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# Set the BIOS to boot from USB, Floppy, CD, Harddrive if possible. - We may want to change that when we get an installable boot-helper we may want to install that on the hard drive.
# Set the BIOS to boot from USB, Floppy, CD, Harddrive if possible. - We may want to change that when we get an installable boot-helper we may want to install that on the hard drive.
# Run your Sugar on a Stick to give it a test.  Be sure to test if Physics works. If you get wavy lines in Physics you need to have "nomodeset" there is a special version of the Helper CD you can use. (Curious about [[nomodeset]]?)
# Run your Sugar on a Stick to give it a test.  Be sure to test if Physics works. If you get wavy lines in Physics you need to have "nomodeset" there is a special version of the Helper CD you can use. (Curious about [[nomodeset]]?)
Hint: Want to learn more? Wikipedia has good articles on BIOS, CPU, RAM etc.