User:Speedevil/N900 software rescue disk

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Well - flash it of course.
Well - flash it of course.
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none of this is tested - it's hypothetical to get my thoughts in order.
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None of this is tested - it's hypothetical to get my thoughts in order.
Alternatives?
Alternatives?
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==Booting from mmc==
 
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Get http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/devel/n900/images/meego-codedrop-arm-n900-201003311626.tar.gz http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/devel/n900/images/zImage-arm-n900
 
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Flash the kernel to the device.
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==Booting from mmc==
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untar the image to the first partition of a microSD.
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This doesn't work - the MeeGo kernel doesn't support MMC.
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Use flasher to boot it.
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# Download [http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/devel/n900/images/meego-codedrop-arm-n900-201003311626.tar.gz the MeeGo code-drop] and [http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/devel/n900/images/zImage-arm-n900 the ARM kernel image]
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Correct any oopses in script editing or stuff.
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# Flash the kernel to the device.
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Reflash original kernel.
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#: ''How?'' --[[User:dneary|Dave Neary]] 12:49, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
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# Untar the image to the first partition of a microSD.
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# Use flasher to boot it.
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#: ''How?'' --[[User:dneary|Dave Neary]] 12:49, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
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# Correct any oopses in script editing or stuff.
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# Reflash original kernel.
==A better way==
==A better way==

Latest revision as of 09:32, 26 August 2010

This is a brief page outlining thoughts on rescue disks.

If you've bootlooped your device, and it sort-of-comes up - but not all the way - what can you do? Well - flash it of course.

None of this is tested - it's hypothetical to get my thoughts in order.

Alternatives?

[edit] Booting from mmc

This doesn't work - the MeeGo kernel doesn't support MMC.

  1. Download the MeeGo code-drop and the ARM kernel image
  2. Flash the kernel to the device.
    How? --Dave Neary 12:49, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
  3. Untar the image to the first partition of a microSD.
  4. Use flasher to boot it.
    How? --Dave Neary 12:49, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
  5. Correct any oopses in script editing or stuff.
  6. Reflash original kernel.

[edit] A better way

Work out how to boot a fs from MyDocs - which is a vfat partition. Plug n900 in - when off - it will now present MyDocs as a vfat device you can mount. Clear 500M or so of space (if needed).

Place boot filesystem on MyDocs. boot it using flasher, as above, to pass appropriate parameters to kernel.