Thread: Preparing an MMC boot (advice/help appreciated)
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fanoush is offline fanoush
2008-04-14 , 08:23
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Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
I can use the latest Nokia image correct? (should be able to)
Yes, any image.

Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
I can use the rotate screen kernel. And that should effect both the OS on the internal flash, as well as the one that will be on my mmc right?
Yes, kernel is currently not related to bootmenu and to the device you boot from (until we could boot more different kernels, we currently cannot do this).

Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
When I upgrade my main internal flash to Diablo will that break the mmc boot?
Data on card is not touched by upgrade. If you do full firmware reflash you will need to restore bootmenu to boot your older system on card. If old system on card will be 100% usable depends on kernel version used in Diablo. So far such compatibility was quite high in the past.

Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
I know that by flashing with fanoush's flasher then you can also install a bootloader (for SSH and other access without mounting the file system). Is this compatible with what I"ve said above?
bootloader is low level thing that loads linux kernel and provides usb flashing, this thing is not touched at all. You probably mean boot menu. Boot menu is something you must flash to sensibly select between booting from intenal flash or mmc cards. ssh and telnet over usb networking is optional feature of bootmenu. It is harmless so you can install it just in case but using it is not exactly for newbies. You either need Linux on PC or install usb networking driver and ssh client (putty) for Windows.


Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
If I want to use KDE, do I have to make another seperate partition?
Not sure but I think yes.

I guess that maybe I could add to bootmenu such feature that could boot from specific subdirectory on specific root device so one could share one partititon for multiple systems. Could be useful in some situations. Will test this idea.

Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
I'll be using a 4 GB SDHC so what are the recommendations on how to split it in between the maemo on mmc and KDE on mmc?
Your choice really. 400-500MB is reasonable minimum for Maemo, not sure about KDE.


BTW, there is (many times) more than enough threads about booting from mmc. It is not very good idea to create yet another one. Or you must have your own one and simply can't share them with others? ;-)
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