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Originally Posted by timoph View Post
Good. that's why I wrote the page and the installation script so people can do that if they choose to.



You'll find the kernel from the the same place you take the image (the .raw.bz2 file). The kernel is the file that's name ends with e.g. vmlinuz-2.6.37-42.6.DE-adaptation-n900

And about the eMMC installation. While you are free to do that - you should know that the performance is better when running it from e.g. class 6 memory card. So I'd recommend using a class 6 memory card and booting it using uboot. Doing this doesn't require flashing/loading the kernel. Besides it's simpler and the preferred way.

ps. If you end up doing the eMMC installation don't get fooled about the "takes about 10 minutes" message. In reality it takes something like 20-30 minutes.
thank you for the "link" & the extra advice
had actually found How to Get MeeGo on the Nokia N900
even though it is from last year for 1.1, it mentions the '*vmlinuz*' kernel file too

i have bricked Fremantle on the 2nd N900, so i need to reflash it anyway and i though i would do it with MeeGo right away...
then again, i do have a class 6 mmc available, so i might as well flash Fremantle and use that as a test system.

would you mind if i update the eMMC page to mention that an install on an external MMC card of class 6 or higher provides better performance?

PS: would Fremantle on an external MMC perform faster then on the eMMC as well? ¦:-}