Emulating the XO/Quick Start/Windows

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

+	Software
XO
	13.2.11	2020-01-29
XS
	xs-0.7	2012-02-20

• 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