Talk:Release notes/10.1.2

Add Mac-specific Instructions

Hi..

I suggest you incorporate some of the features of the old "No Fail" update, especially the Mac-specific instructions for downloading directly to the usb drive. -- Caryl

Thanks Caryl, but there's no need at this stage. Once 10.1.2 is released, we'll edit the "No Fail" update instructions to use the 10.1.2 links, and add XO-1.5 support. The installation instructions in the Release notes pages are for a different readership, and I'd prefer them to be succinct. I do think that some of the "No Fail" update steps could go into specific Wiki transcluded template pages, like "How to download a large file reliably on various operating systems". -- Quozl 01:56, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Clarify Rename

Hi James,

I was going to do a simple edit to prevent the problems I had with the update, but the text is hidden in another place that I am told does not exist when I try to go there. So... here are my suggestions for small changes to the instructions for both the XO-1 and XO-1.5:

Where it says:

• Download os851.img.fs.zip,
• Save the file to the top directory of a USB memory stick,
• Rename the file to fs.zip,

Change the third line to:

• Download os851.img.fs.zip,
• Save the file to the top directory of a USB memory stick,
• Rename the file to fs.zip, (just fs.zip nothing else)

-- Caryl

We already seek to clarify the task step by asking you to check the file name on the USB stick after copying it. The text you propose seeks to clarify the same thing, again, so I'm not sure how effective it will be. I've added some other text instead; instructing people to remove the os851.img portion of the filename. Do you think that might have worked on you? -- Quozl 05:26, 17 August 2010 (UTC)