Please Help! i can't boot any OS!
 

-I tried to install Nitdroid (android) on my Nokia N900 now i can't boot any OS anymore,

-In my (multi)boot menu i've got:

-1 Maemo 2.6.28-omap1
-2 NITDroid 2.6.28.NIT.07 on mmcblk0p2

-If i try to boot Maemo i get the following error:

Can't flash kernel, required files not found
Guru Meditation #00000025.62017712
Hit any key to panic

- If i boot my NITDroid i get into my setup wizard and when i click the android to continue it says the setup wizard isn't working anymore, then i press ''OK'' and then it reboots NITDroid

- If i remove my SDcard i still get the same error on Maemo and i get the following error on NITDroid:

Root filesystem mmcblk1p2 NOT available
Guru Meditation #00000025.62017712

Please help me with this problem,
Thanks.

Re: Please Help! i can't boot any OS!
 

it all depends on your linux knowledge.. but at first glance, i think it might be much easier for you to just reflash the rootfs. if you know your way around a linux system, you could have a look at RescueOS, and then try to fix the mess MultiBoot/NITDroid created

Re: Please Help! i can't boot any OS!
 

do you have extras-devel repo enabled ?
and how you installed Nitdroid ? Via auto-installer ?

Re: Please Help! i can't boot any OS!
 

In Nitdroid, just skip the setup assistant, you might add your account later.
To boot Maemo, you will, probably, have to boot from the kernel of a firmware image, described in this great wiki article http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_t...rt_topic.21.29

Re: Please Help! i can't boot any OS!
 

@qhubekela i don't have a lot of knowledge on linux so i dont how to do what you're talking about.

@panjgoori i believe i do have extras-devel repo enabled, and yes, i did install Nitdroid via the auto-installer

@ i'll have a look at the topic and try what thats saying

Thanks for the quick awnsers

ps;

i can't boot anything when i press 0, 1 or 2 so i don't know how to boot anything else (like only kernel)

Re: Please Help! i can't boot any OS!
 

I made it it not clear, sorry! You do not boot the kernel , but you flash the kernel, only the kernel. You need the flasher utility for your PC's OS and the firmware image. You will find the informations on flashing in the wiki article in the earlier post, then run the command to flash the kernel-only on your PC, then connect the N900 to the PC via USB.

Please read the wiki, and ask your questions here, if any.

Re: Please Help! i can't boot any OS!
 

@michaaa62 those command (beginning at step ) are done on the pc prompt?

Re: Please Help! i can't boot any OS!
 

In flashing, all commands are done on the PC. michaaa62 gave you a shortcut to the bit about flashing the kernel only but that assumes some prior knowledge. To get the full image, please read the whole wiki article as michaaa62 suggested. You may need to read it several times, it is quite involved.

Re: Please Help! i can't boot any OS!
 

@pichlo @michaaa62 so those steps are just the basics?? or do those steps fix my maemo boot problem, and restore my n900??

Re: Please Help! i can't boot any OS!
 

Flashing the kernel as michaaa62 suggested will remove the multiboot menu and replace it with booting Maemo directly. What happens next depends on the extent of the damage. Most likely, Maemo will boot normally, all you need to do is some (optional) tidying up to free some space taken up by now defunct multiboot and nitroid.

Re: Please Help! i can't boot any OS!
 

I am pretty sure, you will have to repair multiboot, multiboot-kernel options.
For multiboot you have to have an image for each of the kernels you have installed / want to boot. You better search for the multiboot thread to avoid further issues. You could search for multiboot from the X-Terminal pretty quicklyonce Maemo is up and running.

If you happen to have kernel-power running when things failed, you will not be able to boot via PC command as is in the wiki :(

Re: Please Help! i can't boot any OS!
 

Thank you guys i will try it out in a few minuts and then i will let you know if it's fixed or if i have any other problems (hope not so), also do you guys got any tips for me to get Nitdroid ICS on my N900 and to prevent the same thing from happening??

Re: Please Help! i can't boot any OS!
 

the download site didn't work so i got the files from 4shared, i was going to start with it but i noticed that my n900 battery isn't 100% full so i'll start with it asap

Re: Please Help! i can't boot any OS!
 

i don't really get those steps on the wiki page of @michaaa62 i already get stuck at step 2 i don't get what they want me to fill in there (/path/to/ part), i already tried to fill in the flasher's location but it won't work

isn't there a how-to tutorial on youtube?? or can anyone tell me exactly and specific what to do??

the name of my vanilla bin i've downloaded is:

rx-51_2009se_1.2009.41-1.vanilla_pr_emmc_mr0_arm

Re: Please Help! i can't boot any OS!
 

A.J. to start with, you want "combined", NOT "vanilla". Vanilla will erase all your data.

path/to/your/image represents, well, path to your image. For example, on Windows, it might be something like "C:\Users\A.J.\My Documents\" or some such. Similarly on Linux it might be "/home/A.J./" etc.

There are lots of tutorials around. On Youtube as well as on this forum. Do not be afraid of the Search button.