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#1
Hi,
I followed these instructions in order to get Mer (0.17testing10) on my N900.

After some tries I finally partinioned the MicroSD card correctly I also made the .item file in the bootmenu.d directory but when I choose Mer from the bootmenu, the device crashes (turns off) after some seconds.

I'm out of ideas, what can the problem be? Wrong file permissions? I triple checked the lib/firmware binblobs.. Everything seems ok
 
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It seems I'm the only one having this problem, so my only option is to retry all the steps :P
 

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You're not actually! I am having the same issues.

The SD card is corrupting on umount for me it seems

If I unmount it, the whole distro disappears from the card and requires reformatting.

I'm using a 4gb sandisk memory card too

Last edited by teh; 2010-05-13 at 23:08.
 
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Mer has been declared dead as I understand it, but I am still looking forward to seeing your reports on how it works for you if you get it going.
 
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If you're using a different kernel copy the modules from /lib/modules/current to /lib/modules/<kernel version> on the MicroSD
 

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hmm...

this is what i get when i remount the card


root@beagle-3:/media# umount /media/mer
root@beagle-3:/media# mount -rw /dev/sde /media/mer
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sde,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

Reading dmesg suggests the card is foobared.
 
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Originally Posted by teh View Post
hmm...

this is what i get when i remount the card


root@beagle-3:/media# umount /media/mer
root@beagle-3:/media# mount -rw /dev/sde /media/mer
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sde,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

Reading dmesg suggests the card is foobared.
I'll tell you what I did and worked for me. Completely erase the partitions and make them again. I used gparted.
 
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Originally Posted by giannoug View Post
I'll tell you what I did and worked for me. Completely erase the partitions and make them again. I used gparted.
Hmm im using

root@beagle-3:/media# mkfs.ext3 -v /dev/sde
 
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Originally Posted by teh View Post
hmm...

this is what i get when i remount the card


root@beagle-3:/media# umount /media/mer
root@beagle-3:/media# mount -rw /dev/sde /media/mer
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sde,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

Reading dmesg suggests the card is foobared.
The traditional remedy is to try reformatting on a PC or somewhere else. However, cards do die sometimes.
 
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Originally Posted by teh View Post
Hmm im using

root@beagle-3:/media# mkfs.ext3 -v /dev/sde
I was also trying with mkfs but had no luck
 
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