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Re: Clone OS to SD Deb!! Boot from SD made EASY!!

Vector, just reinstall in again, sometimes it takes a few times.

Install deb, reboot
worked?
yes = good
no then
Install deb, reboot
worked?
yes = good
no then
Install deb, reboot
worked?
yes = good
no then
Install deb, reboot

something like that

Re: Clone OS to SD Deb!! Boot from SD made EASY!!

yep the 3rd time mine was doing it perfectly...now im looking into that kde thing..btw anyone with winimage canback up the sd /sdhc card...works perfectly i switch between 3 differrent cards..

Re: Clone OS to SD Deb!! Boot from SD made EASY!!

It is sad, but it is true...

1) install .deb -> off/on -> booting from mmc -> restart
2) install .deb -> off/on -> booting from mmc -> dead (I had to move the battery)
3) install .deb -> off/on -> booting from mmc -> restart
4) install .deb -> off/on -> booting from mmc failed
5) install .deb -> off/on -> booting from mmc -> restart

All of them where installed without any problems.
No idea what to do next. I stopped trying.
I will do the LLF, but I don`t think that might help.

Thanks for your advise.

Re: Clone OS to SD Deb!! Boot from SD made EASY!!

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Originally Posted by vect0r (Post 194081)

I will do the LLF, but I don`t think that might help.

I'll not bet on that! Try and see !

Re: Clone OS to SD Deb!! Boot from SD made EASY!!

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Originally Posted by vect0r (Post 193548)

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I have no idea what to do next. Is there any other solution?
Many thanks, for any clue.

Vect0r.

Posting here is a very good idea. What do you think?

If you clone and went all right without ANY error statment, you need LLF. Most cards larger than 8G needs LLF, except a few. Info about LLF is on the same link you quoted, GeraldKo, thread #2.
Mind to share with us your make of the card and the size?

Thanks.

Re: Clone OS to SD Deb!! Boot from SD made EASY!!

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Originally Posted by bunanson (Post 194446)

Mind to share with us your make of the card and the size?
Thanks.

Sure... my mistake. I have got a Kingtoston SDHC card, 4 gb capacity.
I am afraid, that even LLF did not help :(
I think, thats the end of my adventure with mmc boot.
Thank you very much anyway.
I appreciate your help. This is a very friendly forum.

Greetings
Vect0r.

Re: Clone OS to SD Deb!! Boot from SD made EASY!!

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Originally Posted by vect0r (Post 194556)

Well I assume you read the 1st post, also known as instructions?

Make sure "virtual memory" is off in the control panel.

Make sure to save the deb to flash while installing, not on the SD card your trying to destroy.

Finally if you still can't install, POST you error log here

Open application manager, bring up the menu, go to "tools" > Log

Clear the log and install, then paste the log in here so we can see what is happening.

With no log its just guessing?

Re: Clone OS to SD Deb!! Boot from SD made EASY!!

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Originally Posted by bunanson (Post 194446)

I have used this on several cards, I HAVE NEVER EVER DONE A LOW LEVEL FORMAT...

Re: Clone OS to SD Deb!! Boot from SD made EASY!!

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Originally Posted by penguinbait (Post 194567)

Well I assume you read the 1st post, also known as instructions?

Yes of course... I did.

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Originally Posted by penguinbait (Post 194567)

Make sure "virtual memory" is off in the control panel.

It was.

Quote:

Originally Posted by penguinbait (Post 194567)

Make sure to save the deb to flash while installing, not on the SD card your trying to destroy.

No other option, it was.

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Originally Posted by penguinbait (Post 194567)

Finally if you still can't install, POST you error log here

I did install it, without any error, as I wrote here:

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Originally Posted by vect0r (Post 193548)

Hi!
I spent several hours flashing and reflashing my N800, trying to find a way to boot from internal mmc card. I did try both ways: the "step by step" method, from this topic and the .deb file, made by mr penguinbait.

The result was similar - proces was uncorrupted, boot menu is functioning properly, but after choosing "boot from Internal MMC card, partition 2, ext2" the screen gets white, with information about booting above. After then Nokia appers to attempt to boot from mmc:

during several seconds and sudenly reboots, goes back to the boot menu, or shows message:

Result is similar.

I have no idea what to do next. Is there any other solution?
Many thanks, for any clue.

Vect0r.

Re: Clone OS to SD Deb!! Boot from SD made EASY!!

If it would not boot from SD it was not successful. No matter what the application manager thinks.

If bootmenu installed, then you should have just rerun the deb.

So if it is still not working, please run the deb and post the log, I cannot help without the logfile

By the way I also have 4GB Kingston sdhc, and it works great.

Again the best suggestion, clear application log, run the deb, post the log if it fails.