On Dec 15, 2010, at 7:09 PM, Anna wrote: > Sorry this is so long, but I thought I'd post this in case someone else > needed something similar. Also, any suggestions to make this more efficient > are more than welcome. > > How I set up an "emergency use" XS on an XO-1 > > Since I run a public XS on a big old Dell in my house, I needed a solid > contingency plan should the power go out. While I have my XS on a UPS, it's > small and cheap and only keeps it up about half an hour. I do have a power > inverter that we hook up to a car battery, which keeps the DSL modem, and > thus our internet, up for many hours so we can use our netbooks. Charging an > XO shouldn't add that much more drain. So to keep my users happy and > chatting while I surf the web in the dark, I set up the XS on an XO-1. This > will also be useful in the summer should my A/C unit go out when it's 100 > degrees and I don't want my regular equipment to overheat. > > I followed the instructions here to set up an 8 GB SD card: > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS-on-XO > It takes forever for the first boot, of course, while moodle initializes.
I would recommend that you use a class 6 or class 10 full size SD card for this purpose. One of the Sandisk Extreme III cards, for example. The extra cost is worth it for the server. There is a huge difference in card performance, especially for small file writes, and the new larger sized (8+GB) microSD cards tend to be especially bad. Great write-up, by the way. Thanks! wad _______________________________________________ Server-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
