Re: [Server-devel] New XS release very soon
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Daniel Drake wrote: > Hi, > > To avoid leaving the other threads dangling: > > I have been working on a new XS release in collaboration with the > Zamora Teran Foundation (http://www.fundacionzt.org/). The underlying > goal here is to move the XS to a new OS base, which supports new > hardware. The foundation has recently had a fair amount of trouble > finding hardware that is compatible with the dated Fedora 9 release. > > As agreed and directed by Martin this will become the next OLPC XS release. > > There are 3 major changes compared to XS-0.6: > > 1. CentOS 6.2 is the base (which is equivalent to Fedora 13/14), but > we have included Linux 3.2 from Fedora 15 for maximum hardware > compatibility. > > 2. It will be released as both a traditional install CD only requiring > a couple of commands after the install to get up and running, but also > as a set of packages that can be added to an existing CentOS > installation (which probably also works with RHEL/Scientific > Linux/etc). Some steps have been taken for these packages to be easier > to install and run on existing networks (e.g. you can now run parts of > the XS without the requirement that you surrender your networking > setup and layout to the strange configuration that the XS ships). The > usual "take over my network" option will still be there though. > > 3. If you choose to let the XS take over your network: Networking > setup is reworked and greatly simplified. No more bonding, no more > mesh support. eth0 is now the LAN, and eth1 is now the WAN (based on > the thinking that if you only have 1 interface, you're going to want > LAN, not WAN). eth0 runs on a single subnet (not 3) and all the > services bind to 0.0.0.0, and we rely on iptables to drop traffic from > the WAN to the school-internal services. > > > Here in Nicaragua, the Zamora Teran Foundation has the task *this > month* of deploying One Laptop per Child to every child on the > mythical and beautiful island of Ometepe > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ometepe). Unfortunately the hardware > received for these 32 school servers is not compatible with XS-0.6, so > we are under pressure to deploy this very very soon. This means the > plan is to release this as an official XS release *next week* to be > installed on servers immediately shipped to the island. Any help > testing this before we ship it off will be greatly appreciated. > > I'll post installation instructions and some test media within a day > or two - there are just a couple of obvious bugs remaining that need > to be washed out first. > > cheers > Daniel > ___ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > > We have a OLPC SF meeting coming up on the 11th (Saturday). If you have an image ready for testing, we can roll up our sleeves and text it on a few boxes. I have a OLPCorps style SolidLogic box, a FitPC2, a FitPC, and a Fujitsu LifeBook P2120. I'm sure others have other boxes. cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] New XS release very soon
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Daniel Drake wrote: > As agreed and directed by Martin this will become the next OLPC XS release. And you can't imagine how pleased I am with this! > Here in Nicaragua, the Zamora Teran Foundation has the task *this > month* of deploying One Laptop per Child to every child on the > mythical and beautiful island of Ometepe These guys are fantastically crazy, in the best of ways. m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- Software Architect - OLPC - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] New XS release very soon
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Daniel Drake wrote: > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: >> How will this play with XS on ARM? > > It won't at all, yet. > > However, the liberation of the packages from the base install is the > first step in this direction. Yep - we plan to continue this work to make available packages for F17 on ARM. The work that Daniel's doing makes our packages suitable for inclusion in Fedora proper. m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- Software Architect - OLPC - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] New XS release very soon
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: > How will this play with XS on ARM? It won't at all, yet. However, the liberation of the packages from the base install is the first step in this direction. Daniel ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] New XS release very soon
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Daniel Drake wrote: > Hi, > > To avoid leaving the other threads dangling: > > I have been working on a new XS release in collaboration with the > Zamora Teran Foundation (http://www.fundacionzt.org/). The underlying > goal here is to move the XS to a new OS base, which supports new > hardware. The foundation has recently had a fair amount of trouble > finding hardware that is compatible with the dated Fedora 9 release. > > As agreed and directed by Martin this will become the next OLPC XS release. > > There are 3 major changes compared to XS-0.6: > > 1. CentOS 6.2 is the base (which is equivalent to Fedora 13/14), but > we have included Linux 3.2 from Fedora 15 for maximum hardware > compatibility. > How will this play with XS on ARM? Sameer > 2. It will be released as both a traditional install CD only requiring > a couple of commands after the install to get up and running, but also > as a set of packages that can be added to an existing CentOS > installation (which probably also works with RHEL/Scientific > Linux/etc). Some steps have been taken for these packages to be easier > to install and run on existing networks (e.g. you can now run parts of > the XS without the requirement that you surrender your networking > setup and layout to the strange configuration that the XS ships). The > usual "take over my network" option will still be there though. > > 3. If you choose to let the XS take over your network: Networking > setup is reworked and greatly simplified. No more bonding, no more > mesh support. eth0 is now the LAN, and eth1 is now the WAN (based on > the thinking that if you only have 1 interface, you're going to want > LAN, not WAN). eth0 runs on a single subnet (not 3) and all the > services bind to 0.0.0.0, and we rely on iptables to drop traffic from > the WAN to the school-internal services. > > > Here in Nicaragua, the Zamora Teran Foundation has the task *this > month* of deploying One Laptop per Child to every child on the > mythical and beautiful island of Ometepe > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ometepe). Unfortunately the hardware > received for these 32 school servers is not compatible with XS-0.6, so > we are under pressure to deploy this very very soon. This means the > plan is to release this as an official XS release *next week* to be > installed on servers immediately shipped to the island. Any help > testing this before we ship it off will be greatly appreciated. > > I'll post installation instructions and some test media within a day > or two - there are just a couple of obvious bugs remaining that need > to be washed out first. > > cheers > Daniel > ___ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > > ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
[Server-devel] New XS release very soon
Hi, To avoid leaving the other threads dangling: I have been working on a new XS release in collaboration with the Zamora Teran Foundation (http://www.fundacionzt.org/). The underlying goal here is to move the XS to a new OS base, which supports new hardware. The foundation has recently had a fair amount of trouble finding hardware that is compatible with the dated Fedora 9 release. As agreed and directed by Martin this will become the next OLPC XS release. There are 3 major changes compared to XS-0.6: 1. CentOS 6.2 is the base (which is equivalent to Fedora 13/14), but we have included Linux 3.2 from Fedora 15 for maximum hardware compatibility. 2. It will be released as both a traditional install CD only requiring a couple of commands after the install to get up and running, but also as a set of packages that can be added to an existing CentOS installation (which probably also works with RHEL/Scientific Linux/etc). Some steps have been taken for these packages to be easier to install and run on existing networks (e.g. you can now run parts of the XS without the requirement that you surrender your networking setup and layout to the strange configuration that the XS ships). The usual "take over my network" option will still be there though. 3. If you choose to let the XS take over your network: Networking setup is reworked and greatly simplified. No more bonding, no more mesh support. eth0 is now the LAN, and eth1 is now the WAN (based on the thinking that if you only have 1 interface, you're going to want LAN, not WAN). eth0 runs on a single subnet (not 3) and all the services bind to 0.0.0.0, and we rely on iptables to drop traffic from the WAN to the school-internal services. Here in Nicaragua, the Zamora Teran Foundation has the task *this month* of deploying One Laptop per Child to every child on the mythical and beautiful island of Ometepe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ometepe). Unfortunately the hardware received for these 32 school servers is not compatible with XS-0.6, so we are under pressure to deploy this very very soon. This means the plan is to release this as an official XS release *next week* to be installed on servers immediately shipped to the island. Any help testing this before we ship it off will be greatly appreciated. I'll post installation instructions and some test media within a day or two - there are just a couple of obvious bugs remaining that need to be washed out first. cheers Daniel ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
