Booting F9 on XO?

Reuben K. Caron reuben at laptop.org
Thu Dec 18 19:47:01 UTC 2008


On SD Card:

http://www.reactivated.net/weblog/archives/2008/08/regular-linux-desktops-on-the-xo/
http://www.reactivated.net/weblog/archives/2008/08/followup-notes-on-xo-alternate-desktops/



Martin Langhoff wrote:
> Now that we have F10 booting on the XO, and we understand the
> challenges around that, is it possible to boot a barebones F9,
> "backporting" whatever cleverness was applied to F10?
>
>   Is anyone interested in trying? It would open an opportunity
>   to lots of small schools that need a rugged server.
>
> The XS is likely to stay on F9 for a couple of minor releases -- until
> I find a good opportunity for a rebase, being a small team is hard :-/
> -- so if F9 can be twisted into booting off and SD card, we get a
> valuable alternative in the form of XO + SD card + USB drive (for
> storage).
>
> cheers,
>
>
> martin
>   




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