Comments on: Ubuntu on OLPC XO http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21 It's GNU for you! Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:33:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-beta1 By: P3t3r http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21&cpage=1#comment-83 P3t3r Fri, 30 May 2008 20:14:45 +0000 http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21#comment-83 Never mind, solved already. In case someone has the same problem later: I had to use /dev/sdb instead of /dev/sdb1. By the way, ubuntu loads well, but is it normal that I don't have a GUI? XFCE fails to start, it says no screens found... :-/ Never mind, solved already.

In case someone has the same problem later: I had to use /dev/sdb instead of /dev/sdb1.

By the way, ubuntu loads well, but is it normal that I don’t have a GUI? XFCE fails to start, it says no screens found… :-/

]]> By: P3t3r http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21&cpage=1#comment-82 P3t3r Fri, 30 May 2008 17:12:51 +0000 http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21#comment-82 Hi, I tried your great guide and I managed to get a working image. However, somehow I fail at moving the image to the USB. When I type sudo dd if=/home/peter/Desktop/tetten of=/dev/sdb1 bs=1M then the USB starts writing for about half an hour. After half an hour, it seems done. Then I type sudo sync, as instructed, and then remove the USB disk. However, when plugging it in, ubuntu fails to mount it. Looking in Windows I get the error that the disk is not even formatted. And the OLPC doesn't want to mount it either. Any idea what I could have done wrong? Or what I should try? As far as I can see, I followed the guide litterally... Thanks! Hi, I tried your great guide and I managed to get a working image. However, somehow I fail at moving the image to the USB.

When I type
sudo dd if=/home/peter/Desktop/tetten of=/dev/sdb1 bs=1M
then the USB starts writing for about half an hour. After half an hour, it seems done. Then I type sudo sync, as instructed, and then remove the USB disk.

However, when plugging it in, ubuntu fails to mount it. Looking in Windows I get the error that the disk is not even formatted. And the OLPC doesn’t want to mount it either.

Any idea what I could have done wrong? Or what I should try? As far as I can see, I followed the guide litterally…

Thanks!

]]> By: nealmcb http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21&cpage=1#comment-76 nealmcb Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:25:20 +0000 http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21#comment-76 I would think this simpler debootstrap-based method would work with Ubuntu - anyone tried it? http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Installing_Debian_as_an_upgrade I would think this simpler debootstrap-based method would work with Ubuntu – anyone tried it? http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Installing_Debian_as_an_upgrade

]]> By: One Laptop Per Child News http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21&cpage=1#comment-29 One Laptop Per Child News Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:58:51 +0000 http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21#comment-29 <strong>OLPC Help: How to Install Ubuntu on the XO Laptop!...</strong> Back on New Year's Eve, I was talking with Bryan Berry of OLE Nepal about different operating systems on the XO for governments who wanted options outside of Sugar. In the middle of a rant against XP on the XO, I wondered if we could have a FOSS OS ... OLPC Help: How to Install Ubuntu on the XO Laptop!…

Back on New Year’s Eve, I was talking with Bryan Berry of OLE Nepal about different operating systems on the XO for governments who wanted options outside of Sugar. In the middle of a rant against XP on the XO, I wondered if we could have a FOSS OS …

]]> By: Free Like GNU » Blog Archive » Just the facts….and a question. http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21&cpage=1#comment-27 Free Like GNU » Blog Archive » Just the facts….and a question. Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:51:20 +0000 http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21#comment-27 [...] days, I get Ubuntu to boot based on the hard work of fellow community members. I also post an indepth tutorial on my own [...] [...] days, I get Ubuntu to boot based on the hard work of fellow community members. I also post an indepth tutorial on my own [...]

]]> By: Sprak http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21&cpage=1#comment-26 Sprak Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:53:10 +0000 http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21#comment-26 Hi! Great guide! Just one question: """Partition the the image manualy with just one large partition as ext2 filesystem, mountpoint as ” / ” and...""" Would it be possible to use JFFS2 (or any other flashbased filesystem) instead of ext2? Hi!

Great guide! Just one question:
“”"Partition the the image manualy with just one large partition as ext2 filesystem, mountpoint as ” / ” and…”"”

Would it be possible to use JFFS2 (or any other flashbased filesystem) instead of ext2?

]]> By: Got Ubuntu running on on my XO! « Skizac’s Weblog http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21&cpage=1#comment-25 Got Ubuntu running on on my XO! « Skizac’s Weblog Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:51:09 +0000 http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21#comment-25 [...] Ubuntu running on on my XO! Using the excellent directions at http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21#more-21 as a guideline, I installed a very minimal Ubuntu on a USB thumbdrive and booted it on my XO. Then [...] [...] Ubuntu running on on my XO! Using the excellent directions at http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21#more-21 as a guideline, I installed a very minimal Ubuntu on a USB thumbdrive and booted it on my XO. Then [...]

]]> By: francisco http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21&cpage=1#comment-20 francisco Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:32:43 +0000 http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21#comment-20 It was indeed a typo, thanks for the catch! It was indeed a typo, thanks for the catch!

]]> By: moocapiean http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21&cpage=1#comment-19 moocapiean Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:34:19 +0000 http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21#comment-19 When creating the image, wouldn't it make more sense to call it OLPCRoot instead of OLPCBoot? That'd save people the trouble of having to run tune2fs after they copy the image to their flash drive. Or was that just a typo? Anyway, thanks for the instructions! When creating the image, wouldn’t it make more sense to call it OLPCRoot instead of OLPCBoot? That’d save people the trouble of having to run tune2fs after they copy the image to their flash drive.

Or was that just a typo?

Anyway, thanks for the instructions!

]]> By: francisco http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21&cpage=1#comment-17 francisco Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:52:17 +0000 http://www.freelikegnu.org/?p=21#comment-17 Thanks for catching that nealmcb! I'll make the change. Thanks for catching that nealmcb! I’ll make the change.

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