On Thu, 2011-03-10 at 15:22 +1100, James Cameron wrote: > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 03:06:10PM +1100, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > > We find this to be a bit hit-and-miss - sometimes the prompt shows and > > sometimes it doesn't. I normally turn on the XO while either holding > > down the Esc key or tapping it repeatedly. Is there something more > > reliable? I am trying to get a remote (non-technical) teacher to do > > this, so it needs to be easy. > > See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ok for my standard answer. > > > I forgot to mention another thing - this is for XO-1.1s (XO-1s with an > > XO-1.5 style trackpad). > > We don't use the term XO-1.1, sorry. Please don't introduce it. > > The expert method (holding down the escape key while turning on the > laptop) works fine for me when I test with this type of laptop, on > Q2E45. The expert method won't work in some cases though because it > conflicts with the data stream between the firmware and the keyboard > during the critical discovery phase. >
I like to hold down the check key when booting, then when prompted to release, hit the escape key. I just do that out of habit now, like to watch the scrolling text of the boot sequence. > With Q2E45, a USB keyboard can also be used to obtain the Ok prompt, > but it takes an extra moment after the startup sound begins. > > You might also attempt to boot from USB. If it does not boot an > unsigned image, then it is probably secure. > > You might also check the manufacturing tags using the Terminal activity, > but you did ask for simplest, and you didn't say anything initially > about your hit-and-miss experience. > >From a terminal 'ls /ofw/mfg-data' look for 'ww' for unlocked boxes, if missing or 'wp' is present, then it's locked. Jerry _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
