[olpc-help] XO won't boot

[Denver Gingerich]

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Denver Gingerich <denver at ossguy.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 6:30 AM, Laurie DeMott <demotlj at alfred.edu> wrote:
>  [...]
>  > I don't suppose there is a way to hack into the system and
>  >  delete some files, is there?
>
>  I wouldn't call it "hacking", but yes, there is a way.  It requires
>  that you have a developer key, though.  If you don't have one (or if
>  you have one but you haven't copied it to another computer besides
>  your XO), then you will need to get one from the OLPC people.
>  Instructions are at
>  http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activation_and_Developer_Keys#Getting_a_Developer_Key_if_the_Machine_Won.27t_Boot.
>
>  Once you have a developer key, you can make a bootable SD card using
>  the instructions at http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=1436.0.
>  When it tells you to move to your XO, what you should do instead is
>  copy develop.sig (your developer key) to /security on the SD card and
>  create an empty /security/.private directory.
>
>  When you've booted up with the SD card, right-click on the desktop, go
>  to Accessories->Terminal, and then type "mkdir flash; sudo mount
>  /dev/mmcblk0p1 flash".  Then you will be able to see the contents of
>  the XO's onboard flash in the "flash" folder and you can delete files
>  you don't need from there.

The above command is not correct.  It should read "mkdir flash; sudo
mount mtd0 flash".  Aside from that, the instructions appear correct.

I realize the original poster's problem has been fixed, but the
correction would be necessary for people who use these instructions in
the future.

Denver