5- Install and configure U-boot

Install u-boot version (that sports booting 3.x kernels)
add boot entry in /etc/bootmenu.d/Arch.item

example

Code:
ITEM_NAME="Arch Linux ARM"
ITEM_KERNEL="/boot/uImage"
ITEM_DEVICE="${INT_CARD}p5"
ITEM_FSTYPE="ext4"
ITEM_OMAPATAG="1"
ITEM_CMDLINE="root=/dev/mmcblk1p5 rootwait init=/bin /systemd omapfb.vram=0:3M,1:3M,2:3M quiet"This should work if you untar the image FileSystem on /dev/mmcblk0p5
run

Code:
u-boot-update-bootmenu

reboot

Originally Posted by ArchiMark

Where do I create the bootmenu item?

Do you mean from inside the /etc/bootmenu.d/ directory on the microSD card where I untarred the rootfs file or ?

Originally Posted by ArchiMark

Question 2

Only have 2 partitions on my microSD card as follows:

/dev/mmcblk1p1 vfat

/dev/mmcblk1p2 ext2

So, should my bootmenu item look like this:

Code:

Code:
ITEM_NAME="Arch Linux ARM"
ITEM_KERNEL="/boot/uImage"
ITEM_DEVICE="${INT_CARD}p2"
ITEM_FSTYPE="ext2"
ITEM_OMAPATAG="1"
ITEM_CMDLINE="root=/dev/mmcblk1p2 rootwait init=/bin /systemd omapfb.vram=0:3M,1:3M,2:3M quiet"

Thanks!

Originally Posted by jd4200

Not on the microSD, no.
All the uboot menu items go in /etc/bootmenu.d/ on the phone itself.


Assuming you have extracted Arch to the ext2 parition, (I don't know if u-boot reads FAT?), I believe you just need to change:
root=/dev/mmcblk1p2
to
root=/dev/mmcblk0p2
as the block numbers are not the same as in maemo.

Give that a try, just don't forget to run u-boot-update-bootmenu afterwards.

Originally Posted by ArchiMark

However, now, having problem trying to run 'u-boot-update-bootmenu'.....

Install U-Boot

Get U-Boot.
Get your system to boot to Maemo first. This is the most trivial part of the installation, and you need to get this done and tested before continuing. I don't want or need any reports of not being able to boot.

NOTE:
U-Boot in Fremantle repos currently can't boot 3.x kernels, see here for a proper build.

Originally Posted by jd4200

You run that inside maemo terminal: any time you make any changes to the files in /etc/bootmenu.d/ you need to run that.

If it saying command not found, have you installed u-boot-tools and u-boot itself (not from the repositories)?
https://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pa...c3-1_armel.deb

Edit: You really need to read the first post of this thread VERY carefully.
From the other thread it seems you have installed u-boot from the repositories, which is broken.

You need to completely remove u-boot, and install the versions from here.
this, this, and this.

Originally Posted by jd4200

If all else fails, start from scratch and follow this tutorial:
http://tinyurl.com/archn900

(root) apt-get install fiasco-image-update-ask