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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">Hey Joachim,</font><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "> Thanks for the pointer to the wiki page. I did try this following these steps:</div><div><ol><li><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">Copy the o852.img to my usb drive (I'm assuming a FAT formatted 4GB usb drive is fine?)</font></li><li><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">Copy the fs.zip file to the drive.</font></li><li><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">Add the usb drive to one of the slots.</font></li><li><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">Press _all_ 4 gamepad keys and power on the laptop.</font></li></ol><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></div>I get some messages that indicate that the usb drive is recognized.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">Then it drops into the usual boot process and then gets stuck after it displays the login: prompt.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">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.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">Note the error messages + looping used to happen before my attempt to upgrade using USB.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">Is there something I should look for when the usb device is recognized ? Perhaps the 4gb drive is too big ?</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">Thanks,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">Krishnan<br></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">--
</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">Krishnan Subramaniam
</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">rskrishnan@hotmail.com</font><br><br><br><br><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 19:57:17 -0800</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> Subject: Re: [OLPC-SF] Trouble trying to upgrade a very old OLPC XO ...</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> From: joachimp@gmail.com</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> To: rskrishnan@hotmail.com</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> CC: olpc-sf@lists.laptop.org</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> </font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> Please see the instructions here:</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/10.1.2#XO-1</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> the short:</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> You need a usb drive that is at least 1GB, and you need to download two files</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> </font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> best of luck-</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> -Joachim</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> olpc-sf repair</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> ------------------------------</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> </font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> </font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> </font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> </font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> </font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 19:42, Krishnan R.S. <rskrishnan@hotmail.com> wrote:</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > Hello,</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > I managed to get my hands on a very old OLPC XO laptop for my daughter.</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > I've been trying, unsuccessfully, to upgrade the OS to something current.</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > The main issues are:</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> ></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > My image has no olpc-update</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > I tried to follow the wiki instruction to update olpc-update - alas that</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > leads to more issues about missing python2.5</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > I tried to install python using apt/deb/dpkg but all of these fail since the</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > apt/deb/dpkg tools are missing :(</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > Looking at /etc/issue - I see build 417 - and some messages that look like</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > errors "kernel \r \m ...." :) so maybe I have a pre-alpha build :)</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > After trying the above now I can't seem to be able to boot into 'X' on the</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > XO - it just keeps looping looking for something - I've most likely made a</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > bad situation worse :(</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> ></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > So ... I'm somewhat at a loss as to what my next steps are. My daughter</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > seems pretty excited with the device and enjoys the "paint" application. I'd</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > like to get a more recent build so she can use the newer apps/toos.</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > Can you point me in the right direction ? Or am I wasting my time trying to</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > do the impossible?</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> ></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > Or if someone could send me a list of things to check/verify - so we can see</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > if it can be upgraded or not.</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> ></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > Thanks,</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > Krishnan</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> ></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > --</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > Krishnan Subramaniam</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > rskrishnan@hotmail.com</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> ></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> ></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > _______________________________________________</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > OLPC-SF mailing list</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > OLPC-SF@lists.laptop.org</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> ></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">> ></font><br></div> </body>
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