[Server-devel] xs-rsync

[Martin Langhoff]

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 6:18 PM, David Van Assche <dvanassche at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been playing around with this for a while but a couple of
> questions have come up which I can't resolve:
>
> 1. In the XS-rsync document on the olpc wiki it mentions:
>
> ~ With a USB stick, for a headless XO ~
>
> What is a headless XO?

Ooops. Headless XS. It doesn't _have_ to be headless, but this model
supports operation without any interaction via a terminal (tty or
graphical)...

> 2. Run `xs-refresh-xobuildlist --rebuildconfig` - when I try this
> command on my XS, it tells me command not found... am I missing
> something I should have installed?

Perhaps. What version of the xs-rsync have you got (try `rpm -qi
xs-rsync`) ? Have you performed the recommended

  yum --enablerepo=olpcwhatever install xs-rsync

?

> 3. Does the latest olpc-update rpm include the patch already or do I
> have to manually patch it?

You don't mention what rpm version you have, and my crystal ball is at
the repair shop. Whatever olpc-update is in joyride-2301 has it.

> 4. You mention: put the name in a file called xyz_jffs2.name, can this
> name be called anything like joyride-2013?

Yes. The xyz part has to match all the other files. Inside the file,
put joyride-2013. So if you are getting
"xo-1-olpc-stream-joyride-build-2270-20080807_2118-devel_jffs2.img"
and its companion files,

  echo joyride-2270 >
xo-1-olpc-stream-joyride-build-2270-20080807_2118-devel_jffs2 .name

Initially I tried to write logic to guess the right name, but there
are several "patterns", and I'm not into black magic really. Pick a
name, put it there. I call mine "twiggy".

cheers,



m
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