[Server-devel] initial notes on 0.7

[Peter Robinson]

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 12:43 AM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
>> On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
>>> We managed to install XS 0.7 using the CentOS 6.2(minimal) + EPEL +
>>> OLPC XS approach. The machine is SolidLogic box (same as the one used
>>> in OLPCorps). The installation went well, with minor glitches (notes
>>> will be on the wiki).
>>>
>>> One pattern we've seen is that on XO 1.5 build 883, it keeps
>>> restarting X (gives some dcon freeze message) periodically. On a XO
>>> 1.5 build 852, it runs ok. Restarting problem was on three different
>>> XO 1.5s.
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> Sameer
>>> --
>>> Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
>>> Professor, Information Systems
>>> San Francisco State University
>>> http://verma.sfsu.edu/
>>> http://commons.sfsu.edu/
>>> http://olpcsf.org/
>>
>>
>> Some more details based on notes (thx to Alex Kleider).
>>
>> Machine used: SolidLogic GS-L02 Fanless Mini-ITX System
>> http://www.logicsupply.com/products/systemgs_l02
>>
>> Note: We tried to install on a Fujitsu P2120
>> (http://www.linuxsoftware.co.nz/wiki/P2120Linuxr) but it failed
>> because CentOS 6.2 won't install on non-PAE systems. This machine was
>> able to run XS 0.6
>>
>
> What distro would be appropriate to start for a non-PAE system?

You should be able to use the above with a non Fedora 15 non PAE kernel.

Peter