[OLPC-AU] Nandblasting glitch with au860-1.zd

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

On 4 February 2011 07:19, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 04:52:01PM +1000, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
>> We have been recommending that all XOs in the field be updated to the
>> latest stable firmware before any NANDblasting takes place, so we
>> shouldn't see this problem in schools.
>
> Yes, although that would be redundant, since the procedure for
> NANDblasting states for the sender laptop: "check that the laptop has
> firmware q3a50 or later, upgrade the firmware if needed,"
>
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Nandblaster_for_XO-1.5
>
> ;-)

Yep, but because we started deploying XO-1.5s so early we have many
out there that have pre-q3a50 firmware. I decided it was easier to ask
teachers to upgrade the firmware on every XO. It only takes 30 seconds
each, and it would take that long to check the firmware version
anyway. It also puts all the XOs in the field in the same state.