Re: [Server-devel] Customizing build 703 for mass deployment

2008-04-22 Thread Bryan Berry
here is what i have I tried this afternoon bunzip xo-1tar.bz2 mkdir os703 tar xvf xo-1..tar -C os703/ then mkfs.jffs2 -n -e128KiB -r os703 -o testpre.img sumtool -n -p -e 128KiB -i testpre.img -o testpost.img ../pilgrim/crcimg/crcimg testpost.img copyied testpost.img and testpost.crc to

Re: [Server-devel] Customizing build 703 for mass deployment

2008-04-22 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 04:19:33PM +0545, Bryan Berry wrote: here is what i have I tried this afternoon bunzip xo-1tar.bz2 mkdir os703 tar xvf xo-1..tar -C os703/ then mkfs.jffs2 -n -e128KiB -r os703 -o testpre.img sumtool -n -p -e 128KiB -i testpre.img -o testpost.img

Re: [Server-devel] Customizing build 703 for mass deployment

2008-04-21 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Bryan Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Currently, I use an extremeley inelegant method to create standard images for Nepal's deployment and I would very much like assistance in finding a more elegant method. Michael Stone has been helping me hack jffs2 images

Re: [Server-devel] Customizing build 703 for mass deployment

2008-04-21 Thread Kim Quirk
What happens when you want to upgrade to the next OLPC build? Do you have to do it all again? Kim On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:25 PM, Martin Langhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Bryan Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Currently, I use an extremeley inelegant method

Re: [Server-devel] Customizing build 703 for mass deployment

2008-04-21 Thread Bryan Berry
yes :), I would have to do it all over again. I don't expect to update the os image for at least 4 months. Given that it would take me a week's worth of testing to verify a new OLPC build. In that four month period, I hope to find a more elegant solution. not very elegant. Would like a better

Re: [Server-devel] Customizing build 703 for mass deployment

2008-04-21 Thread Michael Stone
Bryan, not very elegant. Would like a better solution but time is short. I've already suggested three more elegant mechanisms: * tarball - edit - mkfs.jffs2, * bootUSB - edit - savenand, and * puritan. We don't expect the kids to run olpc-update do we? Running OLPC-Update on 170

Re: [Server-devel] Customizing build 703 for mass deployment

2008-04-21 Thread Bryan Berry
Thanks Michael, I was looking for a quick solution since time is limited. I am wary of trying something very different but I will put two hours to it this afternoon and see what I can accomplish. I have added Anna Schoolfield from the Birmingham deployment and Stefan Reitzis to this thread. On

[Server-devel] Customizing build 703 for mass deployment

2008-04-20 Thread Bryan Berry
I have created a wiki page detailing the customizations Nepal has made to the 703 image, which includes installation of the gnuchess, and man page rpms, the proprietary flash player, changing the display order of activities, among other changes http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Nepal:_Testing%2C_QA%