** Reply to message from DJA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 17 May 2008 01:08:33 -0700
> Which version of Xubuntu did you install (Desktop CD or Install CD)? > How did you get the XO to boot into the installation? I think it is 7.10 but can't be certain. I did find that there's an 8.04 version also floating around now. Here's what I believe I followed for my initial installation: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Installing_Ubuntu_using_Compressed_Files Here is what I just found while searching the wiki.laptop.org to answer your questions, it's the 8.04 stuff: http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=2240.msg21169#msg21169 > I think I read somewhere that the SD card shows up as an additional HDD, > and that one may use a magic key-press to get the XO to boot from that > drive. There are a few ways to boot to SD and indeed, one includes pushing one of the 4 game keys. Somewhere, I tracked down the changes to a boot file which boots flash without an SD installed and otherwise boots the SD( when installed ). > I just picked up an SD card at Costco today so I could try such an install. I picked up my SD card(s) at Costco also since they are 15 Mb/s rated and also read that the SD slot came out of some hardware work on the XO trying to speed up onboard flash. The resulting changes to the XO hardware added the SD interface and so they just added the socket and circuit. FYI, there's a ton of stuff on that wiki( wiki.laptop.org ). Doug -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
