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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).

**~~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

**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.

*Use the command <pre>dd if=OLPC-School-Server-0.5.2-dev01-i386.img of=/dev/sd*1</pre>

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 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).
-**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
-**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.
 *Use the command <pre>dd if=OLPC-School-Server-0.5.2-dev01-i386.img of=/dev/sd*1</pre>