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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 | *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== | ||