[Sugar-devel] instructions for flashing SoaS on a XO

[Dave Bauer]

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Dave Bauer <dave.bauer at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> below are some instructions for flashing the last Sugar on a Stick
>> image (containing Sugar 0.84) on a XO (provided you have a developer
>> key).
>>
>> Could someone volunteer to test and wikify them?
>>
>
>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tomeu
>>
>> ---
>>
>> on a F10 system:
>>
>> $ sudo yum -y install crcimage mtd-utils
>> $ wget http://dev.laptop.org/~cjb/rawhide-xo/livecd-iso-to-xo.sh<http://dev.laptop.org/%7Ecjb/rawhide-xo/livecd-iso-to-xo.sh>
>> $ wget
>> http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/snapshots/1/Soas-200903051021.iso
>> $ sudo sh livecd-iso-to-xo.sh Soas-200903051021.iso Soas-200903051021.img
>>
>> and then copy Soas-200903051021.img and Soas-200903051021.crc to a usb
>> stick
>>
>> on the XO, boot with the usb stick plugged in and get into OFW, then
>> type the following commands
>>
>> ok disable-security
>> ok copy-nand u:\Soas-200903051021.img
>>
>> then the XO will reboot and you should get into Sugar.
>>
>
> My XO Boots but gets stuck loading the initrd.
>
> OFW Q2E34
>
> Here is what I see on the screen
>
> Boot device: /nandflash:\boot\olpc.fth Arguments:
> Boot device: /nandflash:\boot\vmlinuz0 Arguments: root=mtd0
> rootfstype=jffs2 liveimg console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 boot_delay=3
> fbcon=font:SUN12x22
> Loading ramdisk image from nand:\boot\initrd0.img
>
> It stays there its been about 20 minutes now.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> I tried two different USB sticks to create the img.
>
> Thanks
> Dave
>
>>
I tried it with no keys presed and it says

Boot Failed

Shut down in 30 secs

Maybe I have a bad image?

Dave


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