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Test report raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-001.img

Download

ftp://ftp.ges.redhat.com/raspberrypi/test-releases/raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17/20120723a/raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-001.img.gz

Write to SD Card

To use this image, boot a Fedora system, download the image, and execute this command:

zcat raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-001.img.gz >/dev/X
*Where X represents your unmounted SD card device (typically starting with  "sd" or "mmcblk").
Do not use a partition device, use the device representing the entire SD card.

Alternate Method

uncompress .gz file
in root terminal:
dd if=raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-001.img of=>/dev/X*

Boot SDXC Card

Plug in power cord

Firstboot

root password
User and Password
[x]user is part of administrator group
[x]resize with swap 128 MB
[x] Graphical Boot

log in (you are forced to change your password)

Use default desktop config (LDXE)

Change memory split:

Required on this image to avoid freezes

In Terminal:

sudo su
Password
"This image uses a 128/128MB memory split between the ARM CPU and the GPU,
instead of the more useful 192M/64M. To change this, run this command:"
cp /boot/arm192_start.elf /boot/start.elf

Reboot

Sucess..

Sugar-Desktop is not available

No Fedora Repositories can be added (not available)

Test report Debian RPi Sugar 0.88

http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads

http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/images/debian/6/debian6-19-04-2012/debian6-19-04-2012.zip

UnZip and write to 64 GB Ultra SDXC Card with dd

Boot SDXC Card

login pi
password raspberry
startx

LXTerminal:

Root password is not known but "sudo su" goes to root terminal

sudo su
apt-get install sucrose-0.88
apt-get update
apt-get install sugar-emulator-0.88

Start Education/Sugar from menu

Activities loaded:

Browse
Read

Jabber does not work

About my Computer

Build:  Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.4 (squeeze)
Sugar:  0.88.1

Notes

Activities that work D/L from ASLO (Browse)

IRC-10.xo 
Turtle Art Mini-147
Turtle Art 147 (very slow)
edit-8

Activities that are too large to run:

GetBooks 11

Tried loading synaptic but it freezes loading catalogues.

apt-get remove synaptic

Get Sugar Journal full messages after several uses

Fix:
Remove SDXC card - Insert in Laptop and start gparted

resize-move /dev/sdg2 to 20 GiB

Reboot in RPi

No longer get journal full messages

Activities that are too large to run:

Turtle Art 147
GetBooks 11

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-== Test report Sugar 0.88 ==
+==Test report raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-001.img==
+===Download===
+*ftp://ftp.ges.redhat.com/raspberrypi/test-releases/raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17/20120723a/raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-001.img.gz
+===Write to SD Card===
+*To use this image, boot a Fedora system, download the image, and execute this command:
+ zcat raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-001.img.gz >/dev/X
+ *Where X represents your unmounted SD card device (typically starting with  "sd" or "mmcblk").
+ Do not use a partition device, use the device representing the entire SD card.
+*Alternate Method
+ uncompress .gz file
+ in root terminal:
+ dd if=raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17-test-001.img of=>/dev/X*
+===Boot SDXC Card===
+:Plug in power cord
+*Firstboot
+ root password
+ User and Password
+ [x]user is part of administrator group
+ [x]resize with swap 128 MB
+ [x] Graphical Boot
+*log in (you are forced to change your password)
+===Use default desktop config (LDXE)===
+*Change memory split:
+:'''Required on this image to avoid freezes'''
+:In Terminal:
+ sudo su
+ Password
+ "This image uses a 128/128MB memory split between the ARM CPU and the GPU,
+ instead of the more useful 192M/64M. To change this, run this command:"
+ cp /boot/arm192_start.elf /boot/start.elf
+*Reboot
+:Sucess..
+===Sugar-Desktop is not available===
+*No Fedora Repositories can be added (not available)
+== Test report Debian RPi Sugar 0.88 ==
 :http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads
 :http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/images/debian/6/debian6-19-04-2012/debian6-19-04-2012.zip