#495 closed defect (obsolete)
F10 Boot helper is way scary
| Reported by: | CarolineM | Owned by: | sdz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | Unspecified by Maintainer | Milestone: | Unspecified |
| Component: | Sugar on a Stick (SoaS) | Version: | 0.84.x |
| Severity: | Critical | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | Distribution/OS: | Unspecified | |
| Bug Status: | Resolved |
Description
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/10/Fedora/i386/os/images/boot.iso
Is currently on the wiki page. However it does not seem to actually be a boot helper. It seems to mostly want to install Fedora and I worried that it will wipe my harddrive.
The boot helper should be very simple and give the user no options.
Change History (8)
comment:1 Changed 15 years ago by tomeu
comment:2 follow-up: ↓ 3 Changed 15 years ago by garycmartin
He Tomeu, I've still got a copy, rescued by TimeMachine :-) The disk didn't work out for me (yet) as a box I have here is so old it's CD drive won't boot CDRW, need to go source a CDR as I think it was ok booting them (that's how I originally got a Debian server on the box).
The image is 8.2Mb, where do you want it to go?
comment:3 in reply to: ↑ 2 ; follow-up: ↓ 4 Changed 15 years ago by tomeu
Replying to garycmartin:
The image is 8.2Mb, where do you want it to go?
Could you upload to your user's public_html dir in shell.sugarlabs.org and then update the wiki (http://sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick#Booting_your_stick)?
Thanks!
comment:4 in reply to: ↑ 3 Changed 15 years ago by garycmartin
Replying to tomeu:
Replying to garycmartin:
The image is 8.2Mb, where do you want it to go?
Could you upload to your user's public_html dir in shell.sugarlabs.org and then update the wiki (http://sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick#Booting_your_stick)?
Thanks!
Uploaded Marco's original boot.img and tweaked the wiki (somewhat).
Caroline can you try it and see if it's less scary?
comment:5 Changed 15 years ago by wadeb
As an aside it would make some people feel more confident downloading, burning and booting random ISO files if they come from an official looking URL.
Would it be better to host this file at download.sl.org?
comment:6 Changed 15 years ago by CarolineM
Ok I'm trying http://people.sugarlabs.org/garycmartin/boot.iso now. Seems to work ok. I'm having trouble with my current Stick saving data so I'm going to try the latest version and try again.
It says F9.9 is that right?
Will this boot helper work with SoaS-1 and SoaS-2?
comment:7 Changed 15 years ago by FGrose
- Bug Status changed from Unconfimed to Resolved
- Distribution/OS changed from Unspecified to SoaS
- Resolution set to obsolete
- Status changed from new to closed
- Version changed from Unspecified to 0.84.x
Merge this into ticket:265. Please look for boot help CD updates there.
If this seems to be inappropriate, don't hesitate to reopen this ticket with more information.
Thanks for testing!
comment:8 Changed 14 years ago by sascha_silbe
- Distribution/OS changed from SoaS to Unspecified
Bulk change distribution=SoaS -> component=SoaS
Yeah, that boot.iso seems to be a wrong one, for network installs.
Caroline, do you have a copy of Marco's boot.iso? We seem to have lost it at some point.