[Sugar-devel] SoaS won't boot XO-1s?

[Sean DALY]

hmmm... yes, I downloaded and installed v3.2 on March 4th... four days
before the new version came out!

the utility itself keeps as a big fat secret what version it is...

I'll be happy if that fixes the problem... but upset if the 8 or 10
hours I have put in trying to boot useless sticks was because of
that... our wiki page really needs precise information... which by the
way I am willing to write, if I manage to boot my XO with a SoaS image
been trying for days on end :-(

don't get me wrong I appreciate the utility's existence since I only
have Macs in the house and I don't know how to "burn" a USB .iso from
my two GNU/Linux netbooks or old PC with a liveCD

OK, will try again

many thanks

Sean


On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Wade Brainerd <wadetb at gmail.com> wrote:
> I believe only the most recent LiveUSB Creator programs will put an
> 'olpc.fth' on there for you.
>
> Maybe the sticks were created with an older version?
>
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
>> OK thanks Wade
>>
>> If you can tell me just which image you have, I can try with that one.
>>
>> Same behavior with the SD card in or out, and on the other XO with no
>> SD card at all.
>>
>> Neither the SoaS-1 (March 5th), nor the SoaS-2 (March 21st) have a
>> 'boot' directory, nor a '.fth' Forth script at all. If I stick one on,
>> will it boot?
>>
>> I suspected this was the problem as I explored the sticks from the ok
>> prompt.... this is why we need some kind of integrity checker for a
>> "burned" stick, to check if anything is missing, or if the user has
>> monkeyed with files (Scout's honor I did not :-), or (say) the
>> timestamp of an x.org config file, etc.
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Sean
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Wade Brainerd <wadetb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hey Sean,
>>>
>>> FWIW I have successfully booted my XO-1 from SoaS-1 using an older image, I
>>> haven't tried the latest.  I used LiveUSB Creator for Windows with a PATRIOT
>>> 2GB stick.
>>>
>>> What you might be seeing is that you have a SD card with a bootable
>>> partition on your XO.  I think that might take priority over booting from
>>> USB.
>>>
>>> You can boot manually from OFW.. something like
>>>
>>> ok boot u:\boot\olpc.fth
>>>
>>> should locate 'boot\olpc.fth' on the USB key and start it manually.
>>>
>>> -Wade
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm sorry, but I'm a bit confused here, is it possible or not at this
>>>> time to boot an XO-1 from a SoaS image (as we claim on the wiki:
>>>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Installation/OLPC)?
>>>>
>>>> if so, how? since the instructions for Option 1 on the wiki page are
>>>> not working for me.
>>>>
>>>> I see there is a new SoaS-2 image in there, again, I don't think we
>>>> should be recommending to G1G1 owners they use that one yet?
>>>>
>>>> As I say, I have doubts about the SoaS-1 and SoaS-2 sticks I am using,
>>>> it appears the XO can't find anything to boot with on these sticks
>>>> while my Acer Aspire One boots up with both (?)
>>>>
>>>> I suppose there's no way to boot manually from a stick from OFW?
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>>
>>>> Sean
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Dave Bauer <dave.bauer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > I am having a more fundamental issue.
>>>> >
>>>> > 1) First I used liveusb-creator on windows with Soas1 and created the
>>>> > crc
>>>> > and img files to install to the NAND. That doesn't work for me.
>>>> >
>>>> > 2) Next I tried technique one from Fedora 10 but the livecd-iso-to-disk
>>>> > does
>>>> > not have the --xo options. It looks like those instructions use a newer
>>>> > version of livecd-tools. Is this impossible from Fedora 10? What else
>>>> > should
>>>> > I be using.
>>>> >
>>>> > Dave
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Martin Dengler
>>>> >> <martin at martindengler.com> wrote:
>>>> >> > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 02:28:08PM +0100, Sean DALY wrote:
>>>> >> >> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Installation/OLPC
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> I am late writing an article on this and I'm not getting anywhere
>>>> >> >> because I can't boot either of my XOs from USB.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > I've had plenty of success booting from NAND and USB.>
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >> * I see that most recent image is SoaS-2, is this what we want to
>>>> >> >> recommend right now to G1G1 owners? Would a choice be better?
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > SoaS-2 needs more testing and bugfixing IMHO.  We shouldn't recommend
>>>> >> > it to G1G1 owners unless they want to be testers.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >> * I can't boot my XO which is at firmware Q2E18 but I am ready to
>>>> >> >> try
>>>> >> >> a later firmware such as Q2E28 or Q2E34
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > I don't think this is a firmware issue.  I was booting off NAND with
>>>> >> > Q2E19.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >> Sean
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > Martin
>>>> >> >
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>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > Dave Bauer
>>>> > dave at solutiongrove.com
>>>> > http://www.solutiongrove.com
>>>> >
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