It's outlined in the NITDroid n900 port "Install Guide".

You can see the detailed steps from the link above, but the short of it is that you'll have to install "kernel-power-bootimg" and then create a proper multi-boot entry for it. Don't worry, you don't have to create the entry manually, installing the "multiboot-kernel-power_0.3_armel.deb" package will do it for you. Oh, and in case it's not obvious, you'll want to boot into Maemo to do the above steps.

Installed, but where the hell is the home-button?

http://wiki.nitdroid.com/index.php?t...#Hardware_Keys

(It's a full camera button press.)

ok i have reeaallyyy been trying hard to install nitdroid nw...and this seemed to be the simplest method according to me and thanks a lot to post this guide....however...i did everything in this guide...its fine till partitioning but after tht when it begins extracting the N12_UMay.tar.bz2 i get this error saying its corrupt...no such directory n similar things...and fails...here is the log in frm installer.log




*** NITDroid installer 0.2.7 on Thu Nov 24 17:43:28 IST 2011

--- RUN [uname -a]
Linux Nokia-N900 2.6.28-omap1 #1 PREEMPT Fri Aug 6 11:50:00 EEST 2010 armv7l unknown
--- END [uname -a]
--- RUN [sfdisk -l]

Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 977024 cylinders, 4 heads, 16 sectors/track
Units = cylinders of 32768 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0

Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/mmcblk0p1 1 884864 884864 28315648 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/mmcblk0p2 884865 950400 65536 2097152 83 Linux
/dev/mmcblk0p3 950401 974976 24576 786432 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/mmcblk0p4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty

Disk /dev/mmcblk1: 242560 cylinders, 4 heads, 16 sectors/track
Units = cylinders of 32768 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0

Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/mmcblk1p1 0+ 242559 242560- 7761912 b W95 FAT32
/dev/mmcblk1p2 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/mmcblk1p3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/mmcblk1p4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
--- END [sfdisk -l]
--- RUN [df -h]
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs 227.8M 154.1M 69.4M 69% /
ubi0:rootfs 227.8M 154.1M 69.4M 69% /
tmpfs 1.0M 80.0k 944.0k 8% /tmp
tmpfs 256.0k 88.0k 168.0k 34% /var/run
none 10.0M 80.0k 9.9M 1% /dev
tmpfs 64.0M 4.0k 64.0M 0% /dev/shm
/dev/mmcblk0p2 2.0G 1006.8M 906.7M 53% /home
/home/opt 2.0G 1006.8M 906.7M 53% /opt
/opt/pymaemo/usr/lib/python2.5
2.0G 1006.8M 906.7M 53% /usr/lib/python2.5
/opt/pymaemo/usr/share/pyshared
2.0G 1006.8M 906.7M 53% /usr/share/pyshared
/opt/pymaemo/usr/lib/pyshared
2.0G 1006.8M 906.7M 53% /usr/lib/pyshared
/opt/pymaemo/usr/share/python-support
2.0G 1006.8M 906.7M 53% /usr/share/python-support
/opt/pymaemo/usr/lib/python-support
2.0G 1006.8M 906.7M 53% /usr/lib/python-support
/dev/mmcblk0p1 27.0G 7.0G 20.0G 26% /home/user/MyDocs
/dev/mmcblk1p1 7.4G 28.0k 7.4G 0% /media/mmc1
--- END [df -h]
*** Unmounting /dev/mmcblk1p1
--- RUN [umount /dev/mmcblk1p1]
--- END [umount /dev/mmcblk1p1]
*** DONE
=== \nGoing to download the installation files. This will take a rather long time!\n
*** Downloading nitdroid.manifest
--- RUN [cp /home/user/MyDocs/nitdroid.manifest /home/user/MyDocs/.nitdroid]
--- END [cp /home/user/MyDocs/nitdroid.manifest /home/user/MyDocs/.nitdroid]
*** DONE
*** Uninstalling any incompatible software
--- RUN [dpkg --purge bootmenu]
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove bootmenu which isn't installed.
--- END [dpkg --purge bootmenu]
--- RUN [dpkg --purge bootmenu-n900]
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove bootmenu-n900 which isn't installed.
--- END [dpkg --purge bootmenu-n900]
--- RUN [dpkg --purge multiboot-extras]
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove multiboot-extras which isn't installed.
--- END [dpkg --purge multiboot-extras]
*** DONE
--- RUN [install -d -m 0700 /and]
--- END [install -d -m 0700 /and]
--- RUN [mount -t tmpfs -o rw,nosuid,noatime,size=256k,mode=755 tmpfs /and]
--- END [mount -t tmpfs -o rw,nosuid,noatime,size=256k,mode=755 tmpfs /and]
--- RUN [install -d /and/system/etc]
--- END [install -d /and/system/etc]
--- RUN [umount /and]
--- END [umount /and]
*** Creating partitions
--- RUN [sfdisk -R /dev/mmcblk1]
--- END [sfdisk -R /dev/mmcblk1]
--- RUN [sfdisk -uB /dev/mmcblk1]
Checking that no-one is using this disk right now ...
OK

Disk /dev/mmcblk1: 242560 cylinders, 4 heads, 16 sectors/track

sfdisk: ERROR: sector 0 does not have an msdos signature
/dev/mmcblk1: unrecognized partition table type
Old situation:
No partitions found
New situation:
Units = blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0

Device Boot Start End #blocks Id System
/dev/mmcblk1p1 0+ 5761919 5761919+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/mmcblk1p2 5761920 7761919 2000000 83 Linux
/dev/mmcblk1p3 0 - 0 0 Empty
/dev/mmcblk1p4 0 - 0 0 Empty
Warning: no primary partition is marked bootable (active)
This does not matter for LILO, but the DOS MBR will not boot this disk.
Successfully wrote the new partition table

Re-reading the partition table ...

If you created or changed a DOS partition, /dev/foo7, say, then use dd(1)
to zero the first 512 bytes: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/foo7 bs=512 count=1
(See fdisk(8).)
--- END [sfdisk -uB /dev/mmcblk1]
--- RUN [sfdisk -R /dev/mmcblk1]
--- END [sfdisk -R /dev/mmcblk1]
*** DONE
*** Formatting /dev/mmcblk1p1 (vfat)
--- RUN [mkfs.vfat -n sdcard /dev/mmcblk1p1]
mkfs.vfat 2.11 (12 Mar 2005)
--- END [mkfs.vfat -n sdcard /dev/mmcblk1p1]
*** DONE
*** Formatting /dev/mmcblk1p2 (ext3)
--- RUN [mkfs.ext3 -m0 -L NITDroid /dev/mmcblk1p2]
mke2fs 1.41.3.maemo0 (12-Oct-2008)
Filesystem label=NITDroid
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
125184 inodes, 500000 blocks
0 blocks (0.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=515899392
16 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
7824 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912

Writing inode tables: 0/16 1/16 2/16 3/16 4/16 5/16 6/16 7/16 8/16 9/1610/1611/1612/1613/1614/1615/16done
Creating journal (8192 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 26 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
--- END [mkfs.ext3 -m0 -L NITDroid /dev/mmcblk1p2]
*** DONE
*** Mounting /dev/mmcblk1p2
--- RUN [mount /dev/mmcblk1p2 /and -o rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro]
--- END [mount /dev/mmcblk1p2 /and -o rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro]
*** DONE
--- RUN [cd /and]
--- END [cd /and]
*** Extracting N12_UMay.tar.bz2
--- RUN [tar xv]
tar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
!!! ERROR:2 tar xv
*** ERROR - CLEANING UP THE CRAP


....hope this helps...il gladly provide any other info if needed...also note tht first time transferred the n12 tar file and the manifest file frm the pc to their respective location i.e my docs and .nitdroid....since it said no such file and corrupt i re downloaded n12umay.tar file this time directly on my mobile and copied it to .nitdroid folder...but same prob...
thanking u guys in anticipation and hope this gets solved soon =)

In step 1) where the link is provided clicking it produces the following result:

" /var/tmp/CQwUs6dR.exe.part could not be saved.
because and unknown error occurred.

Try saving to a different location. "

Anyone have a workaround?

Attempting to use the autoinstaller to install 2.6.28 ends at:
"Installing nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_finall_armel.deb ...failure. bailing out"

EDIT: Found the problem. I installed Power Kernel and Multiboot myself before runnning the NITDroid installer and apparently NITDroid installer likes to handle these dependancies itself.
I used Settings>Clear Device and then flashed my N900 to remove the Power Kernel then downloaded and ran the installer again. 2.6.8 stopped at Formating ext3 so I upgraded to installer 2.7 and worked like a charm (but installed popov 0.0.8).
Only problem now is finding any software whcih works with this version from the Android Marketplace (Adobe Flash Player 11 does not and many of the games don't make it through install, killing themselves in that process) beyond Open Office Reader.

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got it working at last after getting confused by different posts. NOw i have ANDROID!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a problem though...i cant seem to get my android browser on the n900 to connect to the data service of my carrier. I cant set up google account or do anything that is concerned with data service. It tries to connect and then switches to search for wifi. How do i set up my APN to work with thew phone?

this step installation is still can dual boot with maemo?

If I dont have memory card thn Can I copied the file into phone memory???
And what is mmc installing??

Have you visit the NITDroid pages here:
http://forum.nitdroid.com/index.php
else try it! but be aware that phone and camera does not work yet.
see current status here:
http://forum.nitdroid.com/index.php?topic=601.0

Can you tell me the full process of android installation in N900?