[SoaS] [IAEP] "SoaS For Dummies?"

[Dave Bauer]

On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Gerald Ardito <gerald.ardito at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am excited about trying this. I manage a deployment of 140 XO-1's in a
> school in Westchester County, New York and have really wanted to upgrade our
> software from the official build.
> How do I "disable security?"
>

Check out this page:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activation_and_developer_keys#Getting_a_developer_key_for_your_running_XO_laptop

You need to open Browse, click "get developer key" from the OLPC home
page (if your build is new enough) or type file:///home/.devkey.html
in the address bar. Then there are further instructions to disable
security on that wiki page

You need a key for every XO so this might be time consuming.

Dave

> Many thanks.
> Gerald
>
> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Thomas C Gilliard
> <satellit at bendbroadband.com> wrote:
>>
>> Caryl;
>>
>> I just bought a G1G1 XO-1 on e-bay for testing.
>> * I requested and downloaded a developer key
>> * disabled security (very important!)
>> * installed f11-xo-1-py  (fedora 11 gnome and sugar)
>> http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-py/os140py.img
>> http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-py/os140py.crc
>>
>> This is great software and expands the capabilities of the OLPC XO-1
>> that bernie has developed for the Paraguay deployment (english and
>> spanish)
>>
>> In the Gnome desktop terminal program on the XO-1:
>>  su
>>  yum install liveusb-creator
>>
>> liveusb-creator runs using 2 USB sticks:
>> 1-) Target USB 2GB or larger
>> 2-) USB with Blueberry/strawberry.iso's (downloaded on another PC)
>>
>>  >DO NOT DOWNLOAD soas.iso's to the XO-1<
>>       It has too small a working solid state HD to do this.
>> This is very similar to running a 3 stick solution on a EeePC900
>>
>> The XO-1 is much slower (50min for Blueberry soas) than the EeePC900;
>> but it makes Soas Live USB's fine.
>> (Plus they boot on the XO-1, just leave them inserted and do a shutdown
>> and restart.)
>> I just did this with the soas-2-blueberry.iso and it boots on the XO-1
>> plus on the EeePC900.
>> (A EeePC900 livecd-iso-to-disk script created live usb will not boot on
>> the XO-1)
>>
>> This could be a nice way to demonstrate sugar and the OLPC XO-1
>> while it makes and runs Soas Live USB's
>>
>>
>> Tom Gilliard
>> satellit
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>> Caryl Bigenho wrote:
>> > Thanks Tom for the confirmation!  I suspected it might work like that,
>> > but not being a PC person, I wasn't sure.
>> >
>> > Sounds like a "piece of cake."
>> >
>> > Caryl
>> >
>> > Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:08:38 -0700
>> > From: satellit at bendbroadband.com
>> > To: cbigenho at hotmail.com
>> > CC: soas at lists.sugarlabs.org; iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org;
>> > support-gang at laptop.org
>> > Subject: Re: [SoaS] "SoaS For Dummies?"
>> >
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>> > Caryl Bigenho wrote:
>> >
>> >   Hi Bert, Tom, and All,
>> >
>> > In case you are all wondering why I want to make this so easy, remember
>> > that while I am sort of a "closet techie" and could learn to do all these
>> > fancy work-arounds, I also have many years experience working with  and
>> > training other educators who are very shy about using computers.
>> >
>> > For most of them it has to be very simple and work almost as a
>> > "plug-'n-play." Even the boot-helper disk is a stretch, but I think it is
>> > doable with some very clear step-by-step instructions. It needs to be easy,
>> > and hopefully fun, with a high probability of success.
>> >
>> > Bert wrote:
>> >
>> > The iso file is a "CD image". ISO is short for "ISO 9660", a.k.a. "CDFS
>> > (Compact Disc File System)". It is a file system designed for CDs, which is
>> > read-only.
>> >
>> > So, I could save money and just use an image on a cd, but unfortunately
>> > the live CD will not boot on a MacBook. It needs a boot helper cd to run the
>> > usb stick version and there is only one optical drive on the machine.
>> >
>> > Probably about 50% of the teachers will have Macs.
>> >
>> > And, Tom suggested using Virtual Box:
>> >
>> > I really didn't want to use the Virtual Box again. I did that with an
>> > early version of Strawberry.  I think the Virtual Box would be a deal
>> > breaker for a lot of teachers, whereas a usb version with the boot helper cd
>> > should be quite acceptable and easy to use. That is why I was hoping to get
>> > a usb version that could be used on both PCs and Macs.
>> >
>> > After all the advice I got from you folks, I ordered a refurbished eeePC
>> > 900 with Windows XP today.  It will arrive Monday.  I chose to get one with
>> > Windows XP because the Fedora Live USB Creator seems to be the easiest route
>> > to success... sort of "SoaS for Dummies!"
>> >
>> > So... according to the instructions at
>> > <http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/SoaS_Blueberry_Instructions> you download the
>> > blueberry image while in the LiveUSB Creator.  Rather than downloading all
>> > over again, can I just plug in one of my usb sticks with SoaS (created on
>> > the Mac) and use it?  Or could I download it to the eeePC once and use it
>> > there?  What would be the easiest, most fool-proof way to do this?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Caryl;
>> >
>> > YOU DO NOT NEED external CD to do this:
>> >
>> > * Copy-paste the <Blueberry.iso>file from the SugarCreation Kit
>> > CD onto an empty USB inserted in your MAC
>> >
>> > * transfer the .iso to your EeePC900 by inserting that USB into the
>> > EeePC900 and (drag - drop/copy-paste) the .iso to the XP Desktop.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > * Install Liveusb-creator for Windows:  (See attached .png file)
>> >
>> >     https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/
>> >
>> > * Use Liveusb-creator for windows to make a soas USB with it.
>> >
>> > * Do not do a Download again. use left  select box (use existing live
>> > CD/ Browse) to find the blueberry.iso on the XP Desktop
>> >
>> > * Insert a new target USB  (2GB fat16) into EeePC900 ad see it appear
>> > in Target Device window
>> >
>> > * move slider to set persistence storage (Max it )
>> >
>> > *Create Live USB....: )
>> >
>> > Very simple
>> >
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>> >
>> > You can repeat this process for as many USB sticks that you want.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Tom Gilliard
>> >
>> > satellit
>> >
>> > ---------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > note:
>> >
>> > If you get a message in graphical window :"... reset mbr"
>> >
>> > exit the running graphical liveusb-creator
>> >
>> > and start windows terminal
>> >
>> > enter "liveusb-creator --reset-mbr"
>> >
>> > it will restart graphical liveusb-creator using this extra command.
>> >
>> >
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>> >
>> >   I do plan to purchase an optical drive as well, so I could put the
>> > image on cd. I could probably pick one up tomorrow or Sunday at Fry's so I
>> > would have it when the eeePC arrives Monday.
>> >
>> >  If the CD/DVD will work for accessing the files in the LiveUSB Creator
>> > process, I could make a mini-version of Tom's Soas Creation Kit with just a
>> > few files and hand it out at InfoTech.  I would probably just include the
>> > blueberry iso file, the boot-helper file, and maybe some instructions in a
>> > text file. What else would be good to include on this "SoaS For Dummies"
>> > disk? Remember KISS.
>> >
>> > Thanks for helping get this ready for the "Big Time!"
>> > Caryl
>> >
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>> >
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