Nitdroid easy install on EMMC
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Some instructions here may cause serious problems. When unsure, see General precautions Backing up your data is recommended. In case of trouble you might need to re-flash your device. |
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Installing NITDroid
This tutorial is specifically designed to install Nitdroid on the internal memory of the N900 (EMMC) and does not apply to installation on an external micro SD card. The main purpose of installing Nitdroid on the internal memory is that in most cases you will see an increased performance.
There are two ways of installing NITDroid:
1. Copy NITDroid's rootfs to /and in /home: Easier - Faster
2. Creating a custom 2GB partition on your eMMC: Cleaner - Requires a brain
Method 1
NOTE: It is highly recomended that you flash the modded 8GB 20GB eMMC image. Nitdroid won't recognize/use/install anything if you have low memory in mmcblk0p2.
Clean Installing of NITDroid
1. Download the NITDroid Autoinstaller to ./MyDocs i.e. root directory of N900 and install it:
http://talk.maemo.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=22707&d=1316433657
2. Run the NITDroid installer app from your programs list.
Upgrading from Previous Versions of NITDroid
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Method 2
As said before, this requires a brain and a bit of concentration, follow step-by-step, and use some logic.
NOTE: This will wipe all of your data, please BACKUP necessary data first.
- Download the archive + the kernel + Fdisk to /MyDocs i.e. root dir. of N900:
- Enable all repositories from App manager (Extras-testing, Extras-devel, Extras and the default Nokia repos)
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Install Fdisk by executing the following commands in Xterminal:
root mkdir -p /home/user/util-linux /home/user/bin cp /home/user/MyDocs/util-linux_2.13.1.1-1_armel.deb /home/user/util-linux cd /home/user/util-linux dpkg-deb -x util-linux_2.13.1.1-1_armel.deb root cp root/sbin/fdisk /home/user/bin/ cd .. rm -rf util-linux
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Unmount designated partition (./MyDocs):
umount /home/user/MyDocs
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Launch Fdisk:
/home/user/bin/fdisk /dev/mmcblk0
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Print your current partition table:
p
This table should show up:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/mmcblk0p1 2 884865 28315648 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/mmcblk0p2 884866 950401 2097152 83 Linux /dev/mmcblk0p3 950402 974977 786432 82 Linux swap / Solaris -
Delete partition 1 (./MyDocs):
d 1
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Create new re-sized primary partition:
n p 1 First cylinder: 2 Last cylinder: 800000
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Create new extended partition:
n e First cylinder: 800001 Last cylinder: 884865 n First cylinder: 800001 Last cylinder: 884865 t 1 76 t 5 76
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Point of no return - writing the table and syncing:
w reboot
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Ignore any errors. After the reboot, return ./MyDocs back and format the new NITDroid partition by executing these:
root /home/user/bin/fdisk /dev/mmcblk0 t 1 0c w reboot mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/mmcblk0p1 mke2fs -L NITDroid -j -m0 /dev/mmcblk0p5 reboot
If your device still has a flash memory on it, then lift your shoulders up as the hard part is gone!
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Install Nitdroid on the new partition:
apt-get update apt-get install nitdroid-installer mkdir -p /and mount -o noatime,rw /dev/mmcblk0p5 /and cd /home/user/MyDocs rm -rf /and/* bzcat Nitdroidarchivename.tar.bz2 | tar xvC /and dpkg -i nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-07_rc4_armel.deb reboot
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Trouble Booting NITDroid
If you cannot boot into NITDroid because of an error like this one:
"Root Filesystem mmcblk1p5 missing" Guru Meditation 0000025...etc
Try following:Edit /etc/multiboot.d/11-NITDroid-mmcblk0p5-*.item with an editor of your choice (eg. nano).
apt-get install nano nano /etc/multiboot.d/11-NITDroid-mmcblk0p5-2.6.28.NIT.07.item #check filename!
And change the line ITEM_DEVICE={INT_CARD}p5 to:
ITEM_DEVICE=mmcblk0p5
reboot with opened keyboard and try to start NITDroid.
Uninstalling NITDroid
Method 1
Tap on the NITDroid-Uninstaller on your menu.
Method 2
Open X Terminal and type the following commands:
root mount -o noatime,rw /dev/mmcblk0p5 rm -rf /and/.
Then uninstall multiboot by anyway you prefer.