[Server-devel] Best XSCE strategy for us in Pacific with XO-1.5 2GB Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855

[Jerry Vonau]

On Thu, 2013-06-20 at 06:03 +1100, David Leeming wrote:
> All going well so far - managed to install the 13.1.0 os on an 8GB SD card
> and have proceeded with the XCSE installation up to including the bootstrap.
> 
> 
> I assume that as it is on the external SD card anyway, I don't need to run
> prep-storage?
> 

No, you will not need to run prep-storage.

> I was also wondering, how important it is to have a USB Ethernet adapter
> present whilst setting it up and whether it needs to be active (i.e.
> connected to an AP) whilst running xs-setup

Very important, we detect the presence of the network devices and adjust
the layout of the network according.  

> 
> Finally, is there any performance penalty for running it from the external
> SD card?
> 

None that I'm aware of, anybody else?

> David Leeming
> Solomon Islands 
> 
> 

Jerry


> -----Original Message-----
> From: server-devel-bounces at lists.laptop.org
> [mailto:server-devel-bounces at lists.laptop.org] On Behalf Of David Leeming
> Sent: Tuesday, 18 June 2013 4:45 p.m.
> To: 'James Cameron'; 'Jerry Vonau'
> Cc: 'George Hunt'; 'Michael Hutak'; 'server-devel'; 'Ian Thomson'
> Subject: Re: [Server-devel] Best XSCE strategy for us in Pacific with XO-1.5
> 2GB Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855
> 
> Thanks all for the great help and information. I will install the 13.1.0 os
> on my 1.5 on an external 8GB SD card and then test the XCSE installation,
> and let you know.
> 
> David Leeming
> Solomon Islands
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quozl at us.netrek.org [mailto:quozl at us.netrek.org] On Behalf Of James
> Cameron
> Sent: Tuesday, 18 June 2013 4:30 p.m.
> To: Jerry Vonau
> Cc: George Hunt; David Leeming; server-devel; Michael Hutak; Ian Thomson;
> David Farning
> Subject: Re: Best XSCE strategy for us in Pacific with XO-1.5 2GB Testing
> XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855
> 
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 12:20:04AM -0500, Jerry Vonau wrote:
> > This was the issue, no matter how careful I was inserting the
> > SD-card the tab would move to locked. I used a dab of instant glue,
> > that was enough to prevent the tab from moving.
> 
> Ah, good.  Yes, I've heard of that.  Also, as it works fine for
> fs-update it makes one think it is not write protected.  I don't know
> if there is a specification for the force required to move the tab.
>