flashing a XO 4

Sameer Verma sverma at sfsu.edu
Sun Dec 2 05:43:51 EST 2012


Thanks, Tom. That worked.

Sameer


On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 2:07 AM, Tom Parker <tom at carrott.org> wrote:

> On 02/12/12 22:59, Sameer Verma wrote:
>
>> I've tried flashing a XO 4 with os15 from
>> http://build.laptop.org/13.1.**0/os15/xo-4/<http://build.laptop.org/13.1.0/os15/xo-4/>
>>
>> I got the .zd file on a USB stick and ran fs-update at the openfirmware
>> prompt. It reflashes, but after rebooting, it sits at the ok prompt of
>> openfirmware.
>>
>
> I had this too yesterday. I fixed it by flashing the latest firmware.
> After perhaps 2 or 3 more reboots with firmware update messages, it booted
> normally.
>
> I vaguely understand that there might be a bug with an early firmware
> which stops the auto update from taking place during first boot, unless
> you've manually updated past this one, you won't get new firmwares just by
> flashing new operating systems.
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