Talk:OS images

Experiences with the build images:

Dell Latitude D600 Laptop with USB image build59

I'm no expert in Linux at all, but I really wanted to try the OLPC build to see how it works... I have a Mac & a Windows PC. I tried transferring to the USB stick using dd for windows http://www.chrysocome.net/dd but had problems with the end of the file (to do with the --size switch I think).

So instead used my mac to download the image, decompressed it using apple's BOMArchiveHelper, then transferred the image to the USB drive using the dd application from the Terminal, which worked well.

Then I shutdown the PC (a Dell Latitude D600 laptop), inserted the USB key, rebooted, changed the BIOS to boot from the USB (by holding down F2 on boot-up), and it all came up well.

I logged in as root, no password, but when I got the the command line, every few seconds what looked like an X-windows login window would appear asking me for a username (default OLPC). I pressed OK on this, then the screen went back to my command line. Then a few seconds later the same thing happened, and kept happening repeatedly. I tried some other usernames in the window, such as root, but this didn't solve the problem.

Just thought I'd let you know, I hope this is the correct place for this sort of feedback!

--Tomhannen 06:14, 11 August 2006 (EDT)

X looks to be dying after startup for some reason, hence the switching between the GUI (X) and the command line. I don't see this with build 59 when run on the OLPC boards, so it may be related to your machine. Have you tried Qemu? --SamatJain 11:18, 11 August 2006 (EDT)

Haven't tried qemu, as I don't have a machine that runs linux, I'm ashamed to say... Is there a LiveCD I could try with QEmu preinstalled? In fact, a liveCD for potential testers of the OLPC project might be a good idea... --Tomhannen 11:38, 11 August 2006 (EDT)