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I give you sudo ALL=ALL in SD partition, you have to install becomeroot or the like for the flash partition.
In the (boot from SD) just open xterm and type "sudo su -"
This should make you root
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in the end it was all good but If it's better for you I may delete all my previous messages in this thread so the other users won't go away after reading my self-inflicted troubles
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Only you can prevent forest fires, as smokey the bear says!!
#$%$#@! happens, glad to see you came out in good shape
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Fantastic idea! It will made more more more simple and easy clone the OS...
The probles is that I have a N810...so, when you will release a version that support the external card? thanx...
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2008-05-02
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I made a DEB that will clone the currently running OS to a 2GB CARD. It will also clone it to bigger/smaller cards but its not really setup for that.
1GB
1: 64MB FAT
2: 872GB EXT2 (BOOT)
3: 64MB SWAP
2GB
1: 128MB FAT
2: 1.75GB EXT2 (BOOT)
3: 128MB SWAP
4GB
1: 256MB FAT
2: 3.5GB EXT2 (BOOT)
3: 256MB SWAP
6GB
1: 384MB FAT
2: 5.255GB EXT2 (BOOT)
3: 384MB SWAP
8GB
1: 512MB FAT
2: 6.6GB EXT2 (BOOT)
3: 512MB SWAP
If things go smoothly with this, I will make some more DEB's with different layouts for different sizes.
My initial build is only for N800 (either SD slot) or N810 IF YOU WANT TO CLONE TO THE INTERNAL 2GB CARD. This will not work on the n810 with a SD card. More work to follow.
(SEE BELOW) for a link to the DEB if you want to try it out. NOTICE (It may HOSE your device and cause you to REFLASH your OS.)
Use at own risk. Take backups of any important data before continuing.
The new deb will partition your SD/MMC card, clone the Flash to the card. Install Boot Menu (with telnet support). Then you just reboot to your new menu and partition.
This is really in testing phase, and I think the bugs are all out, but I want to have a few people test on other cards. So please (See Below) to test and please post your experiences out here...
Thanks
pb
This will partition and format SD card
This will clone currently running OS to SD card
This will install bootmenu (with telnet recovery)
This will fsck all EXT2 partitions on SD cards when booted to flash (plays wav when complete) (view log /tmp/fsck.txt)
This will add sudo ALL=ALL in /etc/sudoers (gives you root access "sudo su -") Only on cloned partition not on flash
TESTING USE AT OWN RISK
-- This will remove ALL current data on you SD card --
-- This will remove ALL current data on you SD card --
-- This will remove ALL current data on you SD card --
-- This will remove ALL current data on you SD card --
AGAIN THIS IS FOR EITHER SLOT IN N800, AND ONLY WILL INSTALL TO INSTERNAL 2gb ON N810. iT WILL NOT CURRENTLY INSTALL TO N810 WITH A SD CARD.
YOU WILL NEED 15MB FREE IN FLASH BEFORE INSTALLING.
ONLY 1 SD CARD CAN BE INSERTED DURING INSTALL PROCESS. IF TWO ARE INSTALLED THE INSTALL WILL COMPLETE SUCCESSFULLY, BUT IT ACTUALLY FAILED. REMOVE THE DEB AND START AGAIN.
IF YOU COMPLETE THE INSTALL AND THE CLONE WONT BOOT. BOOT BACK TO FLASH AND RUN IT A SECOND TIME (LET IT UPDATE) THIS SHOULD FIX IT. SOME CARDS SEEM TO NEED TO BE REBOOTED BEFORE BEING USEFULL AFTER PARTITIONING
Go to penguinbait.com
right click on "INSTALL TOOLS"
"save target as" (SAVE FILE ON FLASH NOT ON SD CARD)
Save the file somewhere, open application manager and select "install from file" from the menu. Select the file you just saved.
Once the install completes, reboot for your new bootmenu and select your SD card on boot.
PLEASE SEND ME LOG FROM APPLICATION MANAGER IF YOU GET A FAILURE
Thanks everyone, especially Fanoush (As Usual)
This deb steals all Fanoushes great work and packs it up with some scripting for my uses. If you would like to reinstall initfs with different options please see link below to Fanoush's home page
http://fanoush.wz.cz/maemo/
No not yet, I am working more on the installer process. Is there something you have in mind?
I created a kde-installer.deb for boot from SD users also. It downloads the files and installs them. Takes a bit of time though, it seems to work like a charm... It even does md5sum checks, ooohhh aaahhh
To all my Maemo friends. I will no longer be monitoring any of my threads here on a regular basis. I am no longer supporting anything I did under maemo at maemo.org. If you need some help with something you can reach me at tablethacker.com or www.facebook.com/penguinbait. I have disabled my PM's here, and removed myself from Council email and Community mailing list. There has been some fun times, see you around.
Last edited by penguinbait; 2008-04-30 at 02:09.