OK ... but can you give me a preview, I will test it and give feedback David
-----Original Message----- From: David Farning [mailto:dfarn...@activitycentral.com] Sent: Saturday, 15 June 2013 10:34 a.m. To: David Leeming Cc: George Hunt; Jerry Vonau; server-devel Subject: Re: [Server-devel] Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855 Let's add it to the 0.4 install section since it has not passed anna's QA for 0.3. Seem reasonable? On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 5:10 PM, David Leeming <da...@leeming-consulting.com> wrote: > Hi George > > > > It’s a great job the XSCE team has done and good thinking on the offline > install. > > > > – would it be possible to add step by step instructions on using the yum > cache for a subsequent offline install, to the wiki please? > > > > David > > > > From: George Hunt [mailto:georgejh...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, 14 June 2013 8:41 p.m. > To: David Farning > Cc: David Leeming; Jerry Vonau; server-devel > Subject: Re: [Server-devel] Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855 > > > > There were kernel problems with 11.3.1 which kept us from getting the XO-1.5 > to become an XSCE. It was only with the 13.1.0 release, that we were able > to get the network adapters to work properly after a reboot. > > > > So I'm afraid that everyone will save a lot of time, and pain, in the long > run, if the install procedure is followed exactly. > (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.3/Installing) > > > > We were not able to test adequately the offline install for subsequent XSCE > installations to have it be part of the 0.3 release. But for situations > where internet access is slow, and expensive, it is possible to use a USB > stick to transfer the rpm packages contained in the /var/yum/cache from the > first XSCE to the next one, and greatly speed up the install process. (And > if you leave a USB stick in the XSCE, during the first install, it is our > intention, and design, that the /var/yum/cache will be copied to that USB > stick during the install process on that first machine -- and then used > automatically on a subsequent install) > > > > George > > > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:31 PM, David Farning > <dfarn...@activitycentral.com> wrote: > > Hmm, that is an interesting point that we kind of took for granted. > > Our goal with the 'reference' hardware and software is to provide a > known set of stuff which 'just works.' While other hardware, software, > and features might work... they have not been tested. > > Maybe george or jerry have a good answer for you. > > At the risk of carbon dating myself... I grew up in the era where my > nerdy friends and I drooled over the pages of 'Computer Shopper' for a > 9.6 kbit/s modem. Auto Resume for stalled downloads was a life saver:) > > Now, for simplicity, our testing involves reflashing everything to get > back to a known state. As you point out, that is probably not the best > assumption for low bandwidth areas. > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 8:36 PM, David Leeming > <da...@leeming-consulting.com> wrote: >> Sorry just realised the XO is only installed with 11.3.1 (os855) >> >> >> >> However, is it still possible to work around? It’s not easy or cheap to >> download the os file. >> >> >> >> David >> >> >> >> From: David Leeming [mailto:da...@leeming-consulting.com] >> Sent: Friday, 14 June 2013 12:28 p.m. >> To: 'server-devel' >> Subject: Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855 >> >> >> >> Testing XSCE 3 on XO 1.5 2GB os855 >> >> >> >> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt/XS_Community_Edition/0.3/Installing >> >> >> >> I get as far as step 13, after the SD card (I am testing with an 8GB card) >> successfully configures. >> >> >> >> When I enter “bootstrap-xo” is replies >> >> >> >> Not an XO please run ‘xs-config’ >> >> >> >> Tried to do that but >> >> >> >> xs-config: command not found >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> David Leeming >> >> Solomon Islands >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Server-devel mailing list >> Server-devel@lists.laptop.org >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel >> > > > > -- > David Farning > Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com > > -- David Farning Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com _______________________________________________ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel