[OLPC-SF] upgrade to 12.1.0 didn't go smoothly

[Mitch Patenaude]

So I was trying to upgrade my xo-1 from 11.3.0 to 12.1.0, and it didn't go
smoothly.

First I had a heck of a time clearing enough disk space for the upgrade
process to complete cleanly, and once it did, it wouldn't boot any more
(missing root filesystem, kernel panic.)

So.. not deterred, I just went ahead and did a fresh install, and that
worked okay... sorta.

Once I got it up, I noticed that the terminal activity was missing, and I
couldn't figure out how to get it back, or how to do a general activities
update.  Can anybody help here?  (assuming I can ever get back to Sugar..
because...)

Next.. I switched to Gnome, but now I can't figure out how to switch back.
 In 11.3.0 there was a link on the desktop, but that link seems to be
missing in 12.1.0.  I tried "sudo olpc-switch-to-sugar", and while it
brought up a dialog saying that it would switch back to sugar, it didn't
actually switch back.

Next, /var/tmp is now so small that yum can't download a full index of
packages, so I can't even install new stuff.

Anybody tried this upgrade before on an xo-1?

  -- Mitch
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