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The screen will fill with grey blocks, and these will turn ''red'' indicating progress. |
The screen will fill with grey blocks, and these will turn ''red'' indicating progress. |
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The process is very slow, typically 15 minutes for 4GB to a USB HDD, or three hours over NFS over USB ethernet. Use [[Tiny Core Linux]] (XO-1.5) or [[http://www.delorie.com/arm/olpc/ |
The process is very slow, typically 15 minutes for 4GB to a USB HDD, or three hours over NFS over USB ethernet. Use [[Tiny Core Linux]] (XO-1.5) or [[http://www.delorie.com/arm/olpc/ olpc-rescue]] for a faster process. |
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The image can be used for diagnosis. It may be converted to .zd for use by ''fs-update'' using the zhashfs program included in olpc-os-builder. |
The image can be used for diagnosis. It may be converted to .zd for use by ''fs-update'' using the zhashfs program included in olpc-os-builder. |
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Revision as of 01:15, 9 April 2012
How to make an image copy of internal storage of an XO-1.5 or XO-1.75
- determine the size of the internal storage, as shown by banner, usually 4GB,
- choose a USB flash drive, USB hard drive, or SD card that is larger than the internal storage size,
- filesystems add some overhead, so it might not be possible for a 4GB USB flash drive to hold the 4GB internal storage of an XO,
- choose ext2 or FAT filesystems for best compatibility with OpenFirmware,
- choose a filesystem that has no critical data on it already, unless you already have copies of the data,
- use the fs-save command to make the image copy, for example:
ok fs-save u:\os.img
The screen will fill with grey blocks, and these will turn red indicating progress.
The process is very slow, typically 15 minutes for 4GB to a USB HDD, or three hours over NFS over USB ethernet. Use Tiny Core Linux (XO-1.5) or [olpc-rescue] for a faster process.
The image can be used for diagnosis. It may be converted to .zd for use by fs-update using the zhashfs program included in olpc-os-builder.