[ubuntu-uk] O2 Joggler: deal

[Kris Douglas]

On 19 May 2010 12:41, Tim Powys-Lybbe <tim at southfarm.plus.com> wrote:
> On 14 May at 8:27, David <david.lutton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The O2 Joggler is back onto its deal.
>>
>> "Was £99.99. Now £49.99 until the end of May"
>> http://shop.o2.co.uk/joggler
>>
>> Some ideas of how it could be used :
>> http://jogglerwiki.info/index.php?title=Main_Page With or without
>> Ubuntu.
>
> Thanks and I found one in Windsor yesterday.  Neither of the Slough
> shops had any left.
>
> I've tried to get Ubuntu working but failed.  Joggler fires up, the USB
> stick lights for a minute or so then goes out and eventually Joggler
> boots normally.
>
> Initially I had the USB stick plugged into a hub with a keyboard but I
> have now plugged the stick direct into Joggler to eliminate a few
> variables.  No change, though.
>
> The failure could either be that (a) I have blown the USB stick wrong or
> (b) that something is up with Joggler:
>
> (a) I plugged the USB stick into my normal Ubuntu machine, a Fusion
> partition on a mac Pro, and was able to read what was on the stick OK.
> I do not know how to add up the sizes of all the files on the stick to
> compare with the size of the impressed image file.  I had used Windows
> and the DiskImager program to blow the stick (see
> http://www.stephenford.org/joggler/ )  Perhaps getting another USB stick
> is next?
>
> (b) When I first turned Joggler on it was obviously downloading all
> sorts of updates.  I wonder if O2 have managed to include something to
> stop us booting direct into Ubuntu?  (But they must have done this in
> the last 24 hours as a chap who had bought one on Monday had had no
> problem, ditto for one bought last Saturday.)
>
>
> I know there are a few web sites to discuss Joggler but I find web sites
> cumbersome and much prefer mailing lists.  Is there a Joggler-Ubuntu
> mailing list anywhere?  Or is it OK to continue here?

Hello, there is no mailing list, there are some forums, but I'm sure
nobody would mind discussion here.

As for the USB, make sure the fat partition is setup correctly, but
failing that, I guess trying another USB pen would be a good idea, as
I have one that works and one that doesn't. Finally, the updates for
the device are purely the software from what I have seen, they
definitely haven't tried to stop people beeing able to boot another OS
on it.


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