This process destroys all the data on the laptop, wiping out all user data, and resetting the laptop to booting from a new, standard, signed operating system build.
Please use olpc-update if you wish to keep your data.
Before performing the upgrade, please note that EVERYTHING previously created will be deleted!
- You need a formatted USB stick that is larger than 300 MB, and it is better that you format it before copying any files over.
- Download the following two files from the Internet and put them on the USB stick:
To download those files, plug in the USB stick to another computer that is connected to the Internet. Right-click (Ctrl-click for Mac) on each of the above two URLs in the browser and choose "Save Target As" ("Save Link As" for Firefox). Save both files to the USB stick. Eject/Remove the USB stick, and unplug it.
The first file is about 194KB, and the second file is quite large (about 293 MB), which might take a while to download.
After you have finished this step, there should be two files on the USB stick, the fs.zip file, and the img file.
To finish the process please go to the official manual page at:
