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Re: [gNewSense-users] Re: How to boot from FSF membership card?
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Dmitri Gabinski |
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Re: [gNewSense-users] Re: How to boot from FSF membership card? |
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Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:19:40 +0300 |
Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:08:03 -0400, Daniel Clark <address@hidden> skribis:
http://config.fsf.org/trac/membercard/wiki/MembercardDebug
Thanks for the link! I did not know that this page exists.
The suggestion of Tor is good;
Oops, it looks like I replied to Tor privately instead of sending the reply
to the group (I forget sometimes, that pressing `Reply´ addresses it to the
original sender). So just a remark: when I leave a non-bootable USB stick
plugged in, the boot sequence stops prompting me to replace an invalid
system disk and press any key when ready (and when I press one, booting goes
on from my hard drive). Thus, it looks like my computer is really trying to
boot from USB.
Also feel free to tell me how I can make that page easier to find - I
think it's linked to pretty prominently from the web page that is linked
to on the card and the letter we sent out (www.fsf.org/membercard), but
perhaps we could print "for support please visit" or something on the
next batch of cards...
I think, it would be good. I tried two ways before I searched Google and
eventually recurred to this group:
1) I went to www.fsf.org → My account (www.fsf.org/associate/account/), and
in `Membership benefits´ saw `Receive a bootable USB membership card
containing the gNewSense distribution´, but the link there directed to the
gNewSense home site.
2) Next, I went to http://member.fsf.org that redirected me to
http://www.fsf.org/associate/, where I clicked `Additional information about
membership benefits´ (http://www.fsf.org/associate/benefits.html) and saw
this text:
`Ultra-slim USB Membership Card
<Picture of USB Member Card>
You will receive a 1GB card loaded with gNewSense Live, a fully free
GNU/Linux distribution. This ultra slim credit card sized device has your
member user name and number printed on it. The card sports an incredibly
sturdy and durable double sided USB connector and fits in a wallet so you
can take it anywhere - sharing gNewSense on the go!´
with no further links.
Probably, your link could be added to one or both of the above pages
(https://www.fsf.org/associate/account/ and/or
http://www.fsf.org/associate/benefits.html).
Best regards,
Dmitri Gabinski