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

[David Farning]

Sorry. I was not clear. I was blending your good 'customer
requirement' into a team discussion that started months ago about
stable vs development code and documentation :)

All the documentation for 0.4 (devel/unstable) is available at
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.4 .

I meant to suggest that we add the USB install information as a clause
to http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.4/Installing
. That way, the information would be publically available to lead
users like you without implying that it is guaranteed to work. Welcome
to the bleeding edge.

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 7:14 PM, David Leeming
<david at leeming-consulting.com> wrote:
> OK ... but can you give me a preview, I will test it and give feedback
>
> David
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Farning [mailto:dfarning at activitycentral.com]
> Sent: Saturday, 15 June 2013 10:34 a.m.
> To: David Leeming
> Cc: George Hunt; Jerry Vonau; server-devel
> Subject: Re: [Server-devel] Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855
>
> Let's add it to the 0.4 install section since it has not passed anna's
> QA for 0.3.
>
> Seem reasonable?
>
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 5:10 PM, David Leeming
> <david at leeming-consulting.com> wrote:
>> Hi George
>>
>>
>>
>> It’s a great job the XSCE team has done and good thinking on the offline
>> install.
>>
>>
>>
>>  – would it be possible to add step by step instructions on using the yum
>> cache for a subsequent offline install, to the wiki please?
>>
>>
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>>
>> From: George Hunt [mailto:georgejhunt at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, 14 June 2013 8:41 p.m.
>> To: David Farning
>> Cc: David Leeming; Jerry Vonau; server-devel
>> Subject: Re: [Server-devel] Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>> Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com
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