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uhale	2009-11-24 , 05:08
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Originally Posted by penguinbait

From the 1st post

Fat support has not been added yet, sorry

Thanks for the tools.

So, I have two bootable partitions (internal/external), and the rest of the 8gb external is FAT32. What's the best way to be able to save a zipped backup then? I guess I should reformat my external card, with 2 partitions for OS and backup OS, 1 partition for memory, and the rest for FAT32.

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	penguinbait	2009-11-24 , 13:14
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Originally Posted by uhale

Thanks for the tools.

So, I have two bootable partitions (internal/external), and the rest of the 8gb external is FAT32. What's the best way to be able to save a zipped backup then? I guess I should reformat my external card, with 2 partitions for OS and backup OS, 1 partition for memory, and the rest for FAT32.

I use an external 500GB USB hard drive to do my backups. I had planned on doing some updates, but I am unsure if that will ever happen.

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	penguinbait	2009-11-24 , 13:19
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Originally Posted by FOFAO556

Hi PB
I have N810, 43-7
I downloaded and installed Console-tools apparently successfully.
However, things are not working properly.
I partitioned and cloned to my ext SD (16GB)
I got the boot text and I ned to use my keyboard to select my option.
It is saying is booting from my ext SD but I don't think so.
After booting, I look to my external memory and it shows only 191.8 MB available. I partitioned: 192MB & 256MB.
It show me all this info when it was partitioning/cloning.

I notice when is cloning is progressing well until 99% and stays there a long time. After I got a message:
cat: can't open '/tmp/rval.tmp' ; no such file or directory

I flashed and cloning twice with identical behavior.
Any suggestions?

Thank you

OK, so you boot. You get a boot menu. You select the external and it boots to flash. Maybe just try to reinstall the boot menu, without recloning the partition.

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FOFAO556	2009-12-04 , 02:26
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Hi PB,
This is my situation. (N810-OS 43-7)
I cloned twice in my external 16GB
First time I partitioned FAT=192MB, Swap=256MB, Ext3=remaining
I got an internal memory around 15.5GB and external memory 192MB
I realized that my Wayfinder uses mmc2 to set the maps and mmc2 is my 192MB
So I cloned again: FAT=3GB, Swap=256MB, Ext3=remaining
I got an internal memory around 12GB and external memory 3GB
No more problem now with my Wayfinder.

The only problem I had in both cloning is with my swap.
I type "free" and I get "0".
I do swapon /dev/mmcblk1p3 and I get my 256 MB, which remain in the mean time I don't turn the N810 off.
If I turn it off, I loose my swap and I need to use "swapon" again.
Any options?
Thank you

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born2wonder	2009-12-13 , 10:13
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Originally Posted by FOFAO556

The only problem I had in both cloning is with my swap.
I type "free" and I get "0".
I do swapon /dev/mmcblk1p3 and I get my 256 MB, which remain in the mean time I don't turn the N810 off.
If I turn it off, I loose my swap and I need to use "swapon" again.
Any options?
Thank you

Here is a workaround that worked for me but there is probably a better way to get this done.

I managed to get swap to auto-mount on my cloned partition running Diablo. After some trials, I concluded that entries in /etc/fstab seem to be ignored at startup. Therefore, this is what I did.

-Get root in terminal

-

Code:

nano /etc/init.d/mountswap.sh

-input this in the mountswap.sh file that you are editing

Code:

#/bin/sh
swapon /dev/mmcblk1p3

-Ctrl-O to save. Yes to confirm

-Still in the terminal, issue:

Code:

update-rc.d mountswap.sh defaults

-Reboot and now your tablet should auto-mount the swap.

Shaq

Last edited by born2wonder; 2009-12-13 at 10:22.

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FOFAO556	2009-12-15 , 03:32
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Originally Posted by born2wonder

Here is a workaround that worked for me ...

Shaq

First of all, thank you for your help.

I tried nano /etc/init.d/mountswap.sh
and I get /bin/sh: nano: not found
Something is missing here.
I need to download something?

Please note: I don't know much on this; I am following your directions kind of blind (trusting you of course)

In time: I search a bit and I found that nano is a file editor.
Apparently, I don't have it in my N810.
I found the repository "Maemo diablo/tools and I found nano(v.2.0.2-1osso6) in the package list.
I added the repository to my installable applications.
However, it is not showing in the list to install it.
I will keep trying.
Anytrhing could help please tell me.

Still in time: I found the file in http://nitapps.com/
I downloaded it and installed.
Everything works great.
Just one difference: After you do Cntl O to save, to confirm is not Yes, it is Enter.

Thanks a lot Shaq!!! I learnt a lot today.

Just 1 question: I really edited the swapon file or I created like a "batch" file to be run at start up?

Thank you!!!

Last edited by FOFAO556; 2009-12-15 at 05:33.

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born2wonder	2009-12-16 , 06:10
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Originally Posted by FOFAO556

Just 1 question: I really edited the swapon file or I created like a "batch" file to be run at start up?

The nano command created the swapon.sh file, since the file did not exist, and then opened it for editing.

The first line added to the swapon.sh file

Code:

#/bin/sh

is used to invoke the default shell. Now we have a script (or "batch").

The update-rc.d command set the swapon.sh file to start automatically.

So to answer your question, you did both

Shaq

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	hordeman	2009-12-29 , 04:00
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Just want to say that you're a rockstar, man. Just installed this for the first time tonight. Used pbeasy and followed the instructions in the NEWBIE FAQ to fix swap to make this an easy thing to do. THANK YOU!

Question though: when I plug in my N810 via USB to my PC, it says that my "removable disk" (larger FAT partition) is in use. Is this because it's partitioned? If so, aside from unplugging my card while the NIT is off, how can I transfer files to it via USB?

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GeraldKo	2009-12-29 , 04:59
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Originally Posted by hordeman

Just want to say that you're a rockstar, man. Just installed this for the first time tonight. Used pbeasy and followed the instructions in the NEWBIE FAQ to fix swap to make this an easy thing to do. THANK YOU!

Question though: when I plug in my N810 via USB to my PC, it says that my "removable disk" (larger FAT partition) is in use. Is this because it's partitioned? If so, aside from unplugging my card while the NIT is off, how can I transfer files to it via USB?

Look for bunanson's thread about transfering files by SSH.

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	hordeman	2009-12-29 , 05:07
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Originally Posted by GeraldKo

Look for bunanson's thread about transfering files by SSH.

Thanks, but if possible, would like to use USB.

For example, if I go to someone's house, a straight USB connection would be the most compatible. For now, I have to boot to the flash in order to use the partition; that or stay in the cloned OS and transfer to my internal memory first.