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Step 6Install your Wikipedia dump
To skip this step, unpack your dump of Wikipedia to somewhere sensible on the Linux partition, for instance /usr/Wiki
How you do this step will depend on which Wikipedia dump you are using. I will show the process for the CD distribution.
You can just unpack the archive straight to the CF card, but in my experience there may be some teething troubles with the installation of Linux which require clearing and rewriting to the CF card, so in the long run it is more sensible to unpack to your hard disk and copy the completed dump to the CF card.
Create a directory for your dump to be unpacked into, for instance by typing
cd ~
mkdir wikidump
Unpack the archive into this directory:
cd wikidump
unzip /path/school-wikipedia-small.zip
This will take a while, depending on the size of your dump and speed of your computer. I suggest you take this opportunity to refill your flask of weak lemon drink, adding flavour enhancers such as ginger, lime juice or vodka to suit your taste. Once the archive has finished unpacking, find the directories you require- for the CD distribution these are wp andimages. Copy these to the Linux partition in the /usr directory:
cp images wp /mnt/psionlinux/usr/
This will take a long time- upwards of 10 minutes for the CD dump which is around a gigabyte in size. Take your flask of weak lemon drink to the brow of the nearest hill and gaze towards the horizon, imagining the untold numbers of things you will do with your new Wikipedia-in-your-pocket, such as travelling the country hustling pub quizzes. Return from your dreamlike reverie and return to the computer to see your dump finish copying to the CF card. From the CD version you will also need to copy the index.htm file from the root of the archive:
cp index.htm /mnt/psionlinux/usr/
You are now ready to put the card in the Psion and get going!
(Note: I used both the Terodump and the CD version, because the Terodump has a broad coverage of short text articles, whereas the CD version has more up-to-date, detailed articles with images about important topics, so the two together have both breadth and depth. Space constraints on your CF card may limit your choice of Wikipedia dump, in which case you will need to choose the version that best reflects your desired usage.
If you are installing two different versions, I suggest putting each in its own directory, for instance /usr/terowiki and /usr/cdwiki). What you copy across will depend on the wikipedia dump you are using- from a Terodump you basically want the "wikipedia" directory and everything in it, and maybe the "index.html".
How you do this step will depend on which Wikipedia dump you are using. I will show the process for the CD distribution.
You can just unpack the archive straight to the CF card, but in my experience there may be some teething troubles with the installation of Linux which require clearing and rewriting to the CF card, so in the long run it is more sensible to unpack to your hard disk and copy the completed dump to the CF card.
Create a directory for your dump to be unpacked into, for instance by typing
cd ~
mkdir wikidump
Unpack the archive into this directory:
cd wikidump
unzip /path/school-wikipedia-small.zip
This will take a while, depending on the size of your dump and speed of your computer. I suggest you take this opportunity to refill your flask of weak lemon drink, adding flavour enhancers such as ginger, lime juice or vodka to suit your taste. Once the archive has finished unpacking, find the directories you require- for the CD distribution these are wp andimages. Copy these to the Linux partition in the /usr directory:
cp images wp /mnt/psionlinux/usr/
This will take a long time- upwards of 10 minutes for the CD dump which is around a gigabyte in size. Take your flask of weak lemon drink to the brow of the nearest hill and gaze towards the horizon, imagining the untold numbers of things you will do with your new Wikipedia-in-your-pocket, such as travelling the country hustling pub quizzes. Return from your dreamlike reverie and return to the computer to see your dump finish copying to the CF card. From the CD version you will also need to copy the index.htm file from the root of the archive:
cp index.htm /mnt/psionlinux/usr/
You are now ready to put the card in the Psion and get going!
(Note: I used both the Terodump and the CD version, because the Terodump has a broad coverage of short text articles, whereas the CD version has more up-to-date, detailed articles with images about important topics, so the two together have both breadth and depth. Space constraints on your CF card may limit your choice of Wikipedia dump, in which case you will need to choose the version that best reflects your desired usage.
If you are installing two different versions, I suggest putting each in its own directory, for instance /usr/terowiki and /usr/cdwiki). What you copy across will depend on the wikipedia dump you are using- from a Terodump you basically want the "wikipedia" directory and everything in it, and maybe the "index.html".
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