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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Hi Folks,</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">It seems like I am always having to buy another usb stick which often isn't filled to capacity. This seems like a huge waste of $$$. In some parts of the world this can also be a huge chunk out of a teacher's salary. So I did a little experiment today.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">I was downloading and installing Dextrose (os373pyg) onto both XO-1s and XO-1.5s. I used a Cruzer 4GB usb drive. First I did it the usual way and got all of the files named right and working correctly. </p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Then I put all of the files together on the usb stick. There were 3: os373pyg.img, os373pyg.crc, and os373pyg.zd). Then I used the drive to install os373 on both an XO-1 and an XO-1.5, following the respective instructions.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">No problem! I am guessing it works only on the install method that starts at the ok prompt, not the 4-game-keys reflash. But this way it does work... cutting the usb stick cost in half!</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">I wonder how many other things can share the same stick... when I have time, I will try other ideas.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Caryl (aka Tightwad GrannieB)</p>
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