[Server-devel] xs-rsync

[David Van Assche]

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Martin Langhoff
<martin.langhoff at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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)...

aaaaah.... now that makes more sense, I was starting to think there
was an XO without a screen specifically built for this purpose ;-)

>> 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
>
> ?

done... twice... tells me I've already got the latest version of
xs-rsync (0.5-1.xs7.noarch)

>> 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.

ok, cool, so ill rpm  install that one then...

>> 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".

twiggy.... ooook... any particular reason?

> cheers,
>
>
>
> m
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