M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: > Chris Ball wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> > I signed up for a developer key, so I have one now. But what can I >> > do with it? >> >> You can do anything that you'd expect to do with a standard laptop; >> install any operating system, and flash a new BIOS. >> >> > How can I be sure I'm not going to nuke the XO beyond all recovery? >> > Is there some kind of documentation on what's risky and what's >> > safe? >> >> You're safe no matter what you do to the NAND, because the firmware can >> flash a new NAND image from USB. If you want to be sure of not bricking >> it, you should avoid flashing firmware that isn't signed by OLPC. >> >> - Chris. >> > > Ah ... OK. I have the procedure for flashing the NAND, but I haven't > seen one for flashing the firmware. Is that documented somewhere? >
It is documented on the release page for each firmware version. See the Installation section of: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Firmware_q2d07 > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel