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===Suggestion: Using boot_helper_disk_with_blueberry_usb_on_intel_mac (may fix bugs listed below)=== | ===Suggestion: Using boot_helper_disk_with_blueberry_usb_on_intel_mac (may fix bugs listed below)=== | ||
'''Link:'''[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:SoaS_Blueberry_Instructions#Using_boot_helper_disk_with_blueberry_usb_on_intel_mac] | '''Link:'''[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:SoaS_Blueberry_Instructions#Using_boot_helper_disk_with_blueberry_usb_on_intel_mac] | ||
==== Mac | |||
''The boot sequence does not work properly due to minor bugs. Follow these workarounds to boot an intel Mac | |||
==== Mac Bugs ==== | |||
''The boot sequence does not work properly due to minor bugs. Follow these workarounds to boot an intel Mac''<br>''Note: to the child it is named SUGAR. But the stick they take home is named FEDORA.''<!-- How do you file style bugs? | |||
bugs.sugarlabs.org will take task and enhancement requests in addition to defect reports. | bugs.sugarlabs.org will take task and enhancement requests in addition to defect reports. | ||
Forcing users to rename their USB sticks something esoteric like FEDORA is just wrong --> | Forcing users to rename their USB sticks something esoteric like FEDORA is just wrong --> | ||
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<!--I'd prefer something more legible than white text on white background when entering secret codes. --> | <!--I'd prefer something more legible than white text on white background when entering secret codes. --> | ||
*BootHelperCD cannot boot Mac without typing secret code into difficult to read window:<br> '' | *BootHelperCD cannot boot Mac without typing secret code into difficult to read window:<br> ''for complete details [[ Talk:SoaS_Blueberry_Instructions#Using_boot_helper_disk_with_blueberry_usb_on_intel_mac | click here ]]'' | ||
<!--See the end of this discussion, http://answers.edge.launchpad.net/soas/+question/95622. It provides a way to edit the boot kernel arguments to boot on a Mac. You may be able to advance the instructions from there. --> | <!--See the end of this discussion, http://answers.edge.launchpad.net/soas/+question/95622. It provides a way to edit the boot kernel arguments to boot on a Mac. You may be able to advance the instructions from there. --> | ||
** interrupt the boot sequence | ** press the tab key to interrupt the boot sequence. | ||
** append selinux=0 to the kernel's list of boot parameters. | ** append selinux=0 to the kernel's list of boot parameters. | ||
** press return or enter to continue the boot process. | ** press return or enter to continue the boot process. | ||
Submit bugs to request a different flavor of boot helper CD that boots Mac automatically, without typing selinux=0<!-- and removes the countdown, Macs innately have the option key interrupt, the mouse down interrupt and the power button interrupt to handle this boot time issue.--> | Submit bugs to request a different flavor of boot helper CD that boots Mac automatically, without typing selinux=0<!-- and removes the countdown, Macs innately have the option key interrupt, the mouse down interrupt and the power button interrupt to handle this boot time issue.--> | ||
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*BootHelperCD will not boot sticks created by a Mac | *BootHelperCD will not boot sticks created by a Mac: | ||
** BootHelperCD can only boot sticks named FEDORA. | ** BootHelperCD can only boot sticks named FEDORA. | ||
** Image-writer-mac writes the name blueberry-2-soas onto the stick. | ** Image-writer-mac writes the name blueberry-2-soas onto the stick. | ||
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This is a showstopper.<br>You cannot boot without hacking the USB stick name.<br>Use windows instructions to create Sugar on a Stick, named FEDORA, with persistent overlay. | This is a showstopper.<br>You cannot boot without hacking the USB stick name.<br>Use windows instructions to create Sugar on a Stick, named FEDORA, with persistent overlay. | ||
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*Sugar on a Stick is READ-ONLY | *Sugar on a Stick is READ-ONLY when created by a Mac: | ||
**Nothing is saved between reboots. Sugar asks for your name and colors each boot. | **Nothing is saved between reboots. Sugar asks for your name and colors each boot. | ||
**image-writer-mac does not create a persistent overlay file. | **image-writer-mac does not create a persistent overlay file. | ||