On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: > On Jul 14, 2017 3:26 PM, "Jerry Vonau" <jvon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Does this still apply? " > On classical PC hardware, do turn off UEFI > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface> in > your PC/server's BIOS if possible > ". > > > How should we rewrite this section? > > (Tim, George & others can help if nec!) >
Please review the lastest draft: On classical PC hardware, follow the *"Do Everything from Scratch" <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Installation#do-everything-from-scratch>* instructions. MBR <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record> was preferred in the past, but UEFI <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface> can work (as set in your PC/server's BIOS) if your Linux distribution <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/IIAB/FAQ#What_OS_should_I_use.3F> supports that. Beware that partitioning is critical <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Platforms#disk-partitioning> particularly with distros like CentOS that attempt to allocate all extra/surplus space to /home by default (this won't work, as the most voluminous content will be placed in /library instead!) Finally, avoid enabling LVM partitioning, especially if you'll later be needing Clonezilla to duplicate the disk. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/IIAB/FAQ#Is_a_quick_installation_possible.3F Wonder > > how many potential experimenters were turned off and went away by that > restriction. > > > > On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 1:20 AM, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: >> >>> Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) 6.3 is a big step forward allowing schools and >>> clinics around the world to DIY their very own friendly digital libraries! >>> >>> IIAB 6.3 (or very recent pre-releases) have already been brought to >>> Ghana, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nicaragua and Malaysia -- while >>> implementation work is currently ongoing for Lebanon and Guatemala. >>> >>> We're very honored that IIAB 6.3 is increasingly used in medical >>> education (post-secondary and clinical contexts) as well as for children's >>> primary and secondary education. >>> >>> Bonus: we kept our release cycle < 3 months and can hopefully make that >>> even tighter still in coming months -- picking up the pace with incremental >>> improvement directly driven by "fieldback" requests -- from dedicated >>> education communities on almost every continent. >>> >>> Please see the Release Notes here, if you too want to build your own >>> digital/community library: >>> >>> https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-6.3-Release-Notes >>> >> >> FAQ #7 was just completely rewritten -- please see: >> Is a quick installation possible? >> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/IIAB/FAQ#Is_a_quick_installation_possible.3F >> >> ( FAQ.IIAB.IO is a great way to learn about Internet-in-a-Box in >> general...let us know where we can improve! ) >> >> >>> >>> >>> *Thanks all for your ongoing feedback as ~30 of us from the wider >>> Internet-in-a-Box community meet mid-August in Montreal and Potsdam, NY for >>> our http://OFF.NETWORK <http://OFF.NETWORK> Content Hackathon (in >>> conjunction with Kiwix, Wikimedia & KA Lite / Learning Equality). To push >>> this much further afield ~ ya ain't seen nothing yet! As new kinds of >>> handheld community libraries quickly now blossom, that none of us 20th >>> century folk ever imagined were even possible (-:--Unsung Heroes of OLPC, >>> interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org <http://unleashkids.org> ! * >>> >> -- >> Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org ! >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Unleash Kids" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to unleashkids+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org ! > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Unleash Kids" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to unleashkids+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org ! > >
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