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Unit is N800, I'm ok with cli stuff but know more about cp/m than linux.

Some time ago I did whatever it took to get it to boot from an SD card. That took quite a bit of reading and typing and I got it almost completely correct (only problem is it won't do a default boot after 15 sec, just waits forever for me to press a key, but that's ok).

Then I went away from this forum and just used the thing, is fine.

Came back here and there is whoohoo, new stuff.

So I want the turbo kernel and rotation support and all that.

First step seems to be (after downloading all the debs) to install oss-software-version-rx34-unlocked.

apt-get tells me it can't due to a conflict with osso-software-version-variant.

So I'm stuck; help please...

Further questions:

I'm updating a kernel - where does that live? On the sd card, or in the n800 internal flash? Do I have to do anything special to make sure the turbo kernel is what is loaded when it boots from the sd card?

I have a bunch of stuff on the same card that it boots from - will installing the turbo kernal etcetera remove all that?

Sometimes the n800 burps or reboots or something and it goes back to the plain vanilla desktop that I had before I got it to boot from the sd card; I presume that somehow it is getting confused and (re-)booting from there - is that right, is it indicative of a problem, how can I fix it?

Wishlist: hardware hack to put a 3 megapixel camera in place of the 300k one.

Last edited by many408; 2011-06-08 at 11:32.