a presentation at > > SCaLE? > > > > > > I'm looking forward to hearing answers! > > > > > > Caryl > > > > > > Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:32:57 -0700 > > From: satel...@bendbroadband.com > > To: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org > > CC: test...@lists.laptop.org; s...@lists.sugarlabs.org; > > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > > Subject: [SoaS] MacBook_Persistent_SoaS_v5_and_SoaS_v6_EFI_Boot_USB ( boots > > directly from USB ) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We now have a persistent EFI boot USB for Macs... > > > > > > > > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Fedora-SoaS#MacBook_Persistent_SoaS_v5_and_SoaS_v6_EFI_Boot_USB > > > > > > > > works with f16 RC4 x86-64 Soas.iso > > > > http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/16.RC4/Live/x86_64/Fedora-16-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso > > > > > > > > Use: livecd-iso-to-disk see first link for details. > > > > > > > > Tom Gilliard/satellit_ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SoaS mailing list > > s...@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sugar-devel mailing list > > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SoaS mailing list > s...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas
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