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Re: Can anyone plz tell me how to boot meego 1.1 on n900

When i type dd bs=4096 if=meego-handset-armv7|-n900-1.1-mmcblk0p.raw of=/dev/sdX

Its says meego-handset-armv7| no directory find

Plz help

Re: Can anyone plz tell me how to boot meego 1.1 on n900

Where are you typing those commands?

The file name after "if=" in the dd command is the input file that will be written to the output file "of=".

For example, if I have the file meego-handset-armv7l-n900-1.1-mmcblk0p.raw that I want to write to /dev/sda then I would do:

dd bs=4096 if=meego-handset-armv7l-n900-1.1-mmcblk0p.raw of=/dev/sda

BECAREFUL to check that what you put for the "of=" is the SD card. If you are doing this on your computer, you can destroy your hard disk partition if you pick the wrong block device.

You would likely type this command in a terminal on a Linux PC with your SD card inserted to a card reader that appears as block device /dev/sdX where X is a letter.

The reason why you are getting the file not found in your particular example is that you have a pipe character "|" in place of "l" (a lowercase "L"). The pipe character is used for "piping" data between programs on the commandline, so it stops parsing the rest of the commandline at that point.

Re: Can anyone plz tell me how to boot meego 1.1 on n900

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Originally Posted by ashyu (Post 926961)

Where are you typing those commands?

The file name after "if=" in the dd command is the input file that will be written to the output file "of=".

For example, if I have the file meego-handset-armv7l-n900-1.1-mmcblk0p.raw that I want to write to /dev/sda then I would do:

dd bs=4096 if=meego-handset-armv7l-n900-1.1-mmcblk0p.raw of=/dev/sda

BECAREFUL to check that what you put for the "of=" is the SD card. If you are doing this on your computer, you can destroy your hard disk partition if you pick the wrong block device.

You would likely type this command in a terminal on a Linux PC with your SD card inserted to a card reader that appears as block device /dev/sdX where X is a letter.

The reason why you are getting the file not found in your particular example is that you have a pipe character "|" in place of "l" (a lowercase "L"). The pipe character is used for "piping" data between programs on the commandline, so it stops parsing the rest of the commandline at that point.

Where was your post 3 weeks ago, before I did exactly that. to the OP, if you are unsure what you are doing, I advise you stop trying and stick with Maemo. I jacked up my computer's file system and had to re-image the harddrive. If you do proceed, be extra careful what you are doing.

Re: Can anyone plz tell me how to boot meego 1.1 on n900

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Originally Posted by Medic7051 (Post 926962)

Aww, I had only sat down to try out Meego for myself today, and that was when I came across this thread. Hope that you didn't lose too much data! dd is one of those scary commands that doesn't ask you for confirmation or doesn't give you any indication of what it's doing until it's too late...

Anytime that you're writing anything directly to a block device, it's always good to triple check that you're pointed at the right target.

Regarding trying Meego, my opinion now is that unless you're doing development for it, there's really nothing of interest right now. Not that I want to discourage the OP from trying, but, it may not be worth your effort at this point in time. (Even Nitdroid seems more usable).

Re: Can anyone plz tell me how to boot meego 1.1 on n900

Just run Meego CHROOT. No mess. No format. No SD. Easy. No hassle. This seem's like it's more work than it's worth.

Re: Can anyone plz tell me how to boot meego 1.1 on n900

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Originally Posted by shardul (Post 925912)

Do you think i am fool i know i have to press power button but, when i press the power button it say 3 partition not valid, plz guide me, and it automatically boot to maemo 5

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I really don't know what partition are on my Micro sd card

let meego mature more before you dabble with it. stick to maemo for now.

Re: Can anyone plz tell me how to boot meego 1.1 on n900

Hey i have heard that pr1.4 is coming and will also give meego 1.2 a dual boot option