Originally Posted by legendracer

i typed sudo gain root

now in /home/user #

when typed use --disable-rd-mode.

disable : not found

R&D Mode

You can enable R&D mode by passing the --enable-rd-mode flag to the flasher.

Note: This flag does not need to be passed to the EMMC image if you are flashing that as well.

You must use a Linux or a Mac OS X computer to enable R&D Mode, as the Windows update wizard will not allow you to enable/disable R&D Mode. Although, the Windows flasher will disable R&D Mode if you use it to reflash a device that has R&D Mode already enabled.

To switch back to production mode, use --disable-rd-mode.

Originally Posted by anthonie

So, why did you simply take my code and paste it in the terminal where it doesn't belong? Look at the wiki first before you do something you don't know anything about.

Disabling R&D is done with the flasher tool.

Originally Posted by legendracer

im sorry...please be patient and help me learn..please...

phone not connected...flasher on

c:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5>--disable-rd-mode
'--disable-rd-mode' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Hi legendracer,
there are rare cases, where the internal memory card is corrupted or even broken. Before doing any thing, you should backup the files you have on that memory card called N900!!!
You might check this by first checking the existing file system, you need rootsh installed for this to work:

Code:

sudo gainroot
umount /dev/mmcblk0p1

If there is an error here, you could neglect it and carry on

Code:

fsck -af /dev/mmcblk0p1
fsck -af /dev/mmcblk0p1
mkfs.vfat -n MyDocs /dev/mmcblk0p1

Any error those 3 commands produce are meaningful, thus do not describe them, but copy and paste them.

There could be an corruption of the optfs partition, which might not get cured from within the N900. Therefore you need backupmenu installed and export the partitions to a PC running linux, either natively (installed) or via Live-CD. You could ask easily for further instructions, if that really will be the way to go...

greetz
Micha

Please let talk.maemo.org not become some nerd-only debian forum replicant.

Originally Posted by legendracer

...i tried to flash vanilla normally,but at 20% it is struck...

Originally Posted by mr_pingu

Flash Rootfs, then eMMC and then Rootfs again.

Originally Posted by anthonie

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't feel OP has had a RTFM in this thread so far. His troubles were acknowledged, and proper instructions were given, to start with.

After that, OP needs to start reading and following the proper protocols. That means not overlooking the existence of a md5 file if you have just been instructed to look for it. Not simply pasting lines to your terminal, without at least checking yourself what it does or is supposed to do.

For that reason, I point to a wiki, and do not write down a full set of commands (with the exception of the fsck instructions (and look where that ended)) as this is an exchange, not a dictate.