can one "dd" XO-1.5 internal microSD cards, to another XO-1.5?

[Adam Holt]

James & All,

Will it work if one extricates an XO-1.5's internal microSD card and then
places it inside another XO-1.5?

e.g. allowing an Ace Teacher to make her own customized images offline in
Haiti, with the power of a screwdriver, then simply re-assembling her very
small collection of XO-1.5's after the "dd" duplication of microSD's is
done.

If this works, I will ask her to run "rm -rf /home/olpc/.sugar" first, in
order to delete all personal info on the master/template laptop, if she
really cares! Context for this potential Lifesaver: the Ace Teacher does
not and cannot realistically use these more professional tools that we are
would normally advocate for:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_Builder
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Tiny_Core_Linux
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Customization_stick (deprecated!)

[James Cameron]

Stripped of your superlatives, yes.

It isn't just .sugar, there's also .config.

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Imaging/Side_effects describes the exact
steps to do before duplication.

Get it wrong and you will break collaboration of Sugar activities.

Certainly unfortunate that said Ace Teacher isn't Ace enough to find
or develop expertise.

The microSD card connector has a limited life, as does the display
cable, so I'm all for opening and closing it many times so you have to
buy new laptops! ;-) Better would be to use SD cards.

Post by Adam Holt
James & All,
Will it work if one extricates an XO-1.5's internal microSD card and then
places it inside another XO-1.5?
e.g. allowing an Ace Teacher to make her own customized images offline in
Haiti, with the power of a screwdriver, then simply re-assembling her very
small collection of XO-1.5's after the "dd" duplication of microSD's is done.
If this works, I will ask her to run "rm -rf /home/olpc/.sugar" first, in order
to delete all personal info on the master/template laptop, if she really cares!
  Context for this potential Lifesaver: the Ace Teacher does not and cannot
realistically use these more professional tools that we are would normally
[1]http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_Builder
[2]http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Tiny_Core_Linux
[3]http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Customization_stick (deprecated!)
[1] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_Builder
[2] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Tiny_Core_Linux
[3] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Customization_stick
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