Upgrading a _very_ old OLPC

[Paul Fox]

sameer wrote:
 > Krishnan is local to SF. We'll help him get upgraded.

be sure and verify what hardware he has before starting.  build 417 is
pretty old, and could represent a pre-B3, or whatever the oldest
machine still installable with current s/w is.

paul

 > 
 > Sameer
 > 
 > 
 > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 1:16 AM, C. Scott Ananian <cscott at laptop.org> wrote:
 > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 > > From: Krishnan R.S. <rskrishnan at hotmail.com>
 > > Date: Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 2:48 AM
 > > Subject: Upgrading a _very_ old OLPC
 > > To: cscott at laptop.org
 > >
 > >
 > > Hello,
 > >    I managed to get my hands on a very old OLPC XO laptop for my
 > > daughter. I've been trying, unsuccessfully, to upgrade the OS to
 > > something current. The main issues are:
 > >
 > > My image has no olpc-update
 > > I tried to follow the wiki instruction to update olpc-update - alas
 > > that leads to more issues about missing python2.5
 > > I tried to install python using apt/deb/dpkg but all of these fail
 > > since the apt/deb/dpkg tools are missing :(
 > > Looking at /etc/issue - I see build 417 - and some messages that look
 > > like errors "kernel \r \m ...." :) so maybe I have a pre-alpha build
 > > :)
 > >
 > > So ... I'm somewhat at a loss as to what my next steps are. My
 > > daughter seems pretty excited with the device and enjoys the "paint"
 > > application. I'd like to get a more recent build so she can use the
 > > newer apps/toos.
 > > Can you point me in the right direction ? Or am I wasting my time
 > > trying to do the impossible?
 > > Thanks,
 > > Krishnan
 > > +1-415-606-3069
 > > --
 > > Krishnan Subramaniam
 > > rskrishnan at hotmail.com
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > > --
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 paul fox, pgf at laptop.org