that means i can continue with the script stages...

great, thanks.

OK, need a little help here, please.

Just got a GB mmc card today, created partitions successfully, and unpacked initfs_flasher to the "./initfs_flash" point, but it's giving me a "not found" message. Checked my Doc folder, and while other files are unpacked, it seems the initfs_flash is, indeed, missing. Was this a corrupted download, and I need to download again? Or is something else amiss. I haven't run into any problems -- until this, that is.

Thanks!

try flash_initfs? I think it got spoonerised.

Zebee

Nope, didn't work either.

Previous download was from http://fanoush.wz.cz/maemo/initfs_flasher.tgz, and the second one was from http://fanoush.webpark.cz/maemo/initfs_flasher.tgz. The second one had more files (leading me to believe that the first one may be corrupt; got "unexpected end of archive" message with it), but I tried both the boot guide and your suggestion, and I still got "not found".

Oddly enough, it's there in the Doc folder (as "initfs_flash" of course), but it's still not being found? I've assured that I'm typing it correctly, but who knows.

Here's what's in my download:

bootmenu.conf.n770.example initfs.osso-RX-34.2007-38.tgz
bootmenu.conf.n800.example initfs.osso-RX-44.2007-43.tgz
bootmenu.sh initfs.osso-RX-44.2007-44.tgz
dropbear.osso-n770.2006-25.tgz initfs.osso-RX-44.2007-46.tgz
dropbear.osso-n770.2006-38.tgz initfs.osso-RX-44.2007-49.tgz
dropbear.osso-n770.2006-48.tgz mkfs.jffs2
dropbear.osso-RX-34.2007-10.tgz nanddump
dropbear.osso-RX-34.2007-24.tgz nandwrite
dropbear.osso-RX-34.2007-38.tgz README.txt
dropbear.osso-RX-44.2007-43.tgz sumtool
dropbear.osso-RX-44.2007-44.tgz to_remove.lst
dropbear.osso-RX-44.2007-46.tgz utelnetd.osso-n770.2006-25.tgz
dropbear.osso-RX-44.2007-49.tgz utelnetd.osso-n770.2006-38.tgz
flash_eraseall utelnetd.osso-n770.2006-48.tgz
initfs_flash utelnetd.osso-RX-34.2007-10.tgz
initfs.osso-n770.2006-25.tgz utelnetd.osso-RX-34.2007-24.tgz
initfs.osso-n770.2006-38.tgz utelnetd.osso-RX-34.2007-38.tgz
initfs.osso-n770.2006-48.tgz utelnetd.osso-RX-44.2007-43.tgz
initfs.osso-RX-34.2006-51.tgz utelnetd.osso-RX-44.2007-44.tgz
initfs.osso-RX-34.2007-10.tgz utelnetd.osso-RX-44.2007-46.tgz
initfs.osso-RX-34.2007-24.tgz utelnetd.osso-RX-44.2007-49.tgz


initfs_flash is the beastie you want, if you are in the directory you untarred it in and do
cd initfs_flasher
ls

do you get that list?

Zebee

Everything's there, and initfs_flash is listed as a text file (everything else is "app" except for the readme and removelist, obviously). That's what I'm getting. I'm redownloading just to make sure it's not my DSL crapping out on me and corrupting the file.


EDIT: OK, disregard. It was just Zoomtown and this weather. File finally downloaded fully now. Geez, I feel dumb.

EDIT2: New problem. Getting "no such file/dir" with tar*.deb. Help is very much appreciated.

EDIT3: Gah!! Disregard again. Finally installed right. Tried again this morning after the storms let up, and it's as I expected -- my crappy modem was causing problems with apt-get and tar. Blah.

Will this brick my N800?

No.

.....

What do you people want to do on their N810s? Have the script clone to the "external" card or continue cloning to the "internal" (2GB) card (which is what it will do now)?

I'm wondering if I should update the script so that if it doesn't detect a second partition on the internal card, but does detect a second partition on the external card it automatically clones to the external card (perhaps with a user prompt?). If a second partition is found on the internal card it will clone to the internal card (default scenario).

I'm not sure I can be bothered to repartition my 2GB internal N810 memory, and I wonder if many others will too.

While I don't personally need/want that option right now - I can imagine a scenario where I might want the option to clone to an external card - namely if my internal card becomes permanently damaged or corrupted. I would hate to miss the opportunity to just throw in a bigger SD card, reclone and move on.

Another possible reason I might want to boot from the external instead of internal card would be because my KDE install has gotten too big to fit both the clone and KDE on that 2GB space - I could then just buy a bigger SD card and use the 2GB for storage. I don't see that happening anytime soon - but ya never know.

BTW - I never got a chance to THANK YOU! for your awesome instructions on the whole partitioning/cloning process. You were very clear and concise which helped sooooo much. Milhouse, you ROCK!