Re: N800 + OS2008 + MMC boot (this worked for me)
 

Huh? I don't get it. You can easily install 3rd party applications on Archos 605? Where are they? If not and you don't need such feature then why you are trying to boot from mmc?

Looks like one can run custom stuff but it is not much consumer friendly or even supported by Archos.

Re: N800 + OS2008 + MMC boot (this worked for me)
 

I have to say, I'm curious as to why you think/thought you needed to be able to boot from MMC. It's complicated and needed by very few users. Except for development, there's probably nothing discussed on these boards that is nearly so difficult to implement. By comparison, everything else is quite easy.

So why do you want to be able to dual-boot?

Re: N800 + OS2008 + MMC boot (this worked for me)
 

OK I've just woken from a loonnggg sleep after marathon frustration last night.

I don't think I'll be ditching the N800 the Archos is just an expensive PMP. All that was said in a fit of frustration, now back to reality.

I need more space to load apps that why I'd like to dual boot. Or is there a way to load the apps onto the external memory cards that I missed something.

For now Ive just uninstalled & deleted everything I think I don't need. I'll try to get the hang of Linux & attempt this again later.

I'll be back (in my best Austrian/American accent)

Re: N800 + OS2008 + MMC boot (this worked for me)
 

Zen, I just havn't finished the final two steps yet for OS2008, but I am redoing my really easy instructions for dual booting on my blog site. Expect to see the last two posts by the end of this weekend.

Re: N800 + OS2008 + MMC boot (this worked for me)
 

excellent news :); glad you're sticking with us. I hope you'll be glad of that decision.

No, you're absolutely right.

that's good. however, it is not too hard, and you were well on the way, but you got stumped since one of the required pkgs (e2fsprogs) isn't in a "default" repository, and that repos needed to be added manually, before you could proceed.

Give us a shout when you're ready to resume (ideally in the main dual-boot thread)

Re: N800 + OS2008 + MMC boot (this worked for me)
 

Just took a look over there & I like. Looking forward to your next installment.

Re: N800 + OS2008 + MMC boot (this worked for me)
 

fanoush, shouldn't one mount --bind / /mnt/something_temporary and copy from there? that way you won't copy files created by initfs :)

Re: N800 + OS2008 + MMC boot (this worked for me)
 

Not sure what exactly you are refering to but yes, you must mount rootfs again somewhere else before cloning to not to copy /mnt/iniitfs and also /sys, /proc and you also need real hidden contens of /dev, not udev stuff mounted over it. I'm not sure bind mount is good choice for this but regular mount is. You can mount same device more times in linux.

Re: N800 + OS2008 + MMC boot (this worked for me)
 

i was referring to the cloning stage :)
btw. here's my cloning script, btw. itt didn't allowed me to upload .sh file so i renamed it to .txt, just save it to /tmp on your nokia and run with: sh /tmp/clone.txt
BEWARE, it will FORMAT your second partition in external slot :)

ps. it's configurable
ps2. i assume card is partitioned properly (ie. 1st partition is vfat, 2nd is ext3)
ps3. i have added my bootmenu.conf

Re: N800 + OS2008 + MMC boot (this worked for me)
 

hi everyone

thank god i'm back . . . i love my N800

what if i wanted to do this with a 4G xtreme SD card . . . can you please help me with that ??

what are the numbers for the card size ??

thanx alot