[Server-devel] Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855

George Hunt georgejhunt at gmail.com
Fri Jun 14 05:40:35 EDT 2013


There were kernel problems with 11.3.1 which kept us from getting the
XO-1.5 to become an XSCE.  It was only with the 13.1.0 release, that we
were able to get the network adapters to work properly after a reboot.

So I'm afraid that everyone will save a lot of time, and pain, in the long
run, if the install procedure is followed exactly. (
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.3/Installing)

We were not able to test adequately the offline install for subsequent XSCE
installations to have it be part of the 0.3 release. But for situations
where internet access is slow, and expensive, it is possible to use a USB
stick to transfer the rpm packages contained in the /var/yum/cache from the
first XSCE to the next one, and greatly speed up the install process. (And
if you leave a USB stick in the XSCE, during the first install, it is our
intention, and design, that the /var/yum/cache will be copied to that USB
stick during the install process on that first machine -- and then used
automatically on a subsequent install)

George


On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:31 PM, David Farning <
dfarning at activitycentral.com> wrote:

> Hmm, that is an interesting point that we kind of took for granted.
>
> Our goal with the 'reference' hardware and software is to provide a
> known set of stuff which 'just works.' While other hardware, software,
> and features might work... they have not been tested.
>
> Maybe george or jerry have a good answer for you.
>
> At the risk of carbon dating myself... I grew up in the era where my
> nerdy friends and I drooled over the pages of 'Computer Shopper' for a
> 9.6 kbit/s modem. Auto Resume for stalled downloads was a life saver:)
>
> Now, for simplicity, our testing involves reflashing everything to get
> back to a known state. As you point out, that is probably not the best
> assumption for low bandwidth areas.
>
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 8:36 PM, David Leeming
> <david at leeming-consulting.com> wrote:
> > Sorry just realised the XO is only installed with 11.3.1 (os855)
> >
> >
> >
> > However, is it still possible to work around? It’s not easy or cheap to
> > download the os file.
> >
> >
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> >
> > From: David Leeming [mailto:david at leeming-consulting.com]
> > Sent: Friday, 14 June 2013 12:28 p.m.
> > To: 'server-devel'
> > Subject: Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855
> >
> >
> >
> > Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855
> >
> >
> >
> > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.3/Installing
> >
> >
> >
> > I get as far as step 13, after the SD card (I am testing with an 8GB
> card)
> > successfully configures.
> >
> >
> >
> > When I enter “bootstrap-xo” is replies
> >
> >
> >
> > Not an XO please run ‘xs-config’
> >
> >
> >
> > Tried to do that but
> >
> >
> >
> > xs-config: command not found
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > David Leeming
> >
> > Solomon Islands
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
> --
> David Farning
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