[olpc-help] Fresh restart

[ffm]

You should do a clean reinstall, as olpc-update for that build has not been
*fully* tested. It works for some people, but for others they loose their
activation.

-ffm

On Dec 26, 2007 7:36 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb at cesmail.net> wrote:

> Richard A. Smith wrote:
> > M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> >
> >> Is there a quick guide to the deltas between 650 and 653? My machine
> >> seems perfectly happy at 650, so I'm reluctant to change it. But is
> >> there anything in 653 I should have?
> >
> > - Spanish Laptops come boot up with English
> Nobody here speaks Spanish, so I don't need this.
>
> > - Datastore corruption occurred in Uruguay
> Data corruption isn't something I want, so for this reason I should
> update.
>
> > - WPA support for G1G1 recipients
> I have no wireless gear at all other than the XO and a couple of USB
> adapters I use in my other laptop when I'm on the road. If I can somehow
> hack one of them into a WAP on one of my Linux desktops, it might be
> worth trying. But these are "Office Depot cheapie" D-Link and Belkin
> devices, and probably can't even function in master mode.
>
>
> > - Wireless firmware upgrade to 20.p47 (to allow more than 20 laptops to
> > connect)
> See above ... I don't even have my T-mobile PIN yet. :)
>
> So ... yes, I want to upgrade. Did I read some of the other emails
> correctly -- can I log in to the XO as root and do "olpc-update 653"
> now, or do I still need to download the image and reflash the machine
> with it? There's nothing in the journal I want to save, but I would have
> to reinstall wxMaxima. :)
>
>
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