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

[Thomas C Gilliard]

Look at:

IAEP Digest, Vol 25 Issue 23 Message #1
Plus
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/F11_for_XO-1#Installation_instructions
http://www.olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=4768.0 ( part copied below:)

Tom Gilliard
satellit

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> <http://www.olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=4768.msg31775#msg31775> 	
> April 15, 2010, 10:46:40 PM
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> *HOWTO: Install*
> To install this awesome OS image, you will need to do several things.
>
> Step One.
> Get a developer key.
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activation_and_developer_keys#Getting_a_developer_key_for_your_running_XO_laptop
>
> Step Two.
> Copy all important files to a USB stick or SD card.
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> Step Three.
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> On another computer, download two files onto a USB stick or SD card.
> Place these files in the root directory of the card.
> http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-py/os140py.img
> http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-py/os140py.crc
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> Step Four.
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> Boot your XO. Hold down Escape while booting. This is the key on the 
> upper left of the keyboard.
>
> Step 5.
>
> You are now hopefully at an "OpenFirmware" prompt.
> Type in "disable-security" and press Enter.
> Let it do what it wants to do.
>
> Step 6.
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> Move the SD card or USB stick with the files you downloaded into the 
> XO. Reboot while holding down Escape, to get to another OpenFirmware 
> prompt.
>
> Step 7.
> If the files were downloaded onto a USB stick:
> type "probe-usb", press Enter, then type "copy-nand usb:\os140py.img" 
> and press Enter.
>
> Step 8.
> If the files were downloaded onto a SD card:
> Type "copy-nand sd:\os140py.img" and press Enter.
>
> Step 9.
> Reboot.
>
> Step 10.
> Huh
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> Step 11.
> Profit! Whoops, OLPC won't let us profit. Oh well...
>
> Step 12. Enjoy the new OS image!


Dave Bauer wrote:
> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You can repeat this process for as many USB sticks that you want.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tom Gilliard
>>>>
>>>> satellit
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   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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