If your laptops contain your deployment keys, I would recommend using this [1] so you can easily generate and manage your activations in situations like this :).
1. http://wiki.paraguayeduca.org/index.php/Yaas_documentation kind regards, tch On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 1:46 AM, Sridhar Dhanapalan <srid...@laptop.org.au> wrote: > On 12 March 2011 05:10, C. Scott Ananian <csc...@cscott.net> wrote: >> Posting your machine's serial number as well as then contents of your >> develop.sig might help; your developer key might be malformed or >> correspond to a different XO than the one you are trying to use it on. >> >> You can also try the collection key method, as one more check on the >> process by which you are generating the developer key. > > This is a bit strange - I am getting a different result for each method. > > Printed in the battery compartment is the serial number SHC83102126 > > /home/.devkey.html contains: > SN - SHC8320373E > UUID - D5576981-BDA0-4271-ABFE-0183633847D1 > > /ofw/serial-number contains SHC832038CC > > laptops.dat (created with a collection key) contains: > > SHC832038CC C95B2B75-18A6-4860-B834-9AEAC7A4C47F 20110312T034351Z > > laptops.dat concurs with /ofw/serial-number. > > I've used the laptop.dat details to request a developer key. The page > says that it'll be available in 24 hours. > > There are three main questions raised by this process: > > 1. why am I getting different readings for each method? > 2. what is the most trustworthy method? > 3. why must I wait 24 hours to get the developer key? > > > Thanks, > Sridhar > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel