Talk:Secure upgrade

Steps for Activated Upgrade, in Plain English

(for G1G1 Recipients)

0. Before performing the upgrade, please note that EVERYTHING previously created will be deleted!

1. You need a USB stick that is larger than 300 MB, and it is better that you format it before copying any files over.

2. Once you have the formatted USB stick, download the following two files from the Internet:

http://download.laptop.org/xo-1/os/official/653/jffs2/fs.zip

http://download.laptop.org/xo-1/os/official/653/jffs2/os653.img

(the second file is quite large, so it might take a while to download)

• To download those files, please plug in the USB stick to another computer that is connected to the Internet. Open each of the above two URLs in the browser. You should see a message asking you whether to save/open the file. Save both files to the USB stick. Eject/Remove the USB stick, and unplug it.

3. Make sure the XO laptop is OFF. Plug in the USB stick.

4. With the USB stick inserted, power up the laptop while holding down ALL four game buttons on the right side of screen (the four buttons above the power button, and they are marked with O, V, X, and square).

5. When the screen says 'release the game keys', release all four buttons.

6. You will see arrays of colored grids running on the screen. We are now re-writing the NAND image.

7. Once done with re-writing the NAND, the laptop will reboot itself.

8. Next, the laptop may update the firmware, if necessary, and reboot itself. (You don't have to do anything; just watch.)

9. After done with the upgrade(s), the laptop will boot to the prompt for your preferred user name.

10. Go to the Terminal activity (click on the taskbar icon; it looks like a rectangle with a $ on the upper left corner) and type the following:

  cat /etc/issue

• The screen should say something like [olpc@xo-05-2D-2F ~]$

The numbers don't matter, but be sure that you type things after the $ sign.

11. Press the Enter key

12. If the screen says something that begins with

  OLPC build 653

then we are one step closer to finishing the upgrade process!

13. Type the following:

  poweroff

14. Press the Enter key

15. Now the laptop is off. You should be able to remove the USB stick and power it up as usual.

Which are the game keys?

The four buttons to the lower right of the screen, with a square, circle, X, and checkmark on them. —Joe 09:32, 21 December 2007 (EST)

How to determine version?

How do you determine which version you are running?

There are instructions for determining this on the autoreinstallation image page. —Joe 09:41, 21 December 2007 (EST)

Run the command 'cat /etc/issue'. --Michael Stone 16:56, 22 December 2007 (EST)

Key/USB key/USB stick/game key

The terminology used here is very confusing. "the key" in 1.3 is not clear what it is and there are references to "game key" and "usb stick" as well.

"Hold onto the key" is also confusing with "hold all four game buttons" (at least for non-native English speakers).

(It is maintained by the "team" so I didn't make changes directly.)

Ohshima 16:30, 23 December 2007 (EST)

Well I did edit the page. I tried to preserve the original meaning so please take a look at it and do further corrections. Ohshima 00:20, 24 December 2007 (EST)

Instr. Rewrite

From a computer:
Go here in a web browser:
http://download.laptop.org/xo-1/os/official/latest/jffs2/

Download os###.img and fs.zip from that directory.

From the laptop:
Plug the flash drive into the laptop.
Push and hold all of the game keys on right of the laptop while powering
it on, and hold the keys for 5 seconds.

The laptop will then update itself.

ffm 20:06, 31 December 2007 (EST)