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*Mark the partition with the boot flag
*Mark the partition with the boot flag
**This can be done using gparted, but mine had issues applying the changes. I used fdisk.
**This can be done using gparted, but mine had issues applying the changes. I used fdisk.
**To enter fdisk, use <pre>fdisk /dev/sd*1</pre> where * is the letter associated with the SD device and the 1 is the partition. Once in fdisk, use the help to determine the specific command to mark the boot flag. For me it was "a".
**To enter fdisk, use <pre>fdisk /dev/sd*1</pre>
***where * is the letter associated with the SD device and the 1 is the partition. Once in fdisk, use the help to determine the specific command to mark the boot flag. For me it was "a".
*Next ensure the .img file uncompressed previously is accessible by the Linux machines. I used another flash drive.
*Next ensure the .img file uncompressed previously is accessible by the Linux machines. I used another flash drive.
*Use the command <pre>dd if=OLPC-School-Server-0.5.2-dev01-i386.img.gz of=/dev/sd*1</pre>
*Use the command <pre>dd if=OLPC-School-Server-0.5.2-dev01-i386.img of=/dev/sd*1</pre>
**This will take some time depending on the system performance.
**This will take some time depending on the system performance.
*Use resize2fs to re-size the partition <pre>resize2fs -p /dev/sd*1</pre>
*Use resize2fs to re-size the partition <pre>resize2fs -p /dev/sd*1</pre>
=====Booting the XO from the SD=====
More than likely, this will not work right away, my implementation required some tweaking prior to fully booting.
*First the XO must have a [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activation_and_Developer_Keys developer's key!!!]
==Documentation & Resources==
==Documentation & Resources==