[support-gang] Sugar Live CD on Mac or PC?

Luke Faraone luke at faraone.cc
Mon Mar 2 18:47:58 EST 2009


Hi Carol,

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> Would it have worked if I had just booted my MacBook from it?
>

Yes. You can choose to boot from a CD by holding the C key before and for
the first few seconds after power-on.


> How would I have used it on a PC?
>

See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD


> Is the version available for download at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Live_CDone that would be the same as the one sold by XOexplosion?
>

Not sure, CCing Diane.


> Maybe the easiest thing would be to refer them to xoexplosion? Or to tell
> them to just make a SOAS?
>

Current steps for SoaS:


   1. Go to http://sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick
   2. Download the ISO
   3. Download ISO burning software
   4. Burn.
   5. (optionally) Fix BIOS
   6. Boot.
   7. Insert USB stick
   8. Tell the CD to install to a stick
   9. Reboot
   10. Fix BIOS again.
   11. Boot into SoaS.



-- 
Luke Faraone
http://luke.faraone.cc
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