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Power & Game buttons

A number of special actions are available by holding down game key combinations when the XO is powered on:

Rotate button: play "startup sound" at boot
'X' game pad key: interrupt boot, provide Open Firmware ok prompt. You may have to press the Esc key during the countdown (q2c25).
'O' game pad key: boot from backup OS image, for system recovery. (not yet in a stable build)
Left directional pad: try out "pretty boot" (be patient, early versions show a static boot screen for a long time)
Right directional pad: try it and see!

Further, the Autoreinstallation image uses a couple more special game key combinations:

'X' and 'check' game pad keys: skip upgrade, just write activation lease to USB key and boot. (if your XO doesn't have a check key, use the 'O' key)
'X' and 'square' game pad keys: wipe out user directory and do a factory-fresh install. (appropriate for upgrading machines straight from the factory)

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 A number of special actions are available by holding down game key combinations when the XO is powered on:
 * '''Rotate button:''' play "startup sound" at boot
-* ''' 'X' game pad key:''' interrupt boot, provide [[Forth Lesson 0|Open Firmware prompt]]
+* ''' 'X' game pad key:''' interrupt boot, provide [[Forth Lesson 0|Open Firmware ok prompt]].  You may have to press the [[Esc key]] during the countdown ([[OLPC_Firmware_q2c25#How_to_get_the_ok_prompt|q2c25]]).
 * ''' 'O' game pad key:''' boot from backup OS image, for system recovery. (not yet in a stable build)
 * '''Left directional pad:''' try out "pretty boot" (be patient, early versions show a static boot screen for a long time)