[Server-devel] [UKids] Re: Internet-in-a-Box 6.3 Released

[Adam Holt]

On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Adam Holt <holt at laptop.org> wrote:

> On Jul 14, 2017 3:26 PM, "Jerry Vonau" <jvonau3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ​Does this still apply? "​
> On classical PC hardware, do turn off UEFI
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface> in
> your PC/server's BIOS if possible
> ​".
>
>
> How should we rewrite this section?
>
> (Tim, George & others can help if nec!)
>

Please review the lastest draft:

On classical PC hardware, follow the *"Do Everything from Scratch"
<https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Installation#do-everything-from-scratch>*
instructions. MBR <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record> was
preferred in the past, but UEFI
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface> can
work (as set in your PC/server's BIOS) if your Linux distribution
<http://wiki.laptop.org/go/IIAB/FAQ#What_OS_should_I_use.3F> supports
that.  Beware that partitioning is critical
<https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Platforms#disk-partitioning>
particularly with distros like CentOS that attempt to allocate all
extra/surplus space to /home by default (this won't work, as the most
voluminous content will be placed in /library instead!)  Finally, avoid
enabling LVM partitioning, especially if you'll later be needing Clonezilla
to duplicate the disk.

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/IIAB/FAQ#Is_a_quick_installation_possible.3F


Wonder
>
> how many potential experimenters were turned off and went away by that
> restriction.
>
> ​
>
> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Adam Holt <holt at laptop.org> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 1:20 AM, Adam Holt <holt at laptop.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) 6.3 is a big step forward allowing schools and
>>> clinics around the world to DIY their very own friendly digital libraries!
>>>
>>> IIAB 6.3 (or very recent pre-releases) have already been brought to
>>> Ghana, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nicaragua and Malaysia -- while
>>> implementation work is currently ongoing for Lebanon and Guatemala.
>>>
>>> We're very honored that IIAB 6.3 is increasingly used in medical
>>> education (post-secondary and clinical contexts) as well as for children's
>>> primary and secondary education.
>>>
>>> Bonus: we kept our release cycle < 3 months and can hopefully make that
>>> even tighter still in coming months -- picking up the pace with incremental
>>> improvement directly driven by "fieldback" requests -- from dedicated
>>> education communities on almost every continent.
>>>
>>> Please see the Release Notes here, if you too want to build your own
>>> digital/community library:
>>>
>>>    https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-6.3-Release-Notes
>>>
>>
>> FAQ #7 was just completely rewritten -- please see:
>> Is a quick installation possible?
>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/IIAB/FAQ#Is_a_quick_installation_possible.3F
>>
>> ( FAQ.IIAB.IO is a great way to learn about Internet-in-a-Box in
>> general...let us know where we can improve! )
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Thanks all for your ongoing feedback as ~30 of us from the wider
>>> Internet-in-a-Box community meet mid-August in Montreal and Potsdam, NY for
>>> our http://OFF.NETWORK <http://OFF.NETWORK> Content Hackathon (in
>>> conjunction with Kiwix, Wikimedia & KA Lite / Learning Equality).  To push
>>> this much further afield ~ ya ain't seen nothing yet!  As new kinds of
>>> handheld community libraries quickly now blossom, that none of us 20th
>>> century folk ever imagined were even possible (-:--Unsung Heroes of OLPC,
>>> interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org <http://unleashkids.org> ! *
>>>
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