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

[David Leeming]

Still trying to set up my XO-1.5 2GB ready for XSCE, which as per advice
requires the 13.1.0 release as starting point. 

 

I downloaded the 13.1.0 files as per

 

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/13.1.0#XO-1.5

 

31036o1.zd

31036o1.zd.zsp.fs1.zip

 

Copied to a newly formatted 1GB USB stick, and checked the zd file md5sum
matched

Renamed the zip to fs1.zip

 

Tried it:

 

Fails as per attached. Renaming the fs1.zip as fs.zip makes no difference.

 

Tried on a 2GB stick, also reformatted. No luck. Firmware seems OK.

 

Something I am missing about the 2GB version of the XO-1.5 ???

 

David Leeming

 

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)
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> However, is it still possible to work around? It's not easy or cheap to
> download the os file.
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> David
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> 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
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> Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855
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> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.3/Installing
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> I get as far as step 13, after the SD card (I am testing with an 8GB card)
> successfully configures.
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> When I enter "bootstrap-xo" is replies
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> Not an XO please run 'xs-config'
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> Tried to do that but
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> xs-config: command not found
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> David Leeming
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