[OLPC-AU] Flash and updating the XO

[James Cameron]

Back in August in this thread I advocated cloning a customised image
from one laptop to another, for the purpose of loading a group of
laptops.  I've since been rapped over the knuckles and would like to
point out that:

1.  it is not supported by OLPC's deployment support team, if the image
has been booted before being cloned,

2.  there may be side-effects we don't know about that might cause
problems later.

The relevant Wiki pages have been updated.

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 11:19:53AM +1000, James Cameron wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 01:22:07PM +0930, Eric Barrows wrote:
> > It's been a lot of trial and error, but just sharing to see if anybody
> > can suggest improvements.
> 
> Looks good.
> 
> Don't know how it fits into your workflow, but if you're deploying this
> to multiple laptops you might also consider reimaging from a master
> laptop.  The sequence might be install a build image, make these changes
> you describe, then make a new image.
> 
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Imaging_for_XO-1.5 covers some of this for
> XO-1.5, and you can also do it using wireless on XO-1.
> 
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Imaging/Side_effects has things you should
> consider before imaging.
> 
> -- 
> James Cameron
> http://quozl.linux.org.au/

-- 
James Cameron
http://quozl.linux.org.au/