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= Jailbreaking =
= Jailbreaking =
Full guide [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Jailbreaking_the_XO here], but a summary follows:


If you need to jailbreak, keep pressing escape while booting the laptop until you get the "ok" prompt. That screen should tell you your laptop serial number and UUID.
If you need to jailbreak, keep pressing escape while booting the laptop until you get the "ok" prompt. That screen should tell you your laptop serial number and UUID.


Now go [https://activation.laptop.org/devkey/post/ here] (possibly on a different computer) and enter the serial and uuid and wait 24 hours.
Now go [https://activation.laptop.org/devkey/post/ here] (possibly on a different computer) and enter the serial and uuid and wait 24 hours (remember to bookmark the page). Reload the page after 24 hours.
 
The developer key is a file called develop.sig.
 
Download develop.sig to /security on the XO laptop (or I believe it can be on a USB drive or SD card, but still in /security).
 
Reboot and keep pressing escape until you get the "ok" prompt.
 
At the prompt, type:
 
disable-security
 
It will automatically reboot to enable access to internal memory, as it reboots, keep pressing escape to get to the "ok" prompt again.
 
Now again type:
 
disable-security


The developer key is a file called develop.sig. Download develop.sig to /security on the XO laptop (or I believe it can be on a USB drive or SD card, but still in /security).
Your XO-1 laptop is now permanently jailbroken.


= Installing Debian =
= Installing Debian =
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== Upgrading to Debian Wheezy (7.0) ==
== Upgrading to Debian Wheezy (7.0) ==
WARNING: This part has not yet been tested.


First, set the root password:
First, set the root password:
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(note: it is important that you use apt-get instead of aptitude for the dist-upgrade)
(note: it is important that you use apt-get instead of aptitude for the dist-upgrade)


After the upgrade is complete, ensure that fsck.ubifs is installed:
After the upgrade is complete, edit /etc/fstab and ensure that the last number of line is 0 instead of 1.
 
  apt-get install fsck.ubifs


Reboot and hope it works!
Reboot and hope it works!


= Setting up for frequency mapping =
= Setting up for spectrum mapping =


ToDo write this section
ToDo write this section