-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 02:40:38AM +0200, Bernie Innocenti wrote: >On 06/01/09 08:39, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> I need much more details; *all* Award BIOSes make in the past 10-12 >> years have version number 6.00PG. > >Ouch, I no longer have access to it. I asked the owner to let me know. > > >> Also look for how you have configured your BIOS... some Award BIOSes >> have USB-ZIP, USB-HDD, USB-FDD configurations; you generally want USB-HDD.
In my (older non-Sugar) experience, USB-HDD is best, then USB-ZIP, and if none of those options are available then pick USB-FDD (which is then most likely names something else). Whatever you pick, make sure to mention the choice when reporting trouble, to help recognize similarities in use cases. >I booted from the BBS menu (F8), the item was labelled something like >"USB HDD 2.0". Another important thing (not sure if it has been mentioned before) is to *cold* boot with stick already inserted. That is, insert the USB stick before turning on the machine - and after using BIOS or some operating system then power down the machine completely, wait a few seconds, and then boot it. The reason for this (as I understand it) is that the simple BIOS USB drivers often do not reliably handle switching state. This also means that a last desperate test could be to 1) boot that other operating system (Windows or Mac), 2) insert USB stick and 3) reboot (*without* shutting down completely). It might work, but you then have the heavy and slow burden of your USB boot routine including a full bootup and shutdown of another operating system. :-/ - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEAREDAAYFAkok1DEACgkQn7DbMsAkQLjhoQCfeSfnmSHJ6CTQ/twxIMrXAlZl KqoAn0XUHRxuk+sBYzmidKzjU9JyhbOw =avFw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel