Active Topics
-
Camera phone competition March 2023 "Endless" (35)
to General by Maemish - 5 hrs, 50 mins ago -
TLS 1.2 for N9 is ready (28)
to MeeGo / Harmattan by smartblu9 - 7 hrs, 4 mins ago -
Maemo repository (3)
to Community by torsen - 22 hrs, 34 mins ago -
Error after installing Leste on sdcard (11)
to Maemo 7 / Leste by Maemish - 1 day, 20 hrs ago -
Introducing ubiboot N9 (multiboot OS loader) (1,393)
to Alternatives by smatkovi - 3 days, 2 hrs ago - more...
abill_uk |
2010-06-01
, 07:22
|
|
Banned |
Posts: 3,412 |
Thanked: 1,043 times |
Joined on Feb 2010
|
#111
|
It is a bit like ripping a dvd for instance only in this case the "dvd" is the N900.
|
|
2010-06-01
, 07:24
|
|
Banned |
Posts: 3,412 |
Thanked: 1,043 times |
Joined on Feb 2010
|
#112
|
Why do you insist on booting from sd? this is not going to get you the end result unless it will start off a dump to an external source and that means everything from rootfs apps docs emails contacts and emmc.
|
|
2010-06-01
, 07:25
|
|
Banned |
Posts: 3,412 |
Thanked: 1,043 times |
Joined on Feb 2010
|
#113
|
HMmmm interesting theory though.
|
|
2010-06-03
, 14:48
|
|
Posts: 642 |
Thanked: 486 times |
Joined on Aug 2008
|
#114
|
I'm a little busy at the moment so don't have much time to do this - plus I don't have a spare micro sd card to try this.
But i'll give it a try once I get one.
But i'll give it a try once I get one.
|
|
2010-06-03
, 15:07
|
|
Posts: 326 |
Thanked: 335 times |
Joined on Feb 2010
|
#115
|
Originally Posted by rash.m2k
I'm trying to boot "mer" on microsd following this guide: http://mer-project.blogspot.com/2010...okia-n900.html
I'm a little busy at the moment so don't have much time to do this - plus I don't have a spare micro sd card to try this.
But i'll give it a try once I get one.
All this in order to use the dd command (but also to try a different operating system ..)..
But I have a problem that afflicts me T_T
I partition the SD using gparted, i format it with ext3 file system...
Then i use the tar command to put all the necessary on the sd, copy the content of the firmware directory, create a file called mer.item in /etc/bootmenu.d, install Bootmenu for n900 ...
Finally i insert the card in the phone, push the power button with the keyboard opened...
I select Sd partition...
Then appears Booting from mmck ecc ecc..
But nothing happens and the phone turn off ...
What's the problem ???
 |
|
2010-06-04
, 02:12
|
|
Posts: 549 |
Thanked: 502 times |
Joined on Feb 2008
@ Bowling Green Ohio (united states)
|
#116
|
Originally Posted by Dany-69
hmm, that's odd - what partition do you have mer on? - have you also copied the kernel modules from maemo to mer's /lib/modules directory?
I'm trying to boot "mer" on microsd following this guide: http://mer-project.blogspot.com/2010...okia-n900.html
All this in order to use the dd command (but also to try a different operating system ..)..
But I have a problem that afflicts me T_T
I partition the SD using gparted, i format it with ext3 file system...
Then i use the tar command to put all the necessary on the sd, copy the content of the firmware directory, create a file called mer.item in /etc/bootmenu.d, install Bootmenu for n900 ...
Finally i insert the card in the phone, push the power button with the keyboard opened...
I select Sd partition...
Then appears Booting from mmck ecc ecc..
But nothing happens and the phone turn off ...
What's the problem ???
__________________
I'm an advanced user and a bit of a modder.
----------------------------------------------
I am involved with Mer, Deblet, and NITdroid.
My ports/creations/hacks: GNOME (for Deblet), Cdeb2», Ubuntu, playable flash games in the "Get Started" app, DBS, ect...
enhanced fedora port has been canceled in favor of NITDebian (TBA)
I'm an advanced user and a bit of a modder.
----------------------------------------------
I am involved with Mer, Deblet, and NITdroid.
My ports/creations/hacks: GNOME (for Deblet), Cdeb2», Ubuntu, playable flash games in the "Get Started" app, DBS, ect...
enhanced fedora port has been canceled in favor of NITDebian (TBA)
|
|
2010-06-04
, 12:31
|
|
Posts: 326 |
Thanked: 335 times |
Joined on Feb 2010
|
#117
|
Originally Posted by b-man
Actually now I have no partitions on the SD ... in the beginning I created two partitions, one ext3 and one fat32, but then, having the suspicion that the bootmenu might recognize the FAT partition as the first one, I formatted the entire microsd as ext3 (using the bootable flag through gparted and labeled "mer").
hmm, that's odd - what partition do you have mer on? - have you also copied the kernel modules from maemo to mer's /lib/modules directory?
Thus, through Ubuntu Live, I see the partition "mer" as mmcblk0p1.
Afterwards, boot from N900, appears: "Booting from mer (mmcblk1p1 ext3)..." Which should have nothing wrong because the mmcblk0 in this case should be the internal EMMC and sd should become mmcblk1
However I did not copy the kernel modules from /lib/modules .. The guide that i followed didn't say me to do that...
.. Should i ?
Last edited by Dany-69; 2010-06-04 at 12:39.
|
|
2010-06-05
, 13:51
|
|
Posts: 549 |
Thanked: 502 times |
Joined on Feb 2008
@ Bowling Green Ohio (united states)
|
#118
|
Originally Posted by Dany-69
Sorry if couldn't reply sooner - i was busy all day yesterday
Actually now I have no partitions on the SD ... in the beginning I created two partitions, one ext3 and one fat32, but then, having the suspicion that the bootmenu might recognize the FAT partition as the first one, I formatted the entire microsd as ext3 (using the bootable flag through gparted and labeled "mer").
Thus, through Ubuntu Live, I see the partition "mer" as mmcblk0p1.
Afterwards, boot from N900, appears: "Booting from mer (mmcblk1p1 ext3)..." Which should have nothing wrong because the mmcblk0 in this case should be the internal EMMC and sd should become mmcblk1
However I did not copy the kernel modules from /lib/modules .. The guide that i followed didn't say me to do that...
I'd recommend that you copy the kernel modules to your mer partition
Also, just as a future reference, you can use the on-device partition/format memory card steps from my Ubuntu Jaunty Guide which should make things a bit faster and easier to understand.
__________________
I'm an advanced user and a bit of a modder.
----------------------------------------------
I am involved with Mer, Deblet, and NITdroid.
My ports/creations/hacks: GNOME (for Deblet), Cdeb2», Ubuntu, playable flash games in the "Get Started" app, DBS, ect...
enhanced fedora port has been canceled in favor of NITDebian (TBA)
I'm an advanced user and a bit of a modder.
----------------------------------------------
I am involved with Mer, Deblet, and NITdroid.
My ports/creations/hacks: GNOME (for Deblet), Cdeb2», Ubuntu, playable flash games in the "Get Started" app, DBS, ect...
enhanced fedora port has been canceled in favor of NITDebian (TBA)
|
|
2010-06-07
, 15:57
|
|
Posts: 326 |
Thanked: 335 times |
Joined on Feb 2010
|
#119
|
Originally Posted by b-man
GREAT B-MAN
Sorry if couldn't reply sooner - i was busy all day yesterday
I'd recommend that you copy the kernel modules to your mer partition
Also, just as a future reference, you can use the on-device partition/format memory card steps from my Ubuntu Jaunty Guide which should make things a bit faster and easier to understand.
It worked... but the results aren't good ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPydkh6OJco
Too much lag...
... no battery info ... The power button doesn't work ... It's something useless...
Could the cause be the low transfer-rate of the microsd?
But it's strage because it's a good SDHC 4gb Kingstone...
Then i tryed to boot the same operating system of easy debian copying all the direcotories and then "firmware" and "modules" .. but it doesn't work -.-
Last edited by Dany-69; 2010-06-10 at 14:28.