Emulating the XO/Quick Start/Windows
Really Quick Start
This instruction is meant for first-time user who want to try OLPC. Everything is included in single download.
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
- Download olpc_qemu_full.zip (210 MB)
- Doubleclick the file - it should open compressed file contents which is one directory, called olpc
- Drag and drop this "olpc" directory somewhere, c:\ recommended, but you can use different directory for that.
- Enter olpc directory and doubleclick start_olpc.cmd.
- 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. You can use Windows version of Bzip2 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
