Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method

[Jim Gettys]

One of the AP's (or some other machine), will have to be configured to
dchp.           - Jim


On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 07:10 +1000, David Leeming wrote:
> Thanks - solved. It's all there on the wiki, yes (blush). We have a lot of
> time pressures imposed by the political realities here, with 20+ countries
> each with their own government and process to go through, etc. I do
> appreciate your help! 
> 
> Do you also know about access points, it was stressed at the Countries
> meeting in Boston that 30+ XOs in one classroom do not collaborate very
> efficiently and the preferred method is to use an AP to enable
> collaboration/sharing in the classroom, even if there is no Internet access.
> We have had some D-Link DWL2100 APs sent to us for this purpose and what
> happens is that if there is no Internet connection the XOs do not associate
> themselves persistently with the APs but "hang up" and go looking for the
> mesh. Do you know anything about that?
> 
> David Leeming
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bert Freudenberg [mailto:bert at freudenbergs.de] 
> Sent: Thursday, 12 June 2008 7:28 p.m.
> To: David Leeming
> Cc: devel at laptop.org
> Subject: Re: Upgrade G1G1 using autoreinstallation method
> 
> 
> On 12.06.2008, at 05:53, David Leeming wrote:
> 
> > How can I upgrade G1G1 XO-1s using the auto-reinstallation method  
> > with a flash drive? We have 100 to update here in PNG and it is  
> > impossible to use olpc-update as the connectivity is so poor. We  
> > have a flash drive with the new image 703 on it, and I successfully  
> > updated a B4. But when I try a G1G1 laptop, even with pressing the  
> > game keys it just boots normally without updating. I know I have  
> > some gaps in my knowledge regarding the keys and security for the  
> > G1G1 laptops, but unfortunately I need a quick answer. Much  
> > appreciate any help.
> 
> Make sure it is the signed build (called "703" not "update.1-703"),  
> and remember you need an activity pack, too. See here:
> 
> 	http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Secure_Upgrade
> 
> - Bert -
> 
> 
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