[olpc-nz] [IAEP] IAEP Digest, Vol 18, Issue 61

[Carl Klitscher]

Yup... 1 instance per key... 8 keys = 8 instances... this has the side benefit 
of keeping the keys separate alphabetically... 

Because I was running off a laptop and vendors do interesting things to save 
battery power I felt using a powered hub would be better however Tabitha had 
an unpowered one that I used as well and it seemed to work ok.

I formatted all the drives via drive manager to start with both to clear them 
off and also label them SUGAR... (it's the little touches that count...)

On the first run through I started each LiveUSB creator instance as I went 
along which got a bit confusing as the drive letters didn't appear in 
alphabetical order... and the LiveUSB startup got slower and slower as more 
instances were running. 

Much better to start all the instances, get all the drive letters assigned and 
*then* push the create button... The supplied drives all had little activity 
lights on them so the hubs ended up looking like christmas tree ornaments...   

I'm sure someone on the list will have a video camera they can bring to a 
session...

Carl

On Sunday 20 September 2009 11:16, Caroline Meeks wrote:
> ah, I haven't tried a multi-port hub with the Windows LiveUSB creator.
> To burn 8 at a time did you open 8 instances of the LiveUSB creator?
>
> Could you do a video? I know it sounds trivial but I think for a teacher
> its not trivial and a little 2 minute video where you show how you did it
> might give some teachers some confidence.
>
> Thanks!