[IAEP] Testing of EeePC900 with Soas2-200904031934 revised

[Caroline Meeks]

Here are some testing results, Please copy Tom on replies he is not on the
IAEP list.

Thanks,
Caroline

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Thomas C Gilliard <
satellit at bendbroadband.com> wrote:

>  yes many times with persistance and separate home.... the last 2 on Soas2
> archive on worked fine.
>
> Soas2-200904031934.iso sees USB drives and reads them to journal
> Soas2-200904062216.iso does not see the USB's
>
> I am using IRC now as EeePC-a505 with a 2 GB firefly on my EeePC900 with
> Soas2-200904062216.iso
> I see george on the F1 screen but he does not join me on Chat
>
> Caroline Meeks wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> are you reportig you have successfully created a bootable Soas2?
>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Thomas C Gilliard <satellit at bendbroadband.com> wrote:
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>   *I used Ubuntu Hardy partition editor to delete all info on 2GB USB
> sticks and then make a primary partition 16 fat and then set boot flag
> begfore begining.
> works with 2Gb firefly ,Lexar (with indicator of use bar) plus Sandisk SD
> 2GB sucessfully, also cheap PNY 1GB USB stick
> *
> New scripts:
>
> robert at robert-Hardy:~$ cd Desktop/Soas2
> robert at robert-Hardy:~/Desktop/Soas2$ sudo ./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh
> --noverify --overlay-size-mb 500 --home-size-mb 500 --unencrypted-home
> Soas2-200904062216.iso /dev/sdb1
> [sudo] password for robert:
> sudo: ./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh: command not found
> robert at robert-Hardy:~/Desktop/Soas2$ sudo ./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh
> --noverify --overlay-size-mb 500 --home-size-mb 500 --unencrypted-home
> Soas2-200904062216.iso /dev/sdb1
> sudo: ./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh: command not found
> robert at robert-Hardy:~/Desktop/Soas2$ sudo ./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh
> --noverify --overlay-size-mb 500 --home-size-mb 500 --unencrypted-home
> Soas2-200904062216.iso /dev/sdb1
> sudo: ./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh: command not found
>
>
> This is how the old script works:
>
> robert at robert-Hardy:~/Desktop/Soas2$ sudo ./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh
> --noverify --overlay-size-mb 500 --home-size-mb 500 --unencrypted-home
> Soas2-200904062216.iso /dev/sdb1
> Copying live image to USB stick
> Updating boot config file
> Initializing persistent overlay file
> 500+0 records in
> 500+0 records out
> 524288000 bytes (524 MB) copied, 55.3125 s, 9.5 MB/s
> Initializing persistent /home
> 500+0 records in
> 500+0 records out
> 524288000 bytes (524 MB) copied, 58.4283 s, 9.0 MB/s
> Formatting unencrypted /home
> mke2fs 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008)
> Filesystem label=
> OS type: Linux
> Block size=1024 (log=0)
> Fragment size=1024 (log=0)
> 128016 inodes, 512000 blocks
> 25600 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
> First data block=1
> Maximum filesystem blocks=67633152
> 63 block groups
> 8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group
> 2032 inodes per group
> Superblock backups stored on blocks:
>     8193, 24577, 40961, 57345, 73729, 204801, 221185, 401409
>
> Writing inode tables: done
> Creating journal (8192 blocks): done
> Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
>
> This filesystem will be automatically checked every 23 mounts or
> 180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
> tune2fs 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008)
> Setting maximal mount count to -1
> Setting interval between checks to 0 seconds
> Installing boot loader
> USB stick set up as live image!
> robert at robert-Hardy:~/Desktop/Soas2$
>
> Caroline Meeks wrote:
>
> What did you see on your screen when it didn't work.
>
> Thanks,
> CAroline
>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Thomas C Gilliard <satellit at bendbroadband.com> <satellit at bendbroadband.com>
>  wrote:
>
>
>
>   Caroline;
>
> The last 2  scripts: {livecd-iso-to-disk.sh}  accessed from the Sugar on a
> stick wiki page DO NOT SEEM TO WORK anymore:
> Modified: 04 Apr 2009 06:22:06 19.9 KB works
> I am attaching the good old version:
>
> Also  Soas2-200904062216.iso  ( the latest listed)
> works but no longer sees USB and SD cards
>
> But Soas2-200904031934.iso Did...
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> I am not sure where to send this info, so I am sending it to you.....
>
> Tom Gilliard
> Bend Or
>
>
> Caroline Meeks wrote:
>
> Sounds like good results! Thanks Tom.
>
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Thomas C Gilliard <satellit at bendbroadband.com> <satellit at bendbroadband.com> <satellit at bendbroadband.com> <satellit at bendbroadband.com> wrote:
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>
>  I am a G1G1 enthusiast who has followed sugar's development from the first
> OLPC introduction. I ordered 2 of the first series of G1G1 so I could test
> jabber connections and follow your project.
>
> I just set my Lexar 2GB Soas2-20090403194 to your Jabber:schoolserver.solutiongrove.com ( was monitoring irc# when I saw your
> jabber address mentioned as being active)
>
> I could see 3  addresses:
> soas1A
> Red SoaS2
> daveb-soas1-20090323
>
> I am using a EeePC900 netbook.
>
> I used the command:
> sudo ./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh --noverify --overlay-size-mb 500
> --home-size-mb 500 --unencrypted-home Soas2-200904031934.iso /dev/sdb1
>
> (the ./livecd-iso-to-disk.sh file is the latest one which is for Fedora
> 10.94 (11beta) the older /sh file is for Soas1 it seems....)
>
> To program the 2GB stick.
>
> I use a text file to store this command and then copy and paste it into
> terminal to make a copy. (Great way to make multiple copies)
>
> It finds my apple extreme airport network when ever I start it.
>
> (I also have been able to install full F10 and F11 beta live i686 Cd's
> using the appropriate ./sh files) to both 2GB sticks and SD cards...
>
> I hope that this is helpful
>
> Tom Gilliard
> Bend Or
> 541-260-4845 cell
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Caroline Meeks
Solution Grove
Caroline at SolutionGrove.com

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