Devel Digest, Vol 30, Issue 119

[Mitch Bradley]

Bert Freudenberg wrote:


> Am 24.08.2008 um 11:39 schrieb Hilaire Fernandes:
>
>   
>> > I am at the Smalltalk Camp in Amsterdam, with SqueakNOS colleagues we
>> > try to start XO machine with SqueakNOS operating system.
>> >
>> > We don't find the key sequence to boot on USB. We will keep searching
>> > but if any of you have direct pointer, thanks.
>>     
>
>
> The XO does not have a traditional BIOS, so its boot sequence is  
> different from normal PCs. It is running Open Firmware written in  
> Forth, and the actual boot can be customized by editing the boot/ 
> olpc.fth script on your USB stick:
>
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Olpc.fth
>
> You would need to write Forth code to load SqueakNOS and execute it.
>
> - Bert -

I just added a lot of information to the page cited above.  Read it and 
weep.