How to install Dual Boot Meego with Maemo5 on N900?
 

hi guys,

HELP!!!!!

I wannt to install Meego with out disturbing Maemo5, so is there any way....

Is dual boot possible....

Best way to format 8gb card to assis Meego installation on the MMC.?

Re: How to install Dual Boot Meego with Maemo5 on N900?
 

Instructions on how to do that are here. This will leave you with two installations on your N900, Maemo on the system memory and MeeGo on the SD card. It's not fully dual boot as it requires a computer to load the MeeGo kernel every time you want to use it, but it does mean that the Maemo install stays clean and useable.

Re: How to install Dual Boot Meego with Maemo5 on N900?
 

do u mean the below link
http://wiki.meego.com/ARM/N900/Install/MMC

Re: How to install Dual Boot Meego with Maemo5 on N900?
 

Yeah that link tells you how to install an image onto the SD, but not how to build one. The only public image available is limited to say the least, the link I posted shows you how to build an image complete with the UX (not that it does very much at the moment anyway).

Re: How to install Dual Boot Meego with Maemo5 on N900?
 

I am having trouble getting the kernel flashed, trying it from an Ubuntu 10.4 install.

anthonie@anthonie-laptop:~$ sudo ./flasher-3.5 -l -b -k meego-handset-armv5tel-n900-nokia-proprietary-1.0.80.13.20100803.2-mmcblk0p.raw
flasher v2.5.2 (Oct 21 2009)

USB device found found at bus 001, device address 013.
Found device RX-51, hardware revision 2204
NOLO version 1.4.14
Version of 'sw-release': RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.19-1_PR_MR0
Sending kernel image (2002944 kB)...

Write failed after 0 bytes
usb_bulk_write: Resource temporarily unavailable

Anyone in the know that could give me some pointers?

Re: How to install Dual Boot Meego with Maemo5 on N900?
 

you did wrong command in the flasher or you you installed kernel as rootfs

Re: How to install Dual Boot Meego with Maemo5 on N900?
 

I don't get it. I have done all the steps as described in the wiki page mentioned above in this thread. Put the SD card in my laptop, dd'd the raw image over to the card, taken it out and put it in the N900.

After that the command given as pasted above, outcome is the same.

The SD card that I used is a 4 gig Micro SD, with EXT3 fs on it. If the given command would be wrong, I suppose I'd get an error message, right?

Re: How to install Dual Boot Meego with Maemo5 on N900?
 

I have the same problem:

Re: How to install Dual Boot Meego with Maemo5 on N900?
 

all installation works fine! but when i boot to meego i get a dos like screen on the n900 when trying to boot up meego, saying someting about partitions, and on another row something about "panic kernel"

After some time it quits and the n900 is shut down.

What am i doing wrong here? I have formatted the card in ext3 before writing the raw image to it. then insert in the n900, connect the usb holding U and flashed the kernel. after that i get that message about panic and stuff.... its like he cant read the proper data from the sd card.

Re: How to install Dual Boot Meego with Maemo5 on N900?
 

Hi,
i have same problem

Re: How to install Dual Boot Meego with Maemo5 on N900?
 

Generally you might be asking in the wrong place, MeeGo on N900 experts usually hangs out at forums.meego.com.

Re: How to install Dual Boot Meego with Maemo5 on N900?
 

But my friend we are here under Maemo.org umbrella and under Meego section, if i will not find answer here so what is the use of this section

Re: How to install Dual Boot Meego with Maemo5 on N900?
 

You are better of trying NITDroid than MeeGo at this point. MeeGo is not for average users currently, it's only for developers. NITDroid will make you much more happier and will keep your Maemo in parallel.

Check NITDroid forums for more info and instructions.
http://forum.nitdroid.com

Re: How to install Dual Boot Meego with Maemo5 on N900?
 

i need some info on meego too
i used the autoinstaller for NITDROID
and if my theory is correct, i can make another partition on my memcard
thing is,
first, can someone temme what commands to type for a 3gb partition?
2nd, how to add a kernel and OS file location to multiboot 0.2.10?
kernel added for maemo/nitdroid were .deb files..
which is weird..
where do i get the deb file for meego's kernel?

Re: How to install Dual Boot Meego with Maemo5 on N900?
 

check your file....u r trying to load .raw image not kernel file...

change the file name to kernel..the it will be ok

Re: How to install Dual Boot Meego with Maemo5 on N900?
 

bump bump bump

Re: How to install Dual Boot Meego with Maemo5 on N900?
 

I have exactly the same problems!
Trying to load just a kernel and use eMMC card to test MeeGo image, because I do not want to "harm" the phone, because I am using it.

I am using Ubuntu 10.04 and do this:
Anybody found the solution?

Thanks,
Matej

Re: How to install Dual Boot Meego with Maemo5 on N900?
 

Some progress...

It seems that the problem is with Ubuntu, because if I use Windows XP and that is on a VirtualBox, running on the same Ubuntu 10.04 I can load the kernel, but after that device just reboots and nothing happens :(

Yes, I prepared the SD card and the battery cover is on, just like the wiki says.

[CODE]
C:\Internet\Download\MeeGo\images>"c:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5\flasher-3.
5.exe" -l -k meego-handset-armv7l-n900-1.1.80.1.20101012.1-vmlinuz-2.6.35.3-8.8-
n900 -b
flasher v2.5.2 (Sep 24 2009)

USB device found found at bus bus-0, device address \\.\libusb0-0001--0x0421-0x0
105.
Found device RX-51, hardware revision 2101
NOLO version 1.4.14
Version of 'sw-release': RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.19-1_PR_MR0
Sending kernel image (1563 kB)...
100% (1563 of 0 kB, avg. 1563 kB/s)
[\CODE]

Any idea?

Thanks,
Matej

Re: How to install Dual Boot Meego with Maemo5 on N900?
 

same here .....

but i get this


Write failed after 0 bytes
usb_bulk_write: Result too large