User:Speedevil/N900 software rescue disk

(New page: 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. non...)
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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==
==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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This doesn't work - the MeeGo kernel doesn't support MMC.
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untar the image to the first partition of a microSD.
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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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# Flash the kernel to the device.
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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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# Untar the image to the first partition of a microSD.
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Reflash original kernel.
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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==
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Place boot filesystem on MyDocs.
Place boot filesystem on MyDocs.
boot it using flasher, as above, to pass appropriate parameters to kernel.
boot it using flasher, as above, to pass appropriate parameters to kernel.
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[[Category:N900]]

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.

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