Talk:Autoreinstallation image: Difference between revisions
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How do we determine what the current version of the flash and image are? |
How do we determine what the current version of the flash and image are? |
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== Autoreinstallation works on B2 laptops too == |
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It works fine on B2's and is the recommended way to upgrade your firmware & software. |
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OLPC staff: Please fix the main page to say so! |
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The Autoreinstallation page doesn't say anything about B2's. It says the image is good "for all types of OLPC hardware, from A-test through B1 systems". Please correct. |
The Autoreinstallation page doesn't say anything about B2's. It says the image is good "for all types of OLPC hardware, from A-test through B1 systems". Please correct. |
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So, how are we to know the pros and cons of each version? [[User:AlbertCahalan|AlbertCahalan]] 21:34, 7 March 2007 (EST) |
So, how are we to know the pros and cons of each version? [[User:AlbertCahalan|AlbertCahalan]] 21:34, 7 March 2007 (EST) |
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The name of each autoreinstallation image includes the name of the software release |
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as well as the name of the firmware release. E.g. olpc303_B76.zip includes software |
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release 303 and firmware release B76. There is no good documentation for the software |
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releases, but see generally the [[OLPC Software Release Notes]]. Each firmware release has a page that describes the improvements in it; see for example [[OLPC Firmware Q2B76]]. |
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Revision as of 21:26, 13 March 2007
(optional) if you need to downgrade to a previous version of the OS image for testing purposes, edit the boot/olpcboot.fth file and change both the test of current version and file used by copy-nand, for example to force a downgrade to build 193:
- change os-build# d# NNN < [if] to os-build# d# 193 = not [if]
- change disk:\boot\nandNNN.img to disk:\boot\nand193.img
How do we determine what the current version of the flash and image are?
Autoreinstallation works on B2 laptops too
It works fine on B2's and is the recommended way to upgrade your firmware & software.
OLPC staff: Please fix the main page to say so!
The Autoreinstallation page doesn't say anything about B2's. It says the image is good "for all types of OLPC hardware, from A-test through B1 systems". Please correct.
changelog and such?
So, how are we to know the pros and cons of each version? AlbertCahalan 21:34, 7 March 2007 (EST)
The name of each autoreinstallation image includes the name of the software release as well as the name of the firmware release. E.g. olpc303_B76.zip includes software release 303 and firmware release B76. There is no good documentation for the software releases, but see generally the OLPC Software Release Notes. Each firmware release has a page that describes the improvements in it; see for example OLPC Firmware Q2B76.