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vint	2021-07-06 , 17:18
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Where can I find a step-by-step guide on maemo leste firmware on nokia n9 up-to-date for 2021?

Hello community! May I ask for help in writing a step-by-step instruction for the maemo leste firmware method on nokia n9? My search for answers to the questions was unsuccessful - I'm at a dead end! Here are a number of questions that I don't understand as a beginner:
1. Do you need to flash the native firmware or is it enough to flash zImage_2.6.32.54-openmode_l2fix?

2. What to sew first openmode or ubiboot?

3. Options for partitioning sfdisk? MOSLO? GParted? How to do it?

4. What is preinits.tar? What is this archive for?

And the last one to take the image itself here - https://maedevu.maemo.org/images/n9/20190315/? And which maemo-leste-1.0-armhf-n9-20190315.img.xz or maemo-leste-1.0-armhf-n9-20190315.tar.gz?

The instructions at https://leste.maemo.org/Nokia_N9 are not meant for beginners.

I would really appreciate your help!

Last edited by vint; 2021-07-06 at 17:22. Reason: supplemented

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aspergerguy	2021-07-07 , 13:42
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Hi,
You will need native firmware to carry out back to back flashing as here to avoid "aegis issues":
https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=89345
Hopefully you are going to use Linux to re-partition, but suggest look at these resources:
https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=91914
http://www.thegadgetfreak.net/2012/0...ioning-n9.html
Getting partitioning sorted is probably the hardest if unfamiliar as after that just following commands upon device: https://leste.maemo.org/Nokia_N9

Some of links now outdated and you may need to look at Paragraph 6.4.1 here if you end up in MALF state with device:
http://wiki.maemo.org/N9QTweak or https://wiki.maemo.org/N9/N950_Rescue_CD

This user wanted to install Maemo Leste upon N9 16GB in this thread:https://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?...0&postcount=42

Last edited by aspergerguy; 2021-07-07 at 13:49. Reason: Addition

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vint	2021-07-08 , 18:42
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Hi!
Thank you for your responsiveness! It's a pity, but translating the page does not solve the problem of not knowing the language. Of course, I will be able to advance in my very modest knowledge, but I am afraid that some things will be misinterpreted and this will lead me to irreparable mistakes.
It was foolish to hope to see a simple list of actions and commands without getting into the essence.
It is necessary to delve into in order to come to an understanding, to comprehend each step.
Thanks for the direction indicated!

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aspergerguy	2021-07-09 , 07:03
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Is your N9 16 or 64GB? Unfortunately Linux is my weakest OS, but if I get around to partitioning N9 I will post details here. My only experience of Multi-boot to date is installing Sailfish OS upon N9.

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deutch1976	2021-07-09 , 10:06
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Originally Posted by aspergerguy

Is your N9 16 or 64GB? Unfortunately Linux is my weakest OS, but if I get around to partitioning N9 I will post details here. My only experience of Multi-boot to date is installing Sailfish OS upon N9.

I have a 64gb version on a drawer. If you need me for testing anything let me know

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aspergerguy	2021-07-09 , 19:57
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Originally Posted by vint

It was foolish to hope to see a simple list of actions and commands without getting into the essence.

No it wasn't as this resource is probably as close as you are going to get for "copy/paste commands" to re-partition N9 16GB to install Maemo Leste:
https://dt.iki.fi/nokia-n9-alternative-os

Partitioned N9 16GB upon Ubuntu 20.04.2 using fdisk with results as below. Resource above slightly confusing but only requires two lines to partition being:-

Code:

# /sbin/sfdisk --no-reread /dev/mmcblk0 -N1

Code:

/dev/mmcblk0p1 :16 128000 c

and

Code:

 # /sbin/sfdisk --no-reread /dev/mmcblk0 -N4

Code:

/dev/mmcblk0p4 :128016 160496 L

Code:

# /sbin/sfdisk -l /dev/mmcblk0

Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 485120 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         16  128015  128000    4096000    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/mmcblk0p2     288512  419583  131072    4194304   83  Linux
/dev/mmcblk0p3     419584  485119   65536    2097152   83  Linux
/dev/mmcblk0p4     128016  288511  160496    5135872   83  Linux
~ # /sbin/mkfs.ext4 /dev/mmcblk0p4
mke2fs 1.41.12maemo1 (17-May-2010)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
321280 inodes, 1283968 blocks
64198 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=1317011456
40 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8032 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks: 
	32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736

Writing inode tables: done                            
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 24 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.

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vint	2021-07-10 , 10:04
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Originally Posted by aspergerguy

Hi,
You will need native firmware to carry out back to back flashing as here to avoid "aegis issues":
https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=89345
Hopefully you are going to use Linux to re-partition, but suggest look at these resources:
https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=91914
http://www.thegadgetfreak.net/2012/0...ioning-n9.html
Getting partitioning sorted is probably the hardest if unfamiliar as after that just following commands upon device: https://leste.maemo.org/Nokia_N9

Some of links now outdated and you may need to look at Paragraph 6.4.1 here if you end up in MALF state with device:
http://wiki.maemo.org/N9QTweak or https://wiki.maemo.org/N9/N950_Rescue_CD

This user wanted to install Maemo Leste upon N9 16GB in this thread:https://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?...0&postcount=42

Links from https://wiki.maemo.org/N9/N950_Rescue_CD to Rescue_CD are dead! It was hoped that the partitioning could be done with the usual GParted tools.