Thread: Introducing ubiboot N9 (multiboot OS loader)
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juiceme is offline juiceme
2013-12-03 , 12:16
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Originally Posted by Garp View Post
Thanks for your explanation above.
Main problem is not mixing this 2 methods, I think - that's normal in Windows too, connected to masstorage you can't use Filebox in MyDocs at the same time, and if mounted /home, /rootfs etc with Paragon you can't use them either. And you have to choose masstorage or SDK(ssh)/Putty can't do both.
Exactly, the automounter daemon (usb-moded actually) in Harmattan makes sure that when you export MyDoxs via USB the device-internal mount is disconnected.
Reason for that is, when a raw partition is mounted in 2 devices simoultaneously, you cannot cache the filesystem accesses and if you try to write something on it, it will get corrupted. (Read-Only access however could be possible)


Originally Posted by Garp View Post
In Ubuntu you dont need Paragon to get device mounted to PC and terminal act as Cmd on Windows (meaning on PC)
Yes. Linux can mount ext4fs partitions as native, because that is what it uses for it's own disks usually. (could be some other FS too, but nowdays I'd say ext4 is the most widely used...)
Windows cannot do it by itself, it only knows about DOS and NTFS filesystems and so needs drivers like Paragon.

Windows "CMD-prompt", yes, it is like terminal in Linux, in a way like a Mouse and an Elephant are both animals
Only one is a little more powerful than the other.


Originally Posted by Garp View Post
But strange thing and my misunderstanding here starts with Ubiboot behavior as I see it, because terminal - and Putty too ! - suddenly can be on device (n9) in maintenance mode - which not the case in Windows (Cmd) - or is it ? -and you have this mounting problem I get into?

Is that correct understood?
I am not sure if I understand correctly, but when using telnet client on Linux, or ssh client, or Putty on Windows, then you connect to the internals of the device itself, it is same as if you'd open a terminal application on Harmattan itself.
When you work in a telnet/ssh connection, then your commands are directly executed on the device, not on the PC computer.
 

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