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Warning Reminder: This method reformats your XO and EVERYTHING on your XO will be deleted if you use this method. You will follow the instructions in the Release Notes for the build chosen, and you will need A USB storage device that has at least 1 GB of space free and a computer with fast Internet access (this should allow you to download the required 300-400MB within about an hour). Once you have the prepared USB plugged into your powered off XO, you will use the "four button procedure" to begin the update. |
Warning Reminder: This method reformats your XO and EVERYTHING on your XO will be deleted if you use this method. You will follow the instructions in the Release Notes for the build chosen, and you will need A USB storage device that has at least 1 GB of space free and a computer with fast Internet access (this should allow you to download the required 300-400MB within about an hour). Once you have the prepared USB plugged into your powered off XO, you will use the "four button procedure" to begin the update. |
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If you see a "Bad hash at eblock #0" message while re-flashing your XO, then it means the image you copied to the USB storage device is corrupt. You should repeat the preparation steps, perhaps with a different USB storage device, and then retry the re-installation step. |
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Advanced: Changing the XO's Operating System |
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After you become comfortable with the procedure for restoring your XO to its factory-default settings, you might decide to change, upgrade, downgrade, or altogether replace your XO's operating system. There are several ways to accomplish this goal, all of which are discussed at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Change_your_OS. Some of these mechanisms (such as olpc-update and others) may be more bandwidth-efficient and easily undoable. |
Revision as of 19:41, 10 April 2012
Your XO comes pre-loaded with the software OS (operating system) designed for the XO. It is a good idea to keep your software up to date because our latest builds are awesome!
The XO-1’s came with Sugar software. Did you know that with the latest software your XO can have both Sugar and GNOME? GNOME provides an option to teach older children in a learning environment that will be familiar and transferable to using Windows or Mac OS. This Chapter will tell you how to upgrade your software.
The Software Releases can be found here: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Releases
The main page of the OLPC Wiki also contains links to the latest releases. http://wiki.laptop.org
There several methods of upgrading. An overview of the upgrade options can be found here. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Updating_the_XO
For the most common upgrade methods, clear instructions on how to to change, upgrade, downgrade, or replace your XO's operating system can be found in the Release notes. Choose the release (build) that you want to install here: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Releases Next click on the Release notes for the release you will install.
Decide whether you want to do a clean install (Installation) which will completely reformat your XO with files from a USB drive, or an online or offline update which will update the current software without erasing the existing Journal. Follow the instruction for the update method chosen.
A clean install from a USB drive works really well. Warning Reminder: This method reformats your XO and EVERYTHING on your XO will be deleted if you use this method. You will follow the instructions in the Release Notes for the build chosen, and you will need A USB storage device that has at least 1 GB of space free and a computer with fast Internet access (this should allow you to download the required 300-400MB within about an hour). Once you have the prepared USB plugged into your powered off XO, you will use the "four button procedure" to begin the update.
Turn off your XO. Connect your prepared USB storage device to your XO. http://wiki.laptop.org/images/5/54/Upgrade_all_your_Software-Power_button.jpg Next, hold down all four gamepad keys above the power button, and then push the power button to turn the XO on. You will see a message that tells you to "Release the game key to continue". Do not continue until you see this message. Release the gamepad keys. The reflash process runs automatically; first you will see the XO arrange and color in a grid of boxes, then the XO will display "Rebooting in 10 seconds..." The XO will then restart with a clean image. Enter your name for your XO and then click Next. Click the XO icon to change the colors and then click Done. Optionally, connect your XO to the Internet, then use the Control Panel to download the latest Activities.
If something goes wrong
If you see a "Bad hash at eblock #0" message while re-flashing your XO, then it means the image you copied to the USB storage device is corrupt. You should repeat the preparation steps, perhaps with a different USB storage device, and then retry the re-installation step.