Warning: this is a composite reply to many people, with context, so
read to the bottom.
There are several methods to reflash; USB drive, SD card, wireless,
and USB ethernet.
These methods vary in how fast they are, how well they scale, what
equipment is needed, and what expertise is required.
Hi James,
On Thu, 2013-08-29 at 18:19 +1000, James Cameron wrote:
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 08:53:33AM -0400, Tim Moody wrote:
I have been interested in this approach for some time, but was told
that the XO boot process that looks for a particular network name or
SSID is not implemented on
(another composite reply)
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 10:45:29AM +0200, Tony Anderson wrote:
I believe the 'boot net' would require only moments more per laptop
than the 4-key approach.
Yes, about 10 seconds, but the laptop would have to be unlocked.
Also an added benefit of testing the b, o, o,
Hi,
This is a very valuable discussion which I hope gets summarized on a
wiki page. It probably also belongs in server-devel as well.
I believe the 'boot net' would require only moments more per laptop than
the 4-key approach.
The real advantage of wireless 'flashing' could be that a
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 11:37 PM, Anish Mangal
an...@activitycentral.com wrote:
Well, I was sort of hoping:
You were sort of hoping what?
-walter
* We could start to have discussions and work around some/all of the topics
as a community. Everyone here has way more expertise than me in
On 08/29/2013 04:45 AM, Tony Anderson wrote:
The real advantage of wireless 'flashing' could be that a roomful of
laptops could be flashed concurrently as in NandBlast. I assume that
NandBlast is using the broadcast capability of the network. This is
getting beyond my understanding of
(another composite reply)
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 10:45:29AM +0200, Tony Anderson wrote:
I believe the 'boot net' would require only moments more per laptop
than the 4-key approach.
Yes, about 10 seconds, but the laptop would have to be unlocked.
Also an added benefit of testing the b, o, o,
Hi Anish,
I look forward to playing with the XSCE installed via Ansible.
Will there be an install procedure, and cookbook, to try it out?
George
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 11:37 PM, Anish Mangal an...@activitycentral.comwrote:
Well, I was sort of hoping:
* We could start to have
The code is moving to github as we speak/type :)
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:32 PM, George Hunt georgejh...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Anish,
I look forward to playing with the XSCE installed via Ansible.
Will there be an install procedure, and cookbook, to try it out?
George
On Wed, Aug 28,