Travelling with the n900
 

I've had an idea for an accessory to aid n900 travellers.

Most electronic hobby shops sell a little female to female USB connector, this gives an ability to connect two male USB connectors together, this would give access to the micro USB port.

No power emerges from the micro USB port, so the device would need an external power supply, I see no problem with and think a nine volt battery would suffice, giving the added benefit of an emergency power supply.

So what would the battery on this device do? Simple - power an external USB memory stick, I noticed that in the console command set the command 'mount' is present, this possibly gives the power to mount a powered external USB memory stick giving us near infinite memory storage.

If mount does not work, then the little travel box will need some kind of on a chip software, to clone the memory card onto the USB stick.

Regards,

Peter.

http://dollyknot.com

Re: Travelling with the n900
 

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Yeah thanks for the link, but I still wonder what the command 'mount' is doing in the console command line.

If there is nothing to mount, why does the command 'mount' exist?

Any decent Linux OS, can mount all kinds of stuff.

I bought this device because it was touted as a true open source Linux smart phone.

If it is a true Linux device, it should be able to 'mount' anything!

Unless of course Nokia tells porkies.

Does anyone know anything about fstab?

Peter

Re: Travelling with the n900
 

the USB port has a hardware limitation which doesn't allow host mode to be triggered or something on these lines...
mount can still be used on partitions if i'm not wrong, so it still has a sense.

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Then the n900 is not a true Linux smart phone after all and you know everything, how sad, not a hackers phone then, how the Nokia shareholders must be laughing at all us n900 owners with emptied wallets, nice coup Freemasonary driven capitalism, open source - don't make me laugh.

Re: Travelling with the n900
 

the mount command is used in the early boot process to mount the various partitions (namely the /opt and MyDocs, just to name a few).

I don't really see the link between a "true Linux smartphone" and the fact that USB-to-go is not supported...after all there are a lot of Linux devices that don't support USB-to-go..so the point is?

Re: Travelling with the n900
 

Look I am over 60 and have a rusty brain, so have lost some hacking ability and I want my phone to be able to mount a USB memory stick, why do you and the other poster on this debate have a problem with this?

Perhaps you have a hidden agenda?

Re: Travelling with the n900
 

don't like it? go for something else. this simple. if you already bought it, and if this was a fundamental feature for you, you should have informed in advance.
your argumentations are pretty weak btw, as openness and linux have nothing to share with a USB OTG hardware limitation.

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Yeah you win, God is money, sighs.

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BTW you have spelt already wrong

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thx, fixed, I often make that mistake
(btw, lets see your italian/dutch/french grammar.. ;P)

Re: Travelling with the n900
 

Hi Peter

To clarify something: the previous tablets (770, N800, N810) had USB OTG, so they could switch between being a host and being a peripheral.

The n900, unfortunately doesn't, but this is due to hardware. There is a very long thread about it here (as thecursedfly pointed out).

However, neopwn recently made this post regarding the possibility of creating an external usb hub that may work with the n900.

It's not that anyone has a problem with you asking about it, just that it's been (and still being) discussed to death in that other thread.

Re: Travelling with the n900
 

I think people here are laughing at you!

I did this thing called "research" on this networking-thing called "The Internet".

I knew about the USB limitation before I bought it. I read these things called "web pages" and "threads".

I like these "threads" because people can communicate with each other - I strongly suggest talk.maemo.org.

So I educated myself about the n900 before I bought it - that's why I am happy with it. It's not perfect but it is the closest thing to a portable Linux device and has the ability to make phone calls.

Are you one of the grammer nazis that post on slashdot.org?

You know what I mean - somebody will post a genuinely insightful post that actually makes you think or raises an important point. Maybe change your point-of-view.

You read the post, oblivious to the intelligence of the content and instead point out spelling mistakes of the poster.

Re: Travelling with the n900
 

This is more something with the openness of the hardware/baseband of the N900 than whether it is Linux or not.

Linux is most definitely running on the N900 but it can only see what is presented to it by the baseband, much like it can only see what is presented to it by the BIOS on a regular computer.