Just got a new(!) n800 and I'm looking to get it all set up again. I remembered in the past how I moved the OS to an internal SD card. I found the instructions on here in two different posts, but at this time it doesn't seem like any are working due to missing repositories. I've gone over to gronmeyer's site and added all of them.. thank you endsormeans... but still having no luck...

are there any instructions .. in 2019.. that will work to get the OS moved to the internal SD? really need help! I've checked everywhere and just find old instructions. thank you!

did you check my signature?
pimp my n8x0?
It should have everything there you need.

as far as adding all of gronmayers repos ...one must carefully select the repos one needs...or you will have issues. (not to mention the dead repos will slow down the systems ability to refresh...)

thanks for replying!

I'll go through it again, but yes I was aware of your signature .. I love your signature but was still hitting roadblocks... dependency issues, and missing repositories.. but I'll go through step by step again and see.. If I can just get it all on the SD card.. that's the big issue now. I'll give it another go. it's a shame I don't have my old N800 anymore.. I had that all set up once upon a time. it's a shame gizmo and skype are gone as well. breaks my heart. thanks again!

p.s. Yeah from the site, I noticed there were several missing, or inactive repositories.. I'm only adding the ones that are online. let's see how it goes

if the intent is to get the os onto the internal sd
Then you want a pristine diablo installed on the internal system.
nothing added...at all.
then xterm installed as I mention in the walkthrough...so as to allow console tools to do its job...
and then console tools installed.
then you are fresh and ready.
Install nothing more than the stated prerequisites in the walkthrough.
add no repositories until their time to do so...and only add what is advised in the walkthrough to achieve the cloning.
then prep your sd card (that is mentioned as well ...) put it in...make sure your device is charged up sufficiently ..
and begin cloning.
Once cloned properly ..then boot into the cloned sd and add all the stuff you want....TO the cloned os on the sd card.
It is best to leave the original internal diablo nice and spartan with only what is needed ...in case you wish to clone again ...

Putting all kinds of stuff into the internal device flashed diablo ...and then...cloning ...will meet with all kinds of issues.

Lastly when it comes to gronmayers catalogues ...
I suggest you refer to the link in my sig "the lost gronmayer cats"
there are detailed references there concerning offline cats
online cats
duplicate cats
and cats that appear online but are problematic if installed ..or are empty and are problematic if installed.
and much more info.
(my findings are not up to date...so there may be one or two new issues ...possibly...so be picky initially...install only what you need to ...and test the functionality afterwards to ascertain all is well...note any addition that you add that causes issues ...and post it in the thread if you could...)
so be picky until you know what for certain does work with no prob.
Blanket install ...even what appears online...is not a good idea..from gronmayers

Frankly there are more than a few repos inside gron's meta repo that I think should be pulled into the central repos here ...stuff like xmms ...hate if that one is lost...(I have a back up of it all ...but still...)...which should be dissected ....and a version made ...and applied to the n900

anyway...
have fun..
and fill me in on how it goes..

got it all installed.. running diablo turbo off of the ssd and all seems wonderful.. unil I tried to install software, and received dependency errors once more. so close but going crazy.... libfontconfig, libfreetype6, libglib and libgtk... I installed only the working repositories and deleted ones that still showed up as not working...

sad thing is I DID have abiword installed previously. I think Diablo is cursed lol.. any help.. as usual is greatly appreciated.. and than you so far... pb was soo great.

are there .deb files around anywhere for these missing dependancies?

try installing other programs that contain ...for example...
libglib and libgtk...
from our community diablo repos
that should do the trick.
works for me.

Don't know what you have been putting on your Wheaties man....
Haven't used skype on my n8x0s in about 6 months to a year now...but it should still work...
worked last year...
so unless some drastic change has occurred ...it should still be working.
(and yeah yeah...forever and a day now...skype was supposed to stop working for old devices...fact of the matter is the n8x0s have been bullet proof so far...)

what repo still has skype? or did you have it in back up because I can't find it anywhere...

do you have any idea of applications that might use those libraries? I thought of that.. but couldn't find any that use it that would install. I've really hit a wall here.. there are many favorites that now won't install.

had a little chit chat..
hopefully all works out...

I ended up re-cloning.. not too much work this time thanks to your awesome directions. everything worked on the stock os2008 image (latest) installing apps is working now... proceeding to the repositories with trepidation.. going to be very selective as to which.

good point on the browsers.. I didn't know if there was a more current one or not..

need to be careful with those repositories.. really go one by one and search for what I need then install only those ones. I'm basically 100% now, and can always resort back if needed. cloning is the way to go.. even if it isn't accepted by the public. thanks again.. it's 2019 and everything's running smooth!