User:Jebba/Mer

=N900 Install=


 * Mer installation



Mer Image
The latest release as of this post is 0.17testing4.

mount -o noatime /dev/mmcblk1p1 /media/mmc1/ cd /media/mmc1/ wget http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/0.17testing4/mer-armel-generic-image-v0.17testing4.tar.gz tar zxvf mer-armel-generic-image-v0.17testing4.tar.gz sync
 * 1) you need an ext3 formated MicroSD card.
 * 1) go hence
 * 1) Untar it verbally to see the majick.
 * 2) Note this will create dirs like ./usr and ./lib etc, so you don't want stuff pre-existing in those dirs.
 * 1) sync and live free!

bootmenu
You need to have getbootstate version 1.0.35+0m5 or greater for this to work.

dpkg -l getbootstate

(As a side note, getbootstate is close software. Please vote for this bug and/or clamour for it to be released as free software.)


 * discussion on t.m.o

wget http://www.daimi.au.dk/~cvm/bootmenu_1.6_armel.deb sudo gainroot dpkg -i bootmenu_1.6_armel.deb
 * 1) Grab this package:
 * 1) Be root
 * 1) Install bootmenu

Then tappy tap tap the bootmenu install icon and answer yes.

Now you need to set up Mer in the menu for bootmenu. See also: Mer bootmenu docs.

I put everything on the first and only partition on an ext3 formatted "external" MicroSD card (the one that's right next to the camera).

vim /etc/bootmenu.d/mer.ext.item ITEM_NAME="Mer (external SD, partition 1)" ITEM_ID="mer" ITEM_DEVICE="${EXT_CARD}p1" ITEM_MODULES="mbcache jbd ext3" ITEM_FSTYPE="ext3" ITEM_FSOPTIONS="noatime,ro"
 * 1) edit/create this file to create a boot menu item for Mer:
 * 1) Make it look justa lika thisa:

(Note: why jbd module needed?)

Then shutoff the phone and reboot with KEYBOARD SLID OUT, so you get the bootmenu.

Disable watchdog
You have to disable the watchdog with the flasher tool or the system will just shut down on bootup:

./flasher-3.5 --set-rd-flags=no-omap-wd ./flasher-3.5 --set-rd-flags=no-ext-wd ./flasher-3.5 --disable-rd-mode

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