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Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-29, 05:30
Replies: 840
Views: 528,684
Posted By starkwiz
Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

Can you try it by reformatting the partition to ext2 and updating FS_TYPE in boot item file ?
I didn't try booting to archlinux but u-boot-update-boot-menu command didn't gave any errors.
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-28, 19:20
Replies: 840
Views: 528,684
Posted By starkwiz
Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

I believe this is the original article for arch linux on n900:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=81892
It suggests an option of using latest version of archlinux arm, you might want to try...
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-28, 17:17
Replies: 840
Views: 528,684
Posted By starkwiz
Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

I was just about to reply that, hope it works.
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-28, 16:28
Replies: 840
Views: 528,684
Posted By starkwiz
Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

You're welcome.
Now, I can think of few things as below:
1. Check if the partition created is ext3,p5 and on your internal sd.
2. Check if you are still able to correctly mount in /mnt, also go...
Forum: General 2013-04-28, 16:18
Replies: 6
Views: 2,106
Posted By starkwiz
Re: HELP - Issue with Broken App install

I noticed the error (check log at the end) after running apt-get upgrade today, which is similar to yours.
Basically it upgraded some packages from thumb repository.
I don't have any issues with...
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-28, 15:01
Replies: 840
Views: 528,684
Posted By starkwiz
Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

hmm...
Can you make sure your u-boot tools are also updated ?
By running the command below.
apt-get install u-boot-tools
Then run u-boot-update-bootmenu

I had a problem in which u-boot-tools...
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-28, 09:32
Replies: 840
Views: 528,684
Posted By starkwiz
Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

I haven't tried this as I am not planning to get arch linux installed, but might try later.
Did you extract Arch Linux rootfs to partition mentioned in the ".item" file ?
u-boot-update-bootmenu...
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-12, 06:49
Replies: 840
Views: 528,684
Posted By starkwiz
Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

I was able to boot into maemo default kernel but wasn't able to boot into power kernel.

I am not sure how this can be fixed without booting into the os.
Check with Pali.
Maybe you'll need to...
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-11, 17:57
Replies: 840
Views: 528,684
Posted By starkwiz
Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

If you are using faster application manager.
Open X Terminal, gain root access.
and type "fapt-get install u-boot-tools"
This will prompt you to upgrade the package, confirm with yes.
If not...
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-11, 11:26
Replies: 840
Views: 528,684
Posted By starkwiz
Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

I found a fix.
install u-boot-tools package from shell.
After installation.
Run u-boot-update-menu that should fix the issue.
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-07, 23:07
Replies: 840
Views: 528,684
Posted By starkwiz
Unhappy Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

I had u-boot 2012.04, I upgraded it to 2012.10-rc3-1 (latest).
But now booting to KP 51 poweroff's/restarts the phone in few seconds while waiting at starting kernel....
So, I upgraded to KP 52 and...
Forum: Alternatives 2013-02-13, 15:51
Replies: 840
Views: 528,684
Posted By starkwiz
Smile Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

@pali
I'll update to latest version of u-boot.
Thanks for the information and u-boot :)
Forum: Alternatives 2013-02-13, 15:40
Replies: 840
Views: 528,684
Posted By starkwiz
Smile Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

Sorry for the not updating here immediately. I got busy with things.
Pressing the power button and booting into attached kernel helped.
This happened again today. :D and this trick worked.
Forum: Alternatives 2013-02-07, 16:09
Replies: 840
Views: 528,684
Posted By starkwiz
Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

@pali: Thanks for your response. After booting into internal nand which I believe is the original maemo firmware. I can see the amber led blinking instead of it staying just on.
But it restarts...
Forum: Alternatives 2013-02-07, 15:30
Replies: 840
Views: 528,684
Posted By starkwiz
Question Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

My N900 battery has drained and I can't figure out a way to boot it into maemo.
I have u-boot "2012.04"and power kernel51r1 installed.
I can see the boot menu and can access it's console.
But when...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2012-09-17, 02:41
Replies: 38
Views: 29,175
Posted By starkwiz
Smile Re: Borked Again - Freed Up Rootfs Space - Now N900 in Foreign Language - Help Please!

To fix the locale issue.

Reinstall posix-locales package using:
apt-get install posix-locales --reinstallOnce this package is installed.
You can check the list of available locales using:...
Forum: Alternatives 2012-04-29, 13:10
Replies: 840
Views: 528,684
Posted By starkwiz
Question Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.04)

Thanks Pali for great work on u-boot. It makes multi-boot in N900 easier and safe.

How to set default boot entry in u-boot ?

I am not very sure if this has been answered before. I tried looking...
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