Some feedback on How to Reflash

James Haggerty james.haggerty at gmail.com
Sun Feb 28 17:01:33 EST 2010


Hi Richard,

The wiki is editable by anyone as long as you've registered an account:

http://en.qi-hardware.com/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=How_to_reflash

On 1 March 2010 04:26, Richard Sharpe <realrichardsharpe at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have some feedback on this page: http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/How_to_reflash
>
> 1. There is a small spelling mistake: sduo should be sudo (it's the
> one after the apt-get command)
>
> 2. Some wording changes are needed to make it absolutely clear where
> these scripts are run. Please remember that you are hoping to be
> talking to lots of people who have never reflashed a device before and
> the instructions need to be crystal clear. I would insert words like
> "development system" and so forth. Eg:
>
> "Boot the board into USB BOOT mode. As soon as lsusb lists a new
> device, run reflash_ben.sh. This will download some pre-built images
> and (re)flash the NanoNote. "
>
> Should become:
>
> "Boot your Nanonote into USB BOOT mode. As soon as lsusb (on your
> development system) lists a new device, run reflash_ben.sh on your
> development system. This will download some pre-built images and
> (re)flash your NanoNote. "
>
> A screen dump or listing showing the process so people are not
> surprised would also help.
>
> I would also change this sentence:
>
> "After a while, you will see Please press Enter to activate this
> console. on the terminal."
>
> to:
>
> "After a while, you will see Please press Enter to activate this
> console. on your Nanonote's screen."
>
> I would also move the "chmod +x ..." command to just after the wget
> command, and make it clear that this is stuff you only have to do once
> (unless setting up a new dev system for reflashing Nanonotes.)
>
> Please see Special Edition, Using Samba for my expertise in this area.
>
> Regards,
> Richard Sharpe
>
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