Originally Posted by AndrewG

SO, i've been(trying to) following these instructions for dual booting.

http://mer-project.blogspot.com/2010...okia-n900.html

Part's I do not understand and i'm looking for some help as i'm a linux/n900b

Code:

* A Linux installation on your PC.

Does this mean I need to have ubuntu dual booting on my vista machine? Or do I just need the .iso on a cd?

You need to have linux installed, a virtual machine should work though

*

Code:

 A copy of the files in your /lib/firmware from your N900. This includes WiFi and Bluetooth firmware.

I should use ssh and create a copy onto my pc?

You can simply open terminal, type root, then cp -r /lib/firmware /home/user/MyDocs and copy the folder from there via USB

Code:

* That you have installed fanoush's bootmenu (dpkg -i it and run 'Install bootmenu' application icon)

I'm lost at this one. I do not know where to get it.

It's in extras-devel, usual warning applies:

The software hosted in extras-devel might NOT be ready for normal users!


PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't play with it unless you really know what you are doing. Be ready to file proper bug reports instead of posting complaints. Expected problems: crashes, battery drain, poor system performance, full disk space & more - SERIOUSLY!
Don't play with Extras-devel if you haven't backed up your data or aren't prepared to re-flash your device.

Code:

* Partition your microSD to first partition being Linux and format it as ext3 using mkfs.ext3.

You can use gparted in Ubuntu to do this

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* Mount the ext3 partition on your PC, let's say in /mnt/mer.

sudo mkdir -p /mnt/mer
sudo mount /dev/sd<something>, depends on how and where it's connected> /mnt/mer

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* Make sure using 'mount' that your ext3 partition is -not- mounted 'nosuid' or 'nodev'

Code:

* cd /mnt/mer
* tar --numeric-owner -pzxf /full/path/to/mer-armel-n900-rootfs-v0.17testing10.tar.gz
* cd lib/firmware
* cp in the files from /lib/firmware from your N900
* umount /mnt/mer

The terminal on your PC in the linux install
Thats all for now. I hope someone can help

Thanks!