Emulating the XO/Quick Start/Windows

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Really Quick Start

This instruction is meant for first-time user who want to try OLPC.

Assumptions

  • Windows XP (Windows 2000 and Vista should work, not tested)
  • About 1.5 GB free space on disk
  • Administration privileges on PC (as with any other software installation)
  • Good Internet connection (you'll download 210 MB file)

Steps

  1. Download olpc_qemu_full.zip (210 MB)
  2. Doubleclick the file - it should open compressed file contents which is one directory, called olpc
  3. Drag and drop this "olpc" directory somewhere, c:\ recommended, but you can use different directory for that.
  4. Enter olpc directory and doubleclick start_olpc.cmd.
  5. Enjoy!


Next steps


  • You might want to read Sugar Instructions. Sugar is the name of graphical environment of XO.
  • You can download another OS image, starting from ones in the green box on the right ->
    (always pick ext3, not jffs2 version).
    • Remark 1: Remember, the file will be compressed with "bzip2", so you'll need to uncompress it before use. I'm using Total Commander for that.
    • Remark 2: The start_olpc.cmd script uses first file with .img extension as a OLPC filesystem image. If you have more than one image in olpc directory, change extensions or move out all but one file.
  • You can connect to the emulated XO by SSH, using address 127.0.0.1 and port 2222. More info here.
  • You can read more about emulator: Emulating the XO/Help and tips