Unofficial Debian+XFCE build

[ffm]

Can this be installed to an external hard disk and be booted off of?
I would hate to fill up my 1GB and use all my flash write cycles...

-ffm

On Dec 28, 2007 4:15 PM, Ivan Krstić <krstic at solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu>
wrote:

> While waiting for the servers to finish churning last night, I put
> together an UNOFFICIAL Debian "etch" 4.0 + XFCE4 build for the XO. It
> includes Firefox, Thunderbird, a suite of development tools (python,
> git, gcc, gdb, flex, bison, automake, autoconf, libtool), a music
> player (XMMS), IRC client (irssi) and a graphical wireless AP
> selector. The entire build takes up 250MB of flash. I optimized the
> Firefox window layout to give you maximum screen estate, and
> configured a number of keyboard shortcuts. Feedback welcome. Standard
> disclaimer applies.
>
>
> How to install
> --------------
>
> 1. download the following two files to a USB stick:
>
>     <http://radian.org/~krstic/etch-xfce.tar<http://radian.org/%7Ekrstic/etch-xfce.tar>
> >
>     <http://radian.org/~krstic/etch-xfce-home.tar<http://radian.org/%7Ekrstic/etch-xfce-home.tar>
> >
>
> 2. get a developer key, disable security
> 3. boot the normal build, switch to tty1 (ctrl+alt+f1), become root
> 4. mount the USB key if not automounted; let's say it's mounted at /
> media/KEY
> 4. # cd /versions/pristine; tar xf /media/KEY/etch-xfce.tar
> 5. # cd /home/olpc; tar xf /media/KEY/etch-xfce-home.tar
> 6. # cp -rl /versions/pristine/debian /versions/run/debian
> 7. # /usr/sbin/setattr -R --iunlink /versions/run/debian
> 8. # ln -s /versions/pristine/debian /versions/boot/alt
> 9. # sync
> 10. Power off the XO. Power on and immediately hold the 'O' game key
> (right hand side of the screen.
>
> Boot should now proceed to a blue-background login screen. Log in as
> user 'olpc' with password 'olpc' -- that user has sudo access. Give
> XFCE a bit of time to load, and voila! Use the keyboard shortcuts
> below for some of the most useful options. Note that Firefox can take
> up to 15-20s to load after you start it, and you won't see a progress
> indication on the screen; that's expected. Also, you don't need to
> hold the 'O' key to boot into Debian next time; it'll be the default.
> Holding the key will get you back to the regular Sugar build.
>
>
> Keyboard shortcuts
> ------------------
>
> - Ctrl+alt+w -- wireless AP picker
> - Ctrl+alt+t -- xterm (also alt+`)
> - Ctrl+alt+f -- firefox
> - Ctrl+alt+b -- thunderbird
> - Ctrl+alt+x -- xmms
>
> Enjoy,
>
> --
> Ivan Krstić <krstic at solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu> | http://radian.org
>
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