Hummmm.... Does anyone know if what I want to do will work on os860? I just want to keep certain Activities on the SD card without having them install to the XO. I am currently using os874. Thanks!Caryl P.S. I am thinking that if this can work, it will be great for all XO-1 deployments who want to have more Activities on their laptops. I was in the process of writing an "Educator's Guide" to doing this (to post on the wiki) when I ran into trouble and found I couldn't make it work the way I had hoped (extra Activities "live" on SD card and don't take up memory storage space on the XO). > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected]; [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:30:53 +1000 > Subject: Re: Re: [IAEP] SD Card Expert Needed > > Hi > > When you install an Activity, the xo bundle, which is a zip file, is unzipped > and copied to /home/olpc/Activities > > The Activity is installed when you click on a xo bundle or download or copy > (maybe?) a bundle to the journal. > > Deleting a xo bundle from the journal depends on your build, on some it > uninstalls the Activity, on others it does not. > > Activities can be uninstalled from the home list view. > > Hope this helps > I am not an expert > > Tony > > > > > > �Hola Alan! > > Did you see my other note to you about I Know America? > > Some questions about your answer... how do you keep the Activity from > > getting copied into the system (flash memory)? I just tested it again. I > > put in the SD card. Opened an Activity that was on it but not on the XO. > > When I finished, I removed the SD card and found that the Activity had > > copied onto the XO. Not what I was looking for... :-( > > Maybe it is because I am using 874?Caryl > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; > > [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [IAEP] SD Card Expert Needed > > Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:58:07 +0000 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello! > > When you use an activity from an USB or SD card..The activity is copied to > > the system.. (to the flash memory)When you use an activity from the > > journal.. the activity don't copy.. the activity is installed with the > > files fromthe journal.. a simbolic link's... When you remove the entry from > > the journal.. it remove the activity...That was happend on old sugar.. in > > the new.. I don't know.. but I think that is equal... > > The work's can be saved on the SD without problem.. and I think that is a > > good form to get some space forthe activitys.. > > Alan > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:47:29 -0700 > > Subject: [IAEP] SD Card Expert Needed > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi All.... > > > > > > I'm looking for an SD card expert... not just theoretical, but someone who > > has actually done what I want to be able to do. > > > > > > I am re-locating 10 XO-1 laptops from a CP project that has stalled to a > > K-8 school in rural Montana. They have some very enthusiastic teachers who > > really want to do all sorts of neat things with the XOs and tell us about > > them, plus their principal is very supportive of the project. > > > > > > Because they will be using the laptops for elementary music and middle > > school science, along with lots of other things... they could really use > > more than 1 GB memory. > > > > > > What I was hoping to do is use an SD card (2GB to 4GB) as auxiliary memory. > > I would like to be able to add science Activities like Star Chart and > > Constellation Flash Cards on the SD card, have them stay there, and the > > journal entries for those Activities stay there too. > > > > > > I tried it today on an XO-1 running 11.2.0 (os874) and it seemed to be > > working fine... until... I ejected and removed the SD card to see what was > > going on and the Activities (still on the card) were also on the XO! Not > > what I am looking for! I don't want them to "live" on the XO, I want them > > to "live" on the SD card only. The card won't need to be removed... that > > was just to test where the Activities were. > > > > > > Students will probably be asked to save their work on usb drives too... > > that is really up to the teachers, but I will strongly suggest it. > > > > > > So... who has experience with this? Can it be done? > > > > > > Caryl (aka GrannieB) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > > [email protected] > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > <html> > > <head> > > <style><!-- > > .hmmessage P > > { > > margin:0px; > > padding:0px > > } > > body.hmmessage > > { > > font-size: 10pt; > > font-family:Tahoma > > } > > --></style> > > </head> > > <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'> > > �Hola Alan!<div><br></div><div>Did you see my other note to you about I > > Know America?</div><div><br></div><div>Some questions about your answer... > > how do you keep the Activity from getting copied into the system (flash > > memory)? I just tested it again. I put in the SD card. Opened an Activity > > that was on it but not on the XO. When I finished, I removed the SD card > > and found that the Activity had copied onto the XO. Not what I was looking > > for... :-(</div><div><br></div><div>Maybe it is because I am using > > 874?</div><div>Caryl</div><div><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: > > [email protected]<br>To: [email protected]; > > [email protected]; [email protected]<br>Subject: RE: > > [IAEP] SD Card Expert Needed<br>Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:58:07 > > +0000<br><br> > > > > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> > > <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft SafeHTML"> > > <style> > > .ExternalClass .ecxhmmessage P > > {padding:0px;} > > .ExternalClass body.ecxhmmessage > > {font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma;} > > > > </style> > > > > <div dir="ltr"> > > <div><br></div>Hello!<div><br></div><div>When you use an activity from an > > USB or SD card..The activity is copied to the system.. (to the flash > > memory)</div><div>When you use an activity from the journal.. the activity > > don't copy.. the activity is installed with the files from</div><div>the > > journal.. a simbolic link's... When you remove the entry from the journal.. > > it remove the activity...</div><div>That was happend on old sugar.. in the > > new.. I don't know.. but I think that is > > equal...</div><div><br></div><div>The work's can be saved on the SD without > > problem.. and I think that is a good form to get some space > > for</div><div>the > > activitys..</div><div><br></div><div>Alan</div><div><br><div><hr > > id="ecxstopSpelling">From: [email protected]<br>To: > > [email protected]; [email protected]<br>Date: Wed, 24 > > Aug 2011 17:47:29 -0700<br>Subject: [IAEP] SD Card Expert Needed<br><br> > > > > > > > > <style> > > .ExternalClass .ecxhmmessage P > > {padding:0px;} > > .ExternalClass body.ecxhmmessage > > {font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma;} > > </style> > > > > <div dir="ltr"> > > <p style="font:12.0px Helvetica">Hi All....</p> > > <p style="font:12.0px Helvetica;min-height:14.0px"><br></p> > > <p style="font:12.0px Helvetica">I'm looking for an SD card expert... not > > just theoretical, but someone who has actually done what I want to be able > > to do.</p> > > <p style="font:12.0px Helvetica;min-height:14.0px"><br></p> > > <p style="font:12.0px Helvetica">I am re-locating 10 XO-1 laptops from a CP > > project that has stalled to a K-8 school in rural Montana. They have some > > very enthusiastic teachers who really want to do all sorts of neat things > > with the XOs and tell us about them, plus their principal is very > > supportive of the project.</p> > > <p style="font:12.0px Helvetica;min-height:14.0px"><br></p> > > <p style="font:12.0px Helvetica">Because they will be using the laptops for > > elementary music and middle school science, along with lots of other > > things... they could really use more than 1 GB memory.</p> > > <p style="font:12.0px Helvetica;min-height:14.0px"><br></p> > > <p style="font:12.0px Helvetica">What I was hoping to do is use an SD card > > (2GB to 4GB) as auxiliary memory. I would like to be able to add science > > Activities like Star Chart and Constellation Flash Cards on the SD card, > > have them stay there, and the journal entries for those Activities stay > > there too. </p> > > <p style="font:12.0px Helvetica;min-height:14.0px"><br></p> > > <p style="font:12.0px Helvetica">I tried it today on an XO-1 running 11.2.0 > > (os874) and it seemed to be working fine... until... I ejected and removed > > the SD card to see what was going on and the Activities (still on the card) > > were also on the XO! Not what I am looking for! I don't want them to > > "live" on the XO, I want them to "live" on the SD card only. The card won't > > need to be removed... that was just to test where the Activities were.</p> > > <p style="font:12.0px Helvetica;min-height:14.0px"><br></p> > > <p style="font:12.0px Helvetica">Students will probably be asked to save > > their work on usb drives too... that is really up to the teachers, but I > > will strongly suggest it.</p> > > <p style="font:12.0px Helvetica;min-height:14.0px"><br></p> > > <p style="font:12.0px Helvetica">So... who has experience with this? Can > > it be done? </p> > > <p style="font:12.0px Helvetica;min-height:14.0px"><br></p> > > <p style="font:12.0px Helvetica">Caryl (aka GrannieB)</p> > > </div> > > <br>_______________________________________________ > > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > > [email protected] > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</div></div> > > </div></div></div> > > </div></body> > > </html>_______________________________________________ > > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > > [email protected] > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >
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