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2010-04-18 , 22:45
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#131
Okay. So I tried that Gparted CD twice and both times it crashed the poopies out of my computer.

Apparently, walking away from the computer for 10 minutes while the CD is trying to ask me questions was not a good idea.

So anyway, I'm once again trying to get my nerd on here.

I stayed this time while the CD was booting and I think I might be finally there.

Does this look about right to you, qole?
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3994/gpartede.png
 
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2010-04-18 , 23:38
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Addison: looks good so far.

New image update: works for me!

I installed p7zip-full (sudo apt-get install p7zip-full) and extracted the image on the tablet with:
Code:
7z e debian-n8x0-v3c.img.ext2.lzma
OpenOffice writer in LXDE takes 3.5 minutes to typable window with processor set to "performance".
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2010-04-19 , 05:08
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#133
Wow. This new image is SUPER FAST. Without even using turbo, I too got 3 and 1/2 minutes for the OO startup. LXDE is up and going in second as well. Everything is much more responsive. Qole, you are a god!!!
 

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2010-04-19 , 18:46
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#134
new image works great for me as well. Oddly enough, the desktop seems to be in the same icon configuration as it was before I had to reformat my SD card (which contained the old image). Is the home folder stored locally or is this by sheer coincidence?
 
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notnarb: LXDE configuration is stored in various sub-directories in the /home/user/.config directory and will remain the same even if you change the image file.
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2010-04-21 , 05:52
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#136
Originally Posted by qole View Post
Addison: looks good so far.

New image update: works for me!

I installed p7zip-full (sudo apt-get install p7zip-full) and extracted the image on the tablet with:
Code:
7z e debian-n8x0-v3c.img.ext2.lzma
OpenOffice writer in LXDE takes 3.5 minutes to typable window with processor set to "performance".
Newly flashed and I'm fairly sure I did this right.

Code:
[1|root@Nokia-N800-43-7|/media/mmc1]7z e debian-n8x0-v3c.img.ext2.lzma

7-Zip  4.58 beta  Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Igor Pavlov  2008-05-05
p7zip Version 4.58 (locale=en_US,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,1 CPU)

Processing archive: debian-n8x0-v3c.img.ext2.lzma

Extracting  debian-n8x0-v3c.img.ext2
ERROR: E_FAIL
On my mmc1 card, there's now only
debian-n8x0-v3c.img.ext2.lzma 283.0 MB
debian-n8x0-v3c.img.ext2 1.45 GB

I have yet to install Easy Debian yet because I caught that error.

Permission to swear excessively?!!?!??!?


Edit: Reflashing fixed that whole memory card corruption mess by the way.
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2010-04-21 , 06:43
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Addison: did you partition the card now? If you did, you're doing it wrong. You want to dump the contents of debian-m5-v3b-rootfs.tar.bz2 into your new partiton.

The v3c image file is 1.9 GB, you need at least 2 GB free in your FAT partiton if you're going to go that route. But if you have the dedicated partition, use that instead.
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#138
Wonderful stuff! I really like it. I have a few questions.
1. Can I install Python and Octave in it? How?
2. How to install other softwares? Are they installed on externa card?
3. I tried to install Abiword from synaptic package manager, but I was told that some packages cannot be retrieved.How to resolve that?
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2010-04-21 , 07:03
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#139
Originally Posted by qole View Post
Addison: did you partition the card now? If you did, you're doing it wrong. You want to dump the contents of debian-m5-v3b-rootfs.tar.bz2 into your new partiton.

The v3c image file is 1.9 GB, you need at least 2 GB free in your FAT partiton if you're going to go that route. But if you have the dedicated partition, use that instead.
That previous screen I showed where you said it looked good, I went ahead and clicked on apply and watched Gparted do it's thing.

I dropped that debian file on mmc1 through a USB cable in Windows XP but I didn't see anything different with the card.

The card was blank so I assumed the partitions were invisible.

Is there a command in Xterm to see if in fact I partitioned it correctly?

Thanks chief!
 
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2010-04-21 , 07:15
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#140
Hi Addison,

Perhaps the best thing for you to do is to download and put the file I linked to above (debian-m5-v3b-rootfs.tar.bz2) onto your external card. Delete everything else off of the card for now.

Then, from the N810 command prompt, do the following:

Code:
sudo qmount /dev/mmcblk1p2 /floppy
cd /floppy
sudo gtar xjvf /media/mmc2/debian-m5-v3b-rootfs.tar.bz2 .
cd /
umount /floppy
Make sure your /home/user/.chroot file has a line (with no # in front):
IMGFILE=/dev/mmcblk1p2

Then things should "just work" from your new partition.

If for some reason things do not work, try /dev/mmcblk0p2 instead of /dev/mmcblk1p2
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