soasXO builds for USB?

[Martin Dengler]

On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 10:30:15AM -0800, Yioryos Asprobounitis wrote:
> Could someone post some instruction here or at the download page on
> howto run the new soasXO builds from a USB stick (assuming this is
> feasible)?

From http://cgit.sugarlabs.org/soas/mainline/tree/README.txt :

Instructions for experts:
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either:
  copy-nand u:\soas??xo.img
or: (2g or larger removable)
  cat soas??xo.4gremovable.tar.lzma | lzma -dc - | tar xf - -O > /dev/sdX
or: (4g or larger removable)
  cat soas??xo.2gremovable.tar.lzma | lzma -dc - | tar xf - -O > /dev/sdX


Quick Start for normal people:
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Create a removable drive with Sugar for use on your XO.

You need to have an unlocked XO first.  See instructions here for
unlocking:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activation_and_Developer_Keys#Disable_the_security_system

1) Download the right sized-image: 2g if you have a 2g removable
drive, 4g if you have a 4 or larger gigabyte removable drive.

2) "burn" it onto your removable media (USB stick / SD card).

**** THIS WILL ERASE EVERYTHING ON YOUR REMOVABLE DRIVE ****

Either:

 cat soasxo??.4gremovable.tar.lzma | lzma -dc - | tar xf - -O > /dev/sdX

or:

 cat soasxo??.2gremovable.tar.lzma | lzma -dc - | tar xf - -O > /dev/sdX

Replace the "??" with the right filename, and replace the "/dev/sdX"
with the name of your removable device (the _whole device_, NOT a
partition like /dev/sda1)

3) When this is done, eject the device and be sure all data were
   written:

 eject /dev/sdX ; sync ; sync

4) Plug the stick/card into your XO-1 and power it on.


Improvements to these instructions are very welcome.

> thx

Martin
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