Troubles getting started...

[Mitch Bradley]

Chris Ball wrote:
> Hello Hal,
>
>    > Can somebody tell me some combination that is known to work with
>    > Open Firmware?  What partition type number and what mkfs or mkdosfs
>    > commands?  I've got a 1GB flash drive if the size makes any
>    > difference.
>
> I use mkfs.vfat and partition type "b".  If you're still stuck, I
> suggest joining our IRC channel (irc.freenode.net/#olpc) so that
> we can help you debug this in real-time.
>   

It is also possible to use factory-formatted USB storage.

>    > Are wired Ethernet USB gadgets expected to work?  I don't have any
>    > wireless gear to talk to.  I now have a Linksys USB200M.  That
>    > seemed simpler than setting up a wireless base station.
>
> This should work, as we just use the standard Linux asix driver.  I
> suggest upgrading to build303 and trying again, since a problem with
> some asix devices (since fixed) was introduced into the mainline 
> Linux kernel a month or two ago.
>
>    > Is there a wiki section that covers getting started and low level
>    > hints?  If so, how should I have found it?
>
> The front page of the wiki links to:
>    http://wiki.laptop.org/go/BTest-2_Release_Notes 
>
> .. which in turn links to:
>    http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Software_Release_Notes
>    http://wiki.laptop.org/go/B1-demo-notes
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> - Chris.
>