[Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11 ( update )
 

HEY ALL :)

Alot of us have multiboot installed and nitdroid and so can't use the important program Backupmenu

so i made some changes to it and make it multiboot compatible only

note that u can't use it with boot menu


and also updated multiboot to be compatible with the new package


now , we only need to install two packages and then we have multiboot and backupmenu installed

1 - multiboot 0.2.11 which add support to backupmenu-multiboot

2 - backupmenu-multiboot 1.0 which depends on multiboot

both packages in attachments



download them and move them to ur mobile

then u can instal them by openinig file manager and click on them

or from the terminal



remember that u need to install multiboot 0.2.11 first then backupmenu-multiboot :)



update :)

backupmenu-multiboot 1.1 ( = backupmenu 0.62-1 ) but this is for multiboot

u need to download the following packages from attachments :

1 - multiboot 0.2.11

2 - backupmenu-multiboot 1.1



but the new package depends also on some packages so i uploaded all needed packages sothat u don't need internet or repositories at all if u freshly reflashed ur mobile :

1 - i2c-tools
http://www.mediafire.com/?wmu1m3lba6vw8he

2 - liblzo2-2
http://www.mediafire.com/?68qh7seupusxsam

3 - mtd-utils
http://www.mediafire.com/?l93br2kyc6vhu23

or download these 3 packages from attachments

then copy these 3 packages to /home/user/MyDocs

u should have rootsh package installed or download it from here and install it as any program

http://www.mediafire.com/?fddlac5qrvl6kwf

then open terminal and write the following :

root

cd /home/user/MyDocs

dpkg -i i2c-tools.deb liblzo2-2.deb mtd-utils.deb


then u can install backupmenu-multiboot normally :)


update :)


backupmenu-multiboot 1.2 = ( backupmenu 0.65-1 ) but this is for multiboot

u can download the new package from attchments or from this link :

http://www.mediafire.com/?dq2obz9f9b3fjyp

it depends on

1 - multiboot 0.2.11 not any previous multiboot

so if u don't have it u can download it from attchments

2 - i2c-tools , mtd utils .....

u can find them in extras devel by open terminal and write :

root

apt-get install i2c-tools mtd-utils

or download them from attachments


copy these 3 packages to /home/user/MyDocs

u should have rootsh package installed or download it from here and install it as any program

http://www.mediafire.com/?fddlac5qrvl6kwf

then open terminal and write the following :

root

cd /home/user/MyDocs

dpkg -i i2c-tools.deb liblzo2-2.deb mtd-utils.deb



edit :

the main thread

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=63975

it contains the original package which works only with bootmenu

but here , the package works only with multiboot so they are differnet in launching the program but they are the same after launching

and u won't have updates of RobbieThe1st so don't ask him for updates but i will update the topic here by his latest updatest after making it compatible with multiboot

cheers
mido

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

I have already installed backupmenu v0.56-1 from the application manager. Do I have to uninstall that version & install your modified version?

Also I do not have multiboot & NITDroid installed but intend to install it without loosing backupmenu. What steps should I follow? Do I have to install multiboot & NITDroid before using your files?

Sirry if my questions sound like a noob...

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

u should remove ur old one

then download the 2 packages and u will have multiboot installed and backupmenu

and open ur mobile with opened keyboard and u will see the choice of backup menu

and if u want to open maemo pree 0

and when u install nitdroid u simply now have the newest multiboot so u need only to install nitdroid and then install its kernel

and if u want to install kernel power and have choice of it at multiboot tell me and i will tell u how to do it

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

if you install nitroid, backupmenu with bootmenu-n900 gonna be uninstalled.

then i guess if you dont wanna have nitroid, stay with backupmenu and bootmenu-n900 normal, if not, then install nitroid then install this new multiboot and backupmenu.

well, is this that i think.

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

this new packets has the problem that is described here?

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...4&postcount=10

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

if u already have nitdroid installed , u will need to install the 2 packages only and u will find backupmenu in the coices

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

it's not problem .......

i can make it choose maemo kernel but it will flashes it and then open maemo then u have to restart to choose it

but by this way it works with both stock maemo kernel and kernel-power 46

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

@mido.fayad

for power-kernel to show up in multiboot do I have to follow what's written below:-

I have the latest power kernel installed.

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

wait 5 minutes and i will write to u full guide to have 3 choices one for stock maemo and one for power kernel and one for backupmenu

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

its working great ;) can you upload this to the reps too??

I would, if I knew how

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

i will try to upload it but i don't know how :)

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

@ funkmunk

full guide to install multiboot 0.2.11 and backupmenu and kernelpower46 :

download this file :
http://www.mediafire.com/?4729126z6ig11k6

unpack it and copy its contents to /home/user/MyDocs

then open terminal and write the following :

root

cd /home/user/MyDocs

dpkg -i multiboot-0.2.11.deb

dpkg -i backupmenu-multiboot-1.0.deb

dpkg -i kernel-power-bootimg_2.6.28-maemo46_armel.deb
dpkg -i kernel-power-modules_2.6.28-maemo46_armel.deb
dpkg -i multiboot-kernel-maemo_0.3-1_armel.deb
dpkg -i multiboot-kernel-power_0.3-1_armel.deb

dpkg -i kernel-power-headers_2.6.28-maemo46_armel.deb
dpkg -i kernel-power_2.6.28-maemo46_armel.deb
dpkg -i kernel-power-flasher_2.6.28-maemo46_armel.deb
dpkg -i kernel-power-settings_0.11_armel.deb

then restart ur mobile with opened keyboard and u will find 3 choices :

1 - for stock maemo kernel
2 - for kernel power 46
3 - for backupmenu

and from now u can install also nitdroid kernel and u will find it in the choices


cheers
mido

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

Wow! Thanks a lot for the update! This is immensely useful, given my habit of finding creative ways to trash my OS. This is a real time-saver.

Thanks!

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

Just a reminder:
Make sure you have enought free rootfs!
I (again :) run into a full rootfs during dpkg and had first to move some stuff manually.
Now I have bare 10MB free :(

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

hello there..currently, on multiboot option i have :

1. stock kernel (omap-1)
2. maemo-kernel-power v46
3. maemo-kernel-power v46-wl1 (the new patch driver for wlan0 injection)
4. NITDroid

i have some questions though..

1. do i have to uninstall the current multiboot before installing the new multiboot?

2. and also, if i have install the new multiboot 0.2.11, do i still need to do the :
3. will i lose my current configuration for those 4 boot item?

thank you...i'd appreciate your help sir

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

one1002, a bit OT, but how did u manage to get the wlan injection kernel to work with multiboot?? i keep getting kernel panic....

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

Thanks Mido. Will try it out today.

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

here's the guide from stlpaul..i didn't follow his method as i already got it working with multiboot even before he posted the guide..try the guide from the link above..

do PM me if it's not working..

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

hey

u don't need to unistall it and u won't lose any configuration

only u need to install the packages and u will have the new multiboot and backupmenu :)

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

thank you..

another question before installing it,

do i have to dpkg -i each file again?i assume no because i have already had them..

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

@ one 1002

u need only to install the 2 new packages

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

mido helo .. thanks for your help ... I'm confused ... I have installed your custom version of gingerbread and my start menu and 2.nitdroid 1.maemo ... to install files to be ... thanks again for your help ...

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

hey

install the 2 packages in the first post and u will have the new multiboot with backupmenu and android will run normally

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

thanks ... for your previous reply ..... One more question and excuse me ... and gingerbread if I have installed and want to install kernel backupmenu and power as you have explained, do not lose the installation of nitdroid? Thanks and sorry for my bad English

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

Thanks buddy your seriously great..Got the results just as you mentioned.

But there is something I wanna ask you. I had tried NITDroid 0.0.9 before but I screwed it up installing a wrong program. Now I want to install it again & I know that once I install it I will get another option in multiboot for NITDroid 0.0.9

Is it possible to partition my EMMC & install your custom gingerbread image to that partition? So in multiboot i will get 5 options like

1 - for stock maemo kernel
2 - for kernel power 46
3 - for backupmenu
4 - NITDroid 0.0.9
5 - Gingerbread by mido.fayad

I am refering this link to partition my EMMC.

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1652293/+1587#

Read Post #1588

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

Mido, I have installed it and it worked like a breeze. Backep up my rootfs and optfs to sd card now. Thanks

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

Yes it is possible and the guide you have linked is OK (it is the same method proposed on other forums some time before).
The only limit which that guide not tells you is that on N900 you can create only max 3 logical partitions.

You can create 4 (or more) logical partitions as shown on that guide, but unfortunately the fourth logical partition is not seen by mmc driver and you must use a dm driver for all partitions with theirs number beyond 7

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=67472

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

Thanks that was really very helpful..If i want to install Meego 1.2 how much should I make the partition for optimum performance?

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

yes , it's possible

i have 5 partitions and 5 giga for applicatios and i have NITDroid 0.0.9 on mmcblk0p4

and custom gingerbread on mmcblk0p5

and also NITDROID 0.0.8 on mmcblk1p2 but i will delete it


if u want the guide tell me and i will write the full guide to u :)

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

i told u that u won't lose anything

read my previous post and u will know that i have all of them running

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

That awesome bro. Can you pm me the detailed guide on how you did it?

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

thank you very much .... please post the guide for multiboot with these options thank you very much .... please post the guide for multi boot with these options 1 - for stock maemo kernel
2 - for kernel power 46
3 - for backupmenu
4 - NITDroid 0.0.9
5 - Gingerbread by mido.fayad

thanks:)

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

erm..my phone does seem to see the 7th and 8th partition..or perhaps you meant something else?

here's the screenshot of my partitions list..

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?ac...ost&id=1966433

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

i want to ask u one question ?

why u make mmcblk0p4 as extended partition ? >>>

u can make it primary partition and it will work without any problem :)

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

ok i will write guide to u tomorrow

but i need ur partition table to give u the correct values

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

Hey buddy what command are you using to show this list of all the partitions on the phone?

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

the command is

fdisk /dev/mmcblk0

but u need to have fdisk first ( u can find it in attachments )

copy it to /home/user/MyDocs

then write the following

root

cd /bin

tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/fdisk.tar

chmod 777 /bin/fdisk


then now u have fdisk and u can the first order to show ur table

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

Partitioner software like sfdisk, fdisk or parted can see all partitions but when you will try to use them you will have a surprise.

Try a simple cat /proc/partitions command from xterm and you will see that system not see all partitions beyond mmcblk0p7

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

yes , sfdisk is very bad

and with cat /proc/partitions >> u see only the size of the partition not everything about it but fdisk whih give u full details

Re: [Announce] NEW Backupmenu-multiboot and new multiboot 0.2.11
 

You can see by fdisk that i.e. you have 2GB for mmcblk0p8 and 1GB for mmcblk0p8.
But this information is not so usefull if then you will not able to mount these partitions because there not exist mmcblk0p8 and mmcblk0p9 on /dev

A mount -t ext3 /dev/mmcblk0p8 somewhereOnFileSystem will fail.
However you can use a dm0, dm1, ...etc devices if you have loaded a dm-mod kernel driver but I don't know if multiboot can boot from these devices