[OLPC-SF] Trouble trying to upgrade a very old OLPC XO ...

Sun Nov 21 23:21:36 EST 2010

Ah success at last!The USB drive was being recognized but the firmware I had was _ancient_.So I first upgraded to q2e41 using the .rom file from http://dev.laptop.org/pub/firmware/q2e41/After that the upgrade using the os852.img and fs.zip - worked like a charm.I lost some pics that I had taken - but that is a minor loss compared to an upgraded _and_ functional XO.
A couple of odd things though:Now the apps are a lot more complex and seem to take longer :)The mouse/touchpad seems a bit flaky - it seems to move even if I move my hand close to the touchpad (not actually touch it) - and the pointer is hard to position since it seems to "jump" when I take my finger off the pad. I'm assuming this is a firmware upgrade issue? Should I upgrade to q2e45?  <= it seems to be the last firmware fix for the XO-1 - so is it safe?
Thank you very much for your help in pointing me to the upgrade wiki page - I explored the wiki early on but had no real luck finding this exact page.
Thanks,Krishnan

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Krishnan Subramaniam

rskrishnan at hotmail.com

> Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:26:16 -0800
> Subject: Re: [OLPC-SF] Trouble trying to upgrade a very old OLPC XO ...
> From: joachimp at gmail.com
> To: rskrishnan at hotmail.com
> CC: olpc-sf at lists.laptop.org
> 
> > Perhaps the 4gb drive is too big ?
> It might not be formatted in such a way that the firmware can
> recognize it. Have you tried formatting the usb drive. It should be
> formatted FAT or FAT32 with only one partition. Do you have another
> flash drive you can try? Some times certain usb drives don't seem to
> work for flashing.
> see: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/USB_drive#USB_drives_and_firmware
> 
> > Copy the o852.img to my usb drive (I'm assuming a FAT formatted 4GB usb
> > drive is fine?)
> > Copy the fs.zip file to the drive.
> > Add the usb drive to one of the slots.
> > Press _all_ 4 gamepad keys and power on the laptop.
> This is correct, if it is going to work, it starts automatically
> re-flashing the laptop once you release the game pad keys.
> 
> -Joachim
> ------------------------------
> 
> 
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/USB_drive#USB_drives_and_firmware
> 
> 
> On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 17:31, Krishnan R.S. <rskrishnan at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey Joachim,
> >    Thanks for the pointer to the wiki page. I did try this following these
> > steps:
> >
> > Copy the o852.img to my usb drive (I'm assuming a FAT formatted 4GB usb
> > drive is fine?)
> > Copy the fs.zip file to the drive.
> > Add the usb drive to one of the slots.
> > Press _all_ 4 gamepad keys and power on the laptop.
> >
> > I get some messages that indicate that the usb drive is recognized.
> > Then it drops into the usual boot process and then gets stuck after it
> > displays the login: prompt.
> > I get some messages about CRC errors and then it's an infinite loop to
> > login: and then an error message which disappears too quickly to read.
> > Note the error messages + looping used to happen before my attempt to
> > upgrade using USB.
> > Is there something I should look for when the usb device is recognized ?
> > Perhaps the 4gb drive is too big ?
> > Thanks,
> > Krishnan
> >
> > --
> > Krishnan Subramaniam
> > rskrishnan at hotmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> >> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 19:57:17 -0800
> >> Subject: Re: [OLPC-SF] Trouble trying to upgrade a very old OLPC XO ...
> >> From: joachimp at gmail.com
> >> To: rskrishnan at hotmail.com
> >> CC: olpc-sf at lists.laptop.org
> >>
> >> Please see the instructions here:
> >> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/10.1.2#XO-1
> >> the short:
> >> You need a usb drive that is at least 1GB, and you need to download two
> >> files
> >>
> >> best of luck-
> >> -Joachim
> >> olpc-sf repair
> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 19:42, Krishnan R.S. <rskrishnan at hotmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > 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 :)
> >> > After trying the above now I can't seem to be able to boot into 'X' on
> >> > the
> >> > XO - it just keeps looping looking for something - I've most likely made
> >> > a
> >> > bad situation worse :(
> >> >
> >> > 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?
> >> >
> >> > Or if someone could send me a list of things to check/verify - so we can
> >> > see
> >> > if it can be upgraded or not.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Krishnan
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Krishnan Subramaniam
> >> > rskrishnan at hotmail.com
> >> >
> >> >
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> >> >
> >> >
> >

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