[Server-devel] XS on XO 1.5

[Sameer Verma]

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Jerry Vonau <jvonau at shaw.ca> wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 21:39 -0700, Sameer Verma wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Martin Langhoff
>> <martin.langhoff at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
>> >> Has anyone tried this? I try booting the current image, but it fails
>> >> in OFW. Cannot open boot device.
>> >
>> > As Jerry points out, uncharted waters.
>> >
>> >  - XS-0.6 for XO is based on F9, with a special kernel that boots only
>> > on XO-1 hw.
>> >
>> >  - You'll need a kernel grabbed from our XO-1.5 OSs -
>> >
>> >  - To run the Libertas wifi as an AP (hostap mode) you'll need a
>> > kernel module and thinfirmware that aren't ready yet (some hackish
>> > alphas are available from our wiki).
>> >
>> >  - That kernel will probably not match well with the F9 environment.
>> >
>> > So you need 3 pre-requisites: a more complete thinfirm for the
>> > libertas device, a kernel rpm with that compiled in ;-), and a more
>> > complete F-11-based XS OS.
>> >
>> > cheers,
>> >
>> >
>> > m
>> > --
>> >  martin.langhoff at gmail.com
>> >  martin at laptop.org -- School Server Architect
>> >  - ask interesting questions
>> >  - don't get distracted with shiny stuff  - working code first
>> >  - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff
>> >
>>
>> So, should I start with a XO 1.5 build and add the repo and go from
>> there? I'm ok with using a USB dongle for eth0. This is to test out
>> the 1.5 for load purposes.
>
> Grab this repo file and place in /etc/yum.repos.d/
>
> http://dev.laptop.org/git/users/martin/xs-release.git/tree/olpcxs-testing.repo
>
> Ensure that the fedora's regular and update repos are enabled also,
> then as root do:
>
> yum install --enablerepo=olpcxp-testing *xs11* *olpc3*
>
> This should pickup the XS rpms and fill any dependencies as needed.
>
> I'd reboot at this point, if everything was installed correctly.
> Post back with the results please, I'm going to try this next week.
>
> Jerry
>


OK, I have a XO 1.5 B2 with OS206, followed by enabling
http://dev.laptop.org/git/users/martin/xs-release.git/tree/olpcxs-testing.repo
and installing *olpc3* and *xs11* followed by a yum update.

What should I look for, next?

Sameer