I got a developer key -- now what? :)
I signed up for a developer key, so I have one now. But what can I do with it? 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? ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: I got a developer key -- now what? :)
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. -- Chris Ball [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: I got a developer key -- now what? :)
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? ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: I got a developer key -- now what? :)
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
