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

[Sean DALY]

OK, no boot from today's SoaS-2 in the slot

However, when rebooting, "Esc" countdown did not appear unless Check key pressed

at OK forth prompt I typed:
ok boot u:\boot\olpc.fth


the script started then failed with this text:

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mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/mapper/live-rw,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

Bug in initramfs /init detected. Dropping to a shell. Good luck!

bash: no job control in this shell
bash-4.0#
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Will try with last SoaS-1 image on my other XO thanks

Sean

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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