This is what happens when you have a non-technical person pretend he knows tech. On Wednesday Nicholas Negroponte said the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Foundation was working on a dual-boot version of the XO-1 laptop. Turns out he was sadly mistaken.What he should have said, according to a statement by Ivan Krstić, director of security architecture, is that the laptop will eventually be dual-OS capable, in that, if Microsoft succeeds, it will be able to run both Linux and Windows XP.
To set the dual-boot issue straight: Microsoft has not been working on an actual, side-by-side dual-boot system. We’re jointly making it possible to install XP on an arbitrary XO — subject to the constraints of the Bitfrost theft deterrence system — and then convert the machine back to Linux easily. I have made it clear that the XP port will not receive my security signoff without this Linux rollback feature, and have no reason to believe it won’t be implemented.So the idea is to make the installation of XP work by flashing over the Linux image on the XO-1, likely from the SD card port Microsoft is working on. Significantly different than a dual-boot machine, but as I said in my original post, I didn't believe they could get it to work without significant changes to the XO laptop, based on the storage capabilities of the laptop.
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