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→Setting Up the Environment
With the SD card connected to the Linux PC:
With the SD card connected to the Linux PC:
*Using a tool of your choice format the SD card to ext2 or ext3 (Linux 83).
*Using a tool of your choice format the SD card to ext2 or ext3 (Linux 83).
**I used gparted and formated the SD card to ext3, but fdisk would also work.
**Gparted was excellent for formating the SD card to ext3, but fdisk would also work.
*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 in several instances errors were experienced. In lieu fdisk works great.
**To enter fdisk, use <pre>fdisk /dev/sd*1</pre>
**To enter fdisk, use
***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".
<pre>
fdisk /dev/sd*1
or
fdisk /dev/mmcblk*p1
</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. In most instances it will be "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 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>