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Note: Many firmware pages transclude this page to provide installation instructions, providing a version in place of VERSION_NUM; see e.g. OLPC Firmware q2e15.

For Developers

Installation

When installing new firmware, you must have a well-charged battery and the AC adapter plugged in. The firmware update code will not proceed otherwise. Possible error messages are:

error message	how to fix
AC not present	plug in the power cord, check the battery LED is on, then try again.
No external power	plug in the power cord, check the battery LED is on, then try again,
No battery	plug in the battery, check the latches, then try again, or try another battery,
Battery low	allow more time for the battery to charge, then try again, or try another battery.

Unsecured Laptop

This section is for unsecured laptops. Most XO-1.5 and XO-1.75 laptops are unsecured. Most developer XO laptops are unsecured. To unsecure your laptop, follow the instructions at Activation and Developer Keys.

You may install using either:

a USB drive or SD card,
the laptop's internal drive,
a network.

Choose one.

Using a USB drive or SD card

download the firmware from http://dev.laptop.org/pub/firmware/VERSION_NUM/VERSION_NUM.rom and save it to a USB drive or SD card,

shutdown the laptop,

check the battery is inserted and locked,

check that the power cord is in place and the battery indicator is green,

insert the USB drive or SD card,

turn on the laptop, and get to the 'ok' prompt. See Ok for more detail. You should see:

ok

if the downloaded file is on a USB drive, type:

 flash u:\VERSION_NUM.rom

if the downloaded file is on an external SD card:

 flash sd:\boot\VERSION_NUM.rom

wait for the laptop to reboot itself,

remove the USB drive or SD card.

(Expert users may remove the USB drive after the message "Got firmware" ... at this stage the file has been read and closed.)

Using the laptop internal drive

An alternate method is to download the firmware file to the laptop internal drive and then install from the internal drive.

start the laptop,

connect to a wireless or wired network,

start the Terminal Activity and type:

su
cd /versions/boot/current/boot/
wget http://dev.laptop.org/pub/firmware/VERSION_NUM/VERSION_NUM.rom

shutdown the laptop,

check the battery is inserted and locked,

check that the power cord is in place and the battery indicator is green,

turn on the laptop, and get to the 'ok' prompt. See Ok for more detail. You should see:

ok

if the downloaded file is on an XO-1, type:

flash n:\boot\VERSION_NUM.rom

if the file is on the internal SD card of an XO-1.5 or XO-1.75:

flash int:\boot\VERSION_NUM.rom

Using a network

You will need a compatible USB to ethernet adapter, or an open or WEP wireless access point, connected to the internet.

shutdown the laptop,

check the battery is inserted and locked,

check that the power cord is in place and the battery indicator is green,

turn on the laptop, and get to the 'ok' prompt. See Ok for more detail. You should see:

ok

if using wireless, type the essid of the wireless network:

essid mynetwork

if using a WPA wireless access point, type the WPA key for the network:

wpa passphrase

type the flash command using the download link above, but change all slash characters so they are backwards, for example:

flash http:\\dev.laptop.org\pub\firmware\VERSION_NUM\VERSION_NUM.rom

Secured Laptop

Secured laptops can only use flash firmware that has been signed. All mass-production machines had the latest firmware at the time of manufacture.

Upgrading firmware describes how to upgrade to a newer signed firmware release.

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-<noinclude>''Note: Many firmware pages transclude this page to provide installation instructions, providing a version in place of VERSION_NUM; see e.g. [[OLPC Firmware q2e15]].</noinclude>
+<noinclude>''Note: Many firmware pages transclude this page to provide installation instructions, providing a version in place of VERSION_NUM; see e.g. [[OLPC Firmware q2e15]].
+{{developers}}</noinclude>
 ==Installation==
-When installing new firmware, you need a well-charged battery and the AC adapter must be plugged in.  The firmware update code will not proceed otherwise.
+When installing new firmware, you must have a well-charged battery and the AC adapter plugged in.  The firmware update code will not proceed otherwise.  Possible error messages are:
+{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" class="wikitable"
-===Unsecured Machines===
+! error message
+! how to fix
+|-
+| ''AC not present''
+| plug in the power cord, check the battery LED is on, then try again.
+|-
+| ''No external power''
+| plug in the power cord, check the battery LED is on, then try again,
+|-
+| ''No battery''
+| plug in the battery, check the latches, then try again, or try another battery,
+|-
+| ''Battery low''
+| allow more time for the battery to charge, then try again, or try another battery.
+|}
+===Unsecured Laptop===
-(Please note that most developer machines are "unsecured". To unsecure your machine, follow the instructions at [[Activation and Developer Keys]].)
+''This section is for unsecured laptops.  Most XO-1.5 and XO-1.75 laptops are unsecured.  Most developer XO laptops are unsecured.  To unsecure your laptop, follow the instructions at [[Activation and Developer Keys]].''
-First download the firmware from http://dev.laptop.org/pub/firmware/{{{version|VERSION_NUM}}}/{{{version|VERSION_NUM}}}.rom.
+You may install using either:
-You can download on another computer with the above link.
+*a USB drive or SD card,
+*the laptop's internal drive,
+*a network.
+Choose one.
-If you are copying the firmware from a ''Windows'' machine,
-*Make sure the [[USB drive]] is formatted for FAT and not FAT32, and
-*Don't use a \boot directory.
+==== Using a USB drive or SD card ====
-To download on the XO (into its NAND flash file system), start the [[Terminal Activity]] and as [[root]] type something like
+*download the firmware from http://dev.laptop.org/pub/firmware/{{{version|VERSION_NUM}}}/{{{version|VERSION_NUM}}}.rom and save it to a USB drive or SD card,
+*[[shutdown]] the laptop,
+*check the battery is inserted and locked,
+*check that the power cord is in place and the battery indicator is green,
+*insert the USB drive or SD card,
+*turn on the laptop, and get to the 'ok' prompt.  See [[Ok]] for more detail.  You should see:
+ ok
+*if the downloaded file is on a USB drive, type:
+  flash u:\{{{version|VERSION_NUM}}}.rom
+*if the downloaded file is on an external SD card:
+  flash sd:\boot\{{{version|VERSION_NUM}}}.rom
+*wait for the laptop to reboot itself,
+*remove the USB drive or SD card.
+(Expert users may remove the USB drive after the message "''Got firmware''" ... at this stage the file has been read and closed.)
+==== Using the laptop internal drive ====
+An alternate method is to download the firmware file to the laptop internal drive and then install from the internal drive.
+*start the laptop,
+*connect to a wireless or wired network,
+*start the [[Terminal Activity]] and type:
+ su
  cd /versions/boot/current/boot/
  wget http://dev.laptop.org/pub/firmware/{{{version|VERSION_NUM}}}/{{{version|VERSION_NUM}}}.rom
+*[[shutdown]] the laptop,
-If you want to use a USB drive or SD card to store the firmware before installing, replace the first line above with:
+*check the battery is inserted and locked,
+*check that the power cord is in place and the battery indicator is green,
+*turn on the laptop, and get to the 'ok' prompt.  See [[Ok]] for more detail.  You should see:
+ ok
+*if the downloaded file is on an XO-1, type:
- cd /media/disk
+ flash n:\boot\{{{version|VERSION_NUM}}}.rom
- mkdir boot
- cd boot
+*if the file is on the internal SD card of an XO-1.5 or XO-1.75:
-Copy the {{{version|VERSION_NUM}}}.rom file you downloaded to the XO NAND FLASH filesystem as <tt>/versions/boot/current/boot/{{{version|VERSION_NUM}}}.rom</tt>, or to a USB drive as <tt>/boot/{{{version|VERSION_NUM}}}.rom</tt>.
+ flash int:\boot\{{{version|VERSION_NUM}}}.rom
+==== Using a network ====
-Power cycle the system and press the press [[File:Esc.png]] ''Escape'' key during boot to get to the 'ok' prompt.  If you don't get it, try until you do.  See [[Ok]] for more detail.
+You will need a compatible USB to ethernet adapter, or an open or WEP wireless access point, connected to the internet.
-At the 'ok' prompt type one of the following commands
+*[[shutdown]] the laptop,
-; if the file is on the NAND FLASH filesystem:
-  ok flash n:\boot\{{{version|VERSION_NUM}}}.rom
+*check the battery is inserted and locked,
-; if the file is on the NAND FLASH in the alternate boot filesystem:
-  ok flash n:\boot-alt\{{{version|VERSION_NUM}}}.rom
+*check that the power cord is in place and the battery indicator is green,
-; if the file is on a USB drive:
-  ok flash u:\boot\{{{version|VERSION_NUM}}}.rom
+*turn on the laptop, and get to the 'ok' prompt.  See [[Ok]] for more detail.  You should see:
-; if the file is on a USB drive but not in the boot directory:
+ ok
-  ok flash u:\{{{version|VERSION_NUM}}}.rom
+*if using wireless, type the essid of the wireless network:
-; if the file is on an SD card:
+ essid mynetwork
-  ok flash sd:\boot\{{{version|VERSION_NUM}}}.rom
+*if using a WPA wireless access point, type the WPA key for the network:
-(Use the <tt>dir</tt> command if you need help finding the file.)
+ wpa passphrase
+*type the flash command using the download link above, but ''change all slash characters so they are backwards'', for example:
-This will only work if the XO has a well-charged battery AND is plugged in. "AC not present" means you need to plug it in.
+ flash http:\\dev.laptop.org\pub\firmware\{{{version|VERSION_NUM}}}\{{{version|VERSION_NUM}}}.rom
-===Secured Machines===
+===Secured Laptop===
+Secured laptops can only use flash firmware that has been signed.
-Pre-mass-production machines were almost all unsecured.
-Secure-mode machines can only use flash firmware that has been signed.
+All mass-production machines had the latest firmware at the time of manufacture.
-All mass-production machines had the latest signed firmware at the time of manufacture installed.
-[[Upgrading firmware]] describes how to upgrade to a newer official (signed) firmware release.
+[[Upgrading firmware]] describes how to upgrade to a newer signed firmware release.
 == See also ==

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