I got a developer key -- now what? :)

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky znmeb at cesmail.net
Sat Dec 29 01:10:55 EST 2007


Chris Ball wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>    > I signed up for a developer key, so I have one now. But what can I
>    > do with it?
>    
> You can do anything that you'd expect to do with a standard laptop;
> install any operating system, and flash a new BIOS.
> 
>    > How can I be sure I'm not going to nuke the XO beyond all recovery?
>    > Is there some kind of documentation on what's risky and what's
>    > safe?
> 
> You're safe no matter what you do to the NAND, because the firmware can
> flash a new NAND image from USB.  If you want to be sure of not bricking
> it, you should avoid flashing firmware that isn't signed by OLPC.
> 
> - Chris.

Ah ... OK. I have the procedure for flashing the NAND, but I haven't
seen one for flashing the firmware. Is that documented somewhere?



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