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2008-04-02
, 16:08
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#42
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Originally Posted by zen123
I have to say, I'm curious as to why you think/thought you needed to be able to boot from MMC. It's complicated and needed by very few users. Except for development, there's probably nothing discussed on these boards that is nearly so difficult to implement. By comparison, everything else is quite easy.
I've given up spent most of last night going through threads here & googling but non the wiser. I'm gonna sell this thing & get an Archos 605 which is much more consumer friendly.
So why do you want to be able to dual-boot?
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Last edited by GeraldKo; 2008-04-02 at 16:11.
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2008-04-02
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#43
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OK I've just woken from a loonnggg sleep after marathon frustration last night.
I don't think I'll be ditching the N800 the Archos is just an expensive PMP. All that was said in a fit of frustration, now back to reality.
I need more space to load apps that why I'd like to dual boot. Or is there a way to load the apps onto the external memory cards that I missed something.
For now Ive just uninstalled & deleted everything I think I don't need. I'll try to get the hang of Linux & attempt this again later.
I'll be back (in my best Austrian/American accent)
I don't think I'll be ditching the N800 the Archos is just an expensive PMP. All that was said in a fit of frustration, now back to reality.
I need more space to load apps that why I'd like to dual boot. Or is there a way to load the apps onto the external memory cards that I missed something.
For now Ive just uninstalled & deleted everything I think I don't need. I'll try to get the hang of Linux & attempt this again later.
I'll be back (in my best Austrian/American accent)
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2008-04-02
, 17:41
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#44
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Zen, I just havn't finished the final two steps yet for OS2008, but I am redoing my really easy instructions for dual booting on my blog site. Expect to see the last two posts by the end of this weekend.
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2008-04-02
, 18:17
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@ Cambridge, UK
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Originally Posted by zen123
excellent news
I don't think I'll be ditching the N800 the Archos is just an expensive PMP. All that was said in a fit of frustration, now back to reality.
; glad you're sticking with us. I hope you'll be glad of that decision.I need more space to load apps that why I'd like to dual boot. Or is there a way to load the apps onto the external memory cards that I missed something.
For now Ive just uninstalled & deleted everything I think I don't need. I'll try to get the hang of Linux & attempt this again later.
Give us a shout when you're ready to resume (ideally in the main dual-boot thread)
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2008-04-02
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#46
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Originally Posted by schmots
Just took a look over there & I like. Looking forward to your next installment.
Zen, I just havn't finished the final two steps yet for OS2008, but I am redoing my really easy instructions for dual booting on my blog site. Expect to see the last two posts by the end of this weekend.
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2008-04-03
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fanoush, shouldn't one mount --bind / /mnt/something_temporary and copy from there? that way you won't copy files created by initfs
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oscp - media player with network remote and almost no dependencies (pc/lin/win/maemo(n8x0/n900), x86/x64/armel/armhf) - http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=94590 - if you like it, tell others.
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2008-04-03
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Originally Posted by KotCzarny
Not sure what exactly you are refering to but yes, you must mount rootfs again somewhere else before cloning to not to copy /mnt/iniitfs and also /sys, /proc and you also need real hidden contens of /dev, not udev stuff mounted over it. I'm not sure bind mount is good choice for this but regular mount is. You can mount same device more times in linux.
fanoush, shouldn't one mount --bind / /mnt/something_temporary and copy from there? that way you won't copy files created by initfs
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Last edited by fanoush; 2008-04-03 at 18:59.
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2008-04-03
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i was referring to the cloning stage
btw. here's my cloning script, btw. itt didn't allowed me to upload .sh file so i renamed it to .txt, just save it to /tmp on your nokia and run with: sh /tmp/clone.txt
BEWARE, it will FORMAT your second partition in external slot
ps. it's configurable
ps2. i assume card is partitioned properly (ie. 1st partition is vfat, 2nd is ext3)
ps3. i have added my bootmenu.conf
Last edited by KotCzarny; 2008-04-03 at 20:54. Reason: added bootmenu.conf
btw. here's my cloning script, btw. itt didn't allowed me to upload .sh file so i renamed it to .txt, just save it to /tmp on your nokia and run with: sh /tmp/clone.txt
BEWARE, it will FORMAT your second partition in external slot
ps. it's configurable
ps2. i assume card is partitioned properly (ie. 1st partition is vfat, 2nd is ext3)
ps3. i have added my bootmenu.conf
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oscp - media player with network remote and almost no dependencies (pc/lin/win/maemo(n8x0/n900), x86/x64/armel/armhf) - http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=94590 - if you like it, tell others.
contact with me: #osc or #maemo on freenode/ircnet or /query KotCzarny
oscp - media player with network remote and almost no dependencies (pc/lin/win/maemo(n8x0/n900), x86/x64/armel/armhf) - http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=94590 - if you like it, tell others.
contact with me: #osc or #maemo on freenode/ircnet or /query KotCzarny
Last edited by KotCzarny; 2008-04-03 at 20:54. Reason: added bootmenu.conf
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2008-04-08
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hi everyone
thank god i'm back . . . i love my N800
what if i wanted to do this with a 4G xtreme SD card . . . can you please help me with that ??
what are the numbers for the card size ??
thanx alot
thank god i'm back . . . i love my N800
what if i wanted to do this with a 4G xtreme SD card . . . can you please help me with that ??
what are the numbers for the card size ??
thanx alot
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