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2009-03-21
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This procedure should be done in flash boot. I just erase my old bootmenu that I use to boot my clone partition which is where I run the mer bootmenu installer.
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2009-03-21
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why don't I see Mer installing. I did the dialog parts and it ask me if i want to format a fat partition. I said no and the installer closed. What happened? I already have the partitions so I skip those settings. All I needed was to select swap and install partitions. Why did the installer stop. No rebooting, nothing.
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2009-03-21
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Originally Posted by FRZ
Ok. So I got it to install using the easy setup. For some reason, it says I have two partitions for Mer, p2 and p3. I don't know why. Maybe that is from the first try.
why don't I see Mer installing. I did the dialog parts and it ask me if i want to format a fat partition. I said no and the installer closed. What happened? I already have the partitions so I skip those settings. All I needed was to select swap and install partitions. Why did the installer stop. No rebooting, nothing.
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2009-03-21
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Originally Posted by FRZ
https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4062
why don't I see Mer installing. I did the dialog parts and it ask me if i want to format a fat partition. I said no and the installer closed. What happened? I already have the partitions so I skip those settings. All I needed was to select swap and install partitions. Why did the installer stop. No rebooting, nothing.
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format manually and select no formatting in installer
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2009-03-21
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Wireless networking does not refreshed unless device is rebooted. The rebooting procedure itself is tricky. I thought if I pressed the power button, it would give me the option to reboot or otherwise as I've seen once but, now it just turns off the screen, sorta like locking the device.
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2009-03-21
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Ok. Here is a question I have, or two. Since I had my system clone to SD on the internal 2gb card with a 256mb swap partition, couldn't I just make an ext3 partition on the external SD card and use that same swap instead of creating a new one, making two swap partitions total? And couldn't I just used the bootmenu that I already had from cloning instead of reinstalling a new one? Since installing Mer, for now, is basically dual booting, which has been going on for a while now on the device, couldn't this option been available in the install process? Sorry if I am being annoying. Otherwise keep up the good work. Thanks
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2009-03-21
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When i press the porew button in Mer, it opens a dialog that asks what to do..
lock button blanks the screen.
No, you can only use Mer/Deblet bootmenu, other bootmenus will kill your Mer-partition, but you can add bootmenu item for your cloned maemo, so you will be able to boot your cloned maemo too.
Just add .item file to /etc/bootmenu.d/
My /etc/bootmenu.d/maemo.item looks like this:
By creating this file, and running refresh_bootmenu.d as root, you will have a bootmenu that is able to boot Maemo from internal sc card partition 2 formatted as ext3.
lock button blanks the screen.
Originally Posted by FRZ
Yes, you can use the same swap partition for both.
Ok. Here is a question I have, or two. Since I had my system clone to SD on the internal 2gb card with a 256mb swap partition, couldn't I just make an ext3 partition on the external SD card and use that same swap instead of creating a new one, making two swap partitions total? And couldn't I just used the bootmenu that I already had from cloning instead of reinstalling a new one? Since installing Mer, for now, is basically dual booting, which has been going on for a while now on the device, couldn't this option been available in the install process? Sorry if I am being annoying. Otherwise keep up the good work. Thanks
No, you can only use Mer/Deblet bootmenu, other bootmenus will kill your Mer-partition, but you can add bootmenu item for your cloned maemo, so you will be able to boot your cloned maemo too.
Just add .item file to /etc/bootmenu.d/
My /etc/bootmenu.d/maemo.item looks like this:
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ITEM_NAME="Maemo Diablo - External SD Card" ITEM_ID="maemo" ITEM_DEVICE="mmcblk1p2" ITEM_MODULES="mbcache jbd ext3" ITEM_FSTYPE="ext3" ITEM_FSOPTIONS="noatime"
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2009-03-21
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Originally Posted by meizirkki
That was what I thought but then, the second time I went to reboot, the screen just keep shutting off instead seeing the options to reboot or shutdown, etc.
When i press the porew button in Mer, it opens a dialog that asks what to do..
lock button blanks the screen.
Yes, you can use the same swap partition for both.
No, you can only use Mer/Deblet bootmenu, other bootmenus will kill your Mer-partition, but you can add bootmenu item for your cloned maemo, so you will be able to boot your cloned maemo too.
Just add .item file to /etc/bootmenu.d/
My /etc/bootmenu.d/maemo.item looks like this:
By creating this file, and running refresh_bootmenu.d as root, you will have a bootmenu that is able to boot Maemo from internal sc card partition 2 formatted as ext3.Code:ITEM_NAME="Maemo Diablo - External SD Card" ITEM_ID="maemo" ITEM_DEVICE="mmcblk1p2" ITEM_MODULES="mbcache jbd ext3" ITEM_FSTYPE="ext3" ITEM_FSOPTIONS="noatime"
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2009-03-21
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Ok so, how do you guys install apps on Mer? Do the Debs work. I noticed there were about two apps in the application manager labeled mer at the ends of them. So far i haven't been able to keep a wireless connection while app manager is open, so I don't if these programs would install. And the web browser, Midori, has been crashing every time i've tried it. Any ideas what is wrong with my setup?
