I have decided instead to create a 7.0 GB whole disk image that manufacturers may optionally extend or shrink.
As before, you can send me your postal address and I will give you a copy on a USB drive via USPS Media Mail. -- Sent from my iPad > On Nov 15, 2014, at 8:00 PM, Ryan Cunningham <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have re-created this version based on Sugar on a Stick. I call it Sugar on > a Tablet. > > This version has the following most important modifications: > > * Swapping is to a file and not to a partition. > * "initial-setup" (from Anaconda, Fedora's standard installer) has been > installed and enabled. > * "initial-setup's" OEM mode has been activated by placing "firstboot > --reconfig" in the Anaconda output Kickstart file. > * The "liveuser" user was deleted. > * No other parts of Anaconda were installed. > * The DejaVu and Bitstream Vera fonts were installed. > * The "SUGAR_SCALING" environment variable was set to "100". > * Maliit (an on-screen keyboard) was installed and enabled. > * A new script was added that alters "lightdm.conf" to enable auto-login > after "initial-setup" has completed. > * "lightdm.conf" was further modified to remove the pointer from the X11 root > window. > > It took almost all of today to test this version and modify it for production. > > To answer your question, I am using the "--selinux" and "--xattrs" options to > "tar" to preserve extended attributes this time around. > > -- > Sent from my iPad > >>> On Nov 13, 2014, at 12:55 AM, Peter Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 4:01 AM, Ryan Cunningham <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> I am sending to you a link to a revised version (created >>> from scratch) of my tablet port of the OLPC OS. >>> >>> The major changes are as follows: >>> >>> * The Marvell Libertas firmware and "olpc-update" are now >>> properly removed using "yum." >>> * The operating system is now delivered as an XZ- >>> compressed tape archive, allowing original equipment >>> manufacturers to make devices with any amount of storage >>> (provided it's no smaller than 5 GB), and therefore to >>> further modify the operating system with a lot more new >>> activities. >>> * This version of the operating system is now based on >>> the latest version (13.2.1) of OLPC OS. >> >> How are you archiving that tar format? You realise that the Fedora OS >> relies on xattr bits that are lost if it's not backed up and restored >> properly. We ran in to massive problems with this for Fedora ARM >> images. IMO you'd be better off using the base template we use for >> creating SoaS (a kick start) and generating a .img that can be imaged >> directly to any device by an OEM to ensure you end up with something >> that is supportable and not a mess. >> >> Peter _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
