[IAEP] Problems with "Best OS Image Ever"

[Sameer Verma]

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi....
>
> I would like to try the dual boot software for the XO-1 that Bernie and his
> team have developed in Paraguay. I've downloaded:
>
> http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-py/os140py.img
>
> and
>
> http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/olpc/f11-xo1-py/os140py.crc
>
> I am trying to follow the instructions at:
>
> http://www.olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=4768.0
>
> I am trying to do the following:
>
> Step Four.
>
> 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.
>
> But, holding down the Escape key doesn't have any effect.  It just does a
> regular boot. The XO is running Sugar 0.82.1.  I have a developer key
> installed.
>
> Any suggestions?  Is it possible I need to re-install the developer key?
>
> Caryl
>
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Caryl,
Double check your dev key. Its possible to erase it out when
reinstalling an image. You can always reinstall the dev key.

Sameer
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