<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:49 PM, John Gilmore <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gnu@toad.com">gnu@toad.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> >> If a USB olpc-update isn't possible, I'll have to flash my XO-1 and<br> >> lose my work. Release notes say only, "Make a copy of any data you<br> >> wish to keep"... how?<br> ><br> > I don't know of a guide.<br> <br> It's because being forced to manage your ongoing work via the Journal<br> is so much easier and more intuitive than using the file systems that<br> the rest of the world uses.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>For what it's worth: The latest software versions coming out of Paraguay (based on Sugar 0.88) now support easy backup of the Journal to a USB pendrive or a school-server (see <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/christophd/4857147255/in/set-72157624456083615/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/christophd/4857147255/in/set-72157624456083615/</a>). I saw 6th grade pupils use this feature without any issues.</div> <div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Christoph </div><div> </div></div>-- <br>Christoph Derndorfer<br>co-editor, olpcnews<br>url: <a href="http://www.olpcnews.com">www.olpcnews.com</a><br>e-mail: <a href="mailto:christoph@olpcnews.com">christoph@olpcnews.com</a><br>